The Augusta GreenJackets, Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, in conjunction with their parent club, are excited to announce the coaching staff for the 2022 Championship Season at SRP Park. Nestor Perez who will be the new Manager of the GreenJackets. He’ll be joined by Mike Steed as Pitching Coach, Connor Narron as Hitting Coach, and Strength Coach Kyle Hegedus as first-year members on the staff. Myles Schroder returns to the team as a coach as well as Athletic Trainer Austin Smith.

“We’re excited to enter our second season playing Braves baseball in Augusta, said Ben Sestanovich, Atlanta Braves Assistant GM. The fans, Augusta community, and SRP park provide our minor league players with an unparalleled experience as they begin their professional careers.”

Nestor Perez brings familiarity to the Braves organization as he was the Manager of the Gulf Coast League Braves in 2021, the Braves Rookie affiliate. Perez has been promoted to the GreenJackets after serving as the Rookie Team’s skipper since 2016. A native of Mantanzas, Cuba, Perez played in the Minor Leagues from 1998-2005 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Colorado Rockies as a shortstop before signing to play in Spain at the highest level. Perez most notably played for Spain in the 2013 World Baseball Classic when the country appeared in the event for the first time.

Pitching Coach Mike Steed makes his way to Augusta from Beamsville in Ontario, Canada. Steed previously served as the Pitching Coordinator of the Ontario Blue Jays, Canada’s top amateur baseball program as well as the Manager of the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods League. Steed was entering his second stint as the Border Cats’ Manager in 2020 and 2021 but the team was unable to participate in either season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He was the team’s Pitching Coach in 2009 and was promoted to Manager in 2010 where he then led the Border Cats for two seasons.

Augusta’s new Hitting Coach, Connor Narron follows Nestor Perez from the GCL Braves to the GreenJackets. Narron comes from a baseball family as his father, Jerry Narron, played in the big leagues for eight seasons (1979-1987) and is currently a coach with the Chicago White Sox. Connor was a player himself and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round of the 2010 Amateur Draft straight out of high school. He would play Minor League Baseball with the Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers from 2010-2014 before getting into coaching where he’s been in the Braves organization since 2019.

Myles Schroder returns to the GreenJackets for his second year as a coach. Schroder was drafted in the 27th round by the San Francisco Giants in the 2007 Amateur Draft from Diablo Valley College. He played in the Giants minor league system from 2007-2018, including a season with the Augusta GreenJackets in 2012.

Austin Smith joins Schroder as the other returnee to the GreenJackets field staff as the Athletic Trainer. Smith is a graduate of Iowa State University and is entering his second season in that role.

“We are excited for year two as part of the Braves family to kick off and are looking forward to welcoming Nestor and his staff to SRP Park. Hopefully we can replicate the parent club and bring a championship home to North Augusta,” said Brandon Greene, General Manager. “The anticipation for baseball is here as there are only 64 days until Opening Day!”