Special Assistant to the General Manager
Gavin Dickey was promoted to special assistant to the general manager in March of 2023.
He has been with the Astros organization since 2011, which is when he was hired as an area scout. As part of his current duties, Dickey will be involved in this year¡¯s amateur draft as well as all aspects of player acquisition and evaluation.
After a six-year minor league playing career as an outfielder, Dickey was hired by the Astros as an area scout in September of 2011, covering South Texas. From 2013-15, his territory to cover was moved to Georgia and North Florida. In 2016, he was promoted to regional cross checker, covering the Southeast region of the country, before being named national crosschecker in 2018. In 2021, he was named as a special assignment scout, handling those duties until this year when he was promoted to special assistant to the general manager.
Dickey was originally drafted out of the University of Florida by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 2006 June Draft. He ended up playing six seasons of minor league baseball (2006-11) advancing as high as Double-A.
Prior to his college career, Dickey was a highly recruited quarterback and center fielder at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, FL. As a quarterback (4.4 time in the 40-yard dash), Dickey received several scholarship offers before deciding to attend the University of Florida, where he would play football and baseball. On the gridiron, he served as a backup for both Rex Grossman and Chris Leak. During his junior year on the baseball diamond, he would hit .304 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI in just 50 games prior to being drafted by Seattle.
Dickey and his wife, Rachel, have two children, son Tristan (5) and daughter Alessa (3).