ATLANTA -- It didn’t make the biggest headlines at the Trade Deadline, but the Marlins may have uncovered a hidden gem with their trade for Bryan De La Cruz.

The 24-year-old outfielder has been on fire since Miami acquired him from Houston at the July Trade Deadline along with right-hander Austin Pruitt for reliever Yimi García. And he came through with the go-ahead home run on Saturday night in a 6-4 win over the Braves at Truist Park.

De La Cruz worked a full count against Richard Rodríguez in the eighth inning before launching a 395-foot shot to center field that broke a 3-3 stalemate, which was quite the exclamation point on an impressive night. He singled in both of his first two at-bats and walked to load the bases in the ninth to reach base a career-high four times.

“It was a good feeling, to be honest with you,” said De La Cruz through an interpreter. “I felt like I was gonna hit a home run that at-bat. He has a fastball that's his primary pitch, and I hit the fastball. So I was looking for that, and I got it.”

Since arriving from Houston, De La Cruz has slashed .349/.397/.496 in 129 at-bats. He ranks as the Marlins' No. 26 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, but he continues to exceed expectations after debuting with the club and working his way into the top of Miami's order in September.

“Well, I wouldn't expect him to be hitting .350 coming out of Minor Leagues,” manager Don Mattingly said. “I haven't seen that. Just him getting hits on a regular basis. When you make a trade, you don't really know what you're -- obviously our people knew what they were getting because they traded for him -- but you're not quite sure what it's going to look like for a guy that hasn't played in the big leagues.

"But to be able to come up, play multiple spots [in] the field, get his hits, now showing more power as we move along -- he uses the whole field. So it's hard to expect the guy to come up and be able to do all that.”

If there was one area that De La Cruz could use improvement, it was on the field. He committed a crucial error in Friday’s game that cost a run and saw a catchable ball go over his head and land for a double on Saturday.

In the ninth inning, pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza laced one to deep center field, and De La Cruz could not cover the 53 feet he needed to catch the ball in 4.4 seconds, per Statcast. The play had a 95 percent catch probability, but De La Cruz got a late jump and took an inefficient route.

Adrianza came around to score, but that run didn’t prove costly in the end. And his bat made even more of an impression as he’s getting recognized more by other teams.

“They have some good young players that are very talented,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “I look at that De La Cruz kid, and he's got a chance to be a star in this league. There's some young talented guys that are cutting their teeth, and they're getting some really good experience.”