Justin Carl Steele, the pride of Lucedale, MS., was born July 11, 1995. He bats and throws left He is one game over .500 as a Major Leaguer, at 12-11. Four of those wins have come this year, a year in which he is perhaps on the way to fulfilling his vast promise.
He hasn’t always been counted on to deliver this kind of results — Steele was selected by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft, out of high school, and he has spent years in the minors.
Justin Steele was first brought up to the Major Leagues on April 12, 2021.