OAKLAND ATHLETICS - Key Persons
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- Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator / Minor League
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- Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
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- Arizona Field Coordinator
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- Vice President, Accounting
Abby Brantley enters her 14th season with the club, currently serving as Vice President, Accounting. In this role, Abby oversees the Accounting and Payroll functions of the organization. Prior to her promotion to this role in 2021, Abby held the position of Controller for the club since 2013, and Senior Accountant before that.
Prior to joining the Astros, Abby worked in public accounting for Deloitte and Pannell Kerr Forster, with a focus on corporate and partnership taxation.
Abby is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, as well as a Master in Professional Accounting. Abby earned her CPA license in 2006.
She resides in Pearland with her family.
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- Assistant Director of Research, R & D
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- Senior Director of People Operations & Talent
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- Hitting Coach / Hitting Coach
Alex Treviño returns for his 28th season as color analyst on the Astros Spanish radio network. He and partner Francisco Romero have been a team since 2008, making them one of the longest-tenured teams in baseball. The two have called 92 postseason games since 2017, which is the most in the Majors in that span. Alex joined the Astros broadcast booth in 1996 and has called more than 3,000 Astros games, 12 postseason appearances and four World Series (2005, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022). Alex's 27 seasons in the broadcast booth are the most in franchise history by a Spanish broadcaster, besting Orlando Sanchez Diago's record of 21 years. A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Alex spent 13 seasons playing in the Majors, primarily as a catcher, including the 1988-90 seasons with the Astros. He also spent time with the Mets, Reds, Braves, Giants and Dodgers. While with the Mets in 1980, he threw out 44% (47 of 106) of attempted base stealers, which was tops in the NL. Later in his career, on June 13, 1986, while with the Dodgers vs. the Padres in San Diego, he was part of history when he and pitcher Fernando Valenzuela formed the first Mexican-born battery in Major League history. Alex hit a career-high .290 while serving as Houston's backup catcher in 1989 and hit .364 (32x88) in 25 starts. He played in 939 Major League games and had a .249 lifetime average. Alex' older brother, Bobby Treviño, played in the Major Leagues as an outfielder for the Angels. In September 2014, Alex was inducted into the Houston Baseball Media Wall of Honor for his significant and lasting contributions to the landscape of Houston baseball through his work in broadcasting.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator, Social Media
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- Associate
- Technical Director
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- Executive Administrator, Baseball Operations
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- Head Team Internist / Head Team Internist
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- Ticket Operations Manager
Amaury Pi-González, a pioneer in establishing Spanish baseball play-by-play in the Bay Area, serves as the "Voice of the A's" for Spanish broadcasts. This will be his 31st season doing A's broadcasts, having filled that role from 1978-93, 2009-10 and again the past ten seasons.
Well-known and respected in both English and Spanish media circles, Pi-González enters his enters his 46th season in Major League Baseball in 2023. He began his career in 1977 with the Athletics, and has also broadcast for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Angels. He was the Spanish play-by-play on Television for the Los Angeles Angels on Fox Deportes LA from 2010-2017. Amaury also produces and hosts "Béisbol en la Bahia" for KIQI 1010 AM.
During his tenure, Pi-González has called the 1986 World Series for CBS Hispanic Network, the 1988, 1989 and 1990 Series for the A's, and the 2002 Series for the Giants. The Fremont, Calif. resident previously served five years as sports anchor for Telemundo TV48 in San Jose and was the Spanish voice for the NBA's Golden State Warriors (1992-98) and Los Angeles Clippers. In addition, he was the English voice for the Caribbean World Series for Fox Sports International in 2001 and 2002. Most recently, he called the 2018 American League Wild Card Game for A's radio and provided color commentary for the San Jose Sharks game via their Spanish Radio/TV Sap audio formats on Oct. 20, 2018. Since 2018 and every year since, Amaury has been the Spanish commentary broadcaster for the San Jose Sharks on Hispanic Heritage night.
Born in Cuba, Amaury was inducted into the Cuban Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum in 2004. He was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2009 and is a cofounder and vice president of the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame. He was named to the New York City Advisory Board of the American Sportscasters Association in 2016. Pi-Gonzalez also called the victory parades for the Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014, for the Warriors in 2015, and Sharks games in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2016 for Telemundo.
Job Titles:
- Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Assistant General Manager
Andrew Ball is in his second season as Assistant General Manager for the Astros. In his role, he assists Dana Brown with all aspects of Baseball Operations, primarily focusing on Major League roster management, player evaluation and procurement, contract negotiations, and rules compliance. Ball also oversees departmental administration and works closely with all departments on long-term strategy, innovation, and facilitating learning and development.
Prior to joining the Astros, Ball spent five seasons (2017-2021) as the Director of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Angels and three seasons (2014-2016) with the Tampa Bay Rays in their Pro Scouting department. He began his career in professional baseball with the independent York Revolution, starting as an intern in 2011 before spending two seasons as Manager of Baseball Operations.
Ball graduated from Gwynedd-Mercy College, where he earned a business administration degree and pitched for the baseball team. He lives in Houston with his wife, Rachel.
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- Business Development Assistant
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- Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Anita Sehgal is currently in her ninth year with the Houston Astros as Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications. In her role, Anita provides strategic leadership for the ballclub's retail, advertising, marketing, communications, broadcasting, and alumni relations, including support for a broad variety of sponsorship, ticket, special event, community, and the Astros Golf Foundation and Houston Open initiatives.
Prior to joining the Houston organization, Anita spent over 20 years in various strategic marketing functions with several organizations, including FGL Sports, Best Buy and most recently Academy Sports + Outdoors. Hailing from Canada's Regina, Saskatchewan, Anita, who earned her United States citizenship in September of 2019, received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a focus in marketing and human resources, from the University of Regina. She plays an active role in several Houston-based organizations, including her position as an Executive Committee Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston and a board member of WISE Houston. She is also an active Brand 50 member of World 50. Anita serves as an Independent Board Director with Reitman's Canada, Ltee, Escalade Inc, and Holley Inc - where she recently took on the role as Chair for the Governance & Nominating Committee.
In 2016, Anita was honored as one of Houston's Top 15 Business Women by the National Diversity Council. In 2018, Anita was honored again by the National Diversity Council as the National Business Woman of the Year. She also received honors in 2018 as one of Texas Executive Women's Women on the Move. Most recently, Anita was recognized in 2021 by the National Diversity Council as a Power 50, for her contributions and commitment to both business and community. In November 2021, Anita was celebrated as the 2021 Woman of Inspiration by WISE Houston.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator, Community Engagement
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- Senior Manager, Ticket Solutions
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- Major League Third Base Coach
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- Business Operations Analyst
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- Guest Services Coordinator
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- Director, Research & Analytics
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- Pitching Coach / Pitching Coach
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- Assistant General Manager, Director of Player Personnel
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the MLB Executives Team
- Senior Advisor
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- Vice President of Stadium Operations
Bobby Forrest has served as the club's Vice President of Stadium Operations since January of 2007. He originally joined the Astros franchise on Jan. 2, 1995, as a member of the engineering department. Bobby was subsequently promoted to Engineering Supervisor in 1997, Engineering Manager in 1999, and Senior Director of Engineering and Maintenance in 2003. He is responsible for all building operations, which includes the Engineering, Groundskeeping, Guest Services and Security and Parking departments. Bobby also played a key role in the club's move from the Astrodome to its current home, Minute Maid Park, prior to the 2000 season.
Bobby is a member of the International Association of Assembly Managers, and the Stadium Managers Association.
He and his wife, Tiffani, reside in Magnolia, Texas.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Athletic Trainer / Assistant Athletic Trainer
- Major League Assistant Athletic Trainer
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- Senior Manager, Retail Operations
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- Manager, Clubhouse & Equipment Operations
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- Director, International Scouting
Brian Rodgers enters his sixth season with the Astros organization. In his role as International Scouting Director, Rodgers oversees the club's International Amateur Scouting operation, while also providing support in International Pro Scouting and International Player Development.
Rodgers joined the organization in 2017 in the role of Player Acquisition Assistant (2017-2019), where he was instrumental in the day-to-day operations of the club's Amateur and International Scouting efforts. He later served
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- Director of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Major League, Director, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
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- Minor League Rehab Assistant
- Minor League Rehab Assistant / Minor League
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- Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Director, Latin American Operations
Caridad Cabrera joined the Astros in January 2010 as the DR Academy administrator. She is now in her 14th season with the organization and fourth as Director, Latin American Operations. Caridad oversees all aspects of the Astros Latin American development and operations in addition to overseeing the administrative aspects of the Astros Academy in the DR. In addition to administrator, Caridad also served in the positions of Supervisor, Latin American Operations and Manager, Latin American Operations.
Prior to joining the Astros, Caridad served as Analyst in the pledge's unit of the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture. Before that, she served as administrative assistant in EMC Abogados, handling all aspects related to human resources and payroll.
Caridad graduated, cum laude, from O&M with an engineering degree in computer systems and holds a master's degree in business administration (senior management) from INTEC.
Carl Schneider, who has been with the Astros organization since 1989, became the Astros clubhouse manager in 2011. While with the Astros, Schneider has worked 16 Astros playoff runs, four All-Star Games (1998, 2003-04, 2018) and six World Series (2005, 2017, 2019, 2021-22).
In 2020, Schneider was named the winner of the Fred Hartman Long and Meritorious Service to Baseball Award, named by the Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Additionally, in 2017, Schneider was named the winner the Pete Sheehy Clubhouse Award (Clubhouse Manager of the Year), which is given out annually to a home and visiting clubhouse manager, and voted on by the MLB Clubhouse Manager's Association.
Schneider, who is one of the longest-tenured employees in the organization, originally joined the Astros in 1989 as a bat boy and also handled clubhouse duties during the baseball season. He joined the home clubhouse staff full time in 1995 and would work in that role until assuming the clubhouse manager duties in 2011.
A Texas native, Schneider currently resides in Houston where he has enjoyed raising his sons Zachry and Max and daughters Amie and Madyson. Schneider's oldest son, Zach, is currently a left-handed pitcher at Truman State University in Missouri.
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- Accounts Payable Coordinator
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- Senior Coordinator, Promotions & Events
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- Vice President, Marketing & Communications
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- Marketing Project Coordinator
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- Coordinator, Entertainment
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- Clubhouse Staff & Umpires Attendant
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- Assistant General Manager
Charles Cook enters his eighth year with the Astros, seventh in a full-time capacity and first as Assistant General Manager.
Charles previously held the roles of Senior Director of Player Evaluation, Baseball Operations Coordinator, Manager of Amateur Scouting Analysis and Director of Player Evaluation for the Astros.
Charles is a 2015 graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the baseball and football teams. As a student, he held a summer internship with the Astros business strategy & analytics department.
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- Ballpark Entertainment Production Coordinator
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- Engineer & Multimedia Services
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- Stadium Operations Coordinator
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- Vice President, Information Technology
Chris Hanz joined the Astros in March 2016 and enters his eighth season as Vice President, Information Technology. Chris came to the Astros with over 25 years of information technology leadership experience across a variety of industries, including consulting, energy trading, oil and gas, chemicals, and logistics and transportation. Chris provides strategic leadership for the club's information technology investments and oversees the day-to-day operation of technology for the Astros and Minute Maid Park, plus the club's minor league affiliates and other operating locations.
Prior to joining the Astros, Chris worked in a variety of information technology leadership roles with several companies, including Accenture, Duke Energy, CEVA Logistics and, most recently, Halliburton. Chris joined Halliburton in 2014 and served as Senior Manager of IT Mergers and Acquisitions where he was instrumental in executing two major divestitures from the company's business portfolio. Prior to holding that post, Chris was a partner in the CIO Advisory practice for Tatum, LLC and led a number of business process improvement, technology strategy and M&A projects.
A lifelong Texan, Chris was raised in New Braunfels and went on to graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and honors business. Chris and his wife, Gayle live in Kingwood, Texas, and have two daughters, Hannah and Sarabeth.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Applications and Data
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- Senior Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Member of the MLB Executives Team
- Chief Operations and Strategy Officer
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- Special Assistant to General Manager
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- Host & Senior Broadcast Producer
- Senior Broadcast Producer & Host
Chris Townsend enters his fifth season as Host and Senior Broadcast Producer for A's Cast. In this role, he is responsible for creating and delivering multimedia A's content across multiple platforms.
Townsend also hosts A's Cast Live, the A's Radio Network pre- and postgame shows and is an in-studio host for NBC Sports California for select broadcasts. Townsend has worked in numerous capacities covering the A's, from prior roles in both TV and radio.
He joins the A's after working for a number of local sports companies, including Oakland Raiders, 95.7 The Game, KNBR 680 and CSN Sports Bay Area. Chris has lived in the Bay Area for more than 25 years after attending San Jose State and playing baseball for the Spartans.
His grandfather Bob Elliott was the first third baseman in baseball history to win the MVP in 1947. Elliott was a seven-time All-Star during his 15 year career. He also was the manager of the Kansas City Athletics in 1960.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Hitting Coach
- Major League Hitting Coach
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- Broadcasting & Media Content Coordinator
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- Business Development Assistant
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- Midland Sports Performance Coach
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- Special Advisor, Baseball Operations & Community Outreach Executive
Hall of Famer and longtime Astros icon Craig Biggio is in his 16th season as an important part of the Astros front office. In his role, Craig works in several areas, including with the baseball operations staff in its Major and minor league player development programs, scouting, and talent evaluation. Additionally, Craig participates in the club's community development programs and the Astros partnership initiatives.
On Jan. 6, 2015, Craig Biggio became the first player in Astros history to be voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after receiving 82.7 percent of the total votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He was officially inducted into the HOF during the annual ceremony in Cooperstown on July 26, 2015. Craig was also inducted to the Astros Hall of Fame on August 3, 2019, as a part of the inaugural class.
The franchise career leader in hits, games played, runs scored, and at-bats, Craig retired at the end of the 2007 season following a stellar, 20-year career, all with the Astros. His No. 7 was retired by the ballclub on Aug. 17, 2008.
He finished his career with 3,060 hits, 668 doubles, 291 homers, 1,175 RBI, and a .281 career average in 2,850 games. He remains the franchise leader in several categories, including hits, doubles, games played and runs (1844).
A first-round selection by Houston in the June 1987 draft, Craig became the first Astro to reach the 3,000-hit plateau with a seventh-inning single against Colorado's Aaron Cook on June 28, 2007 at Minute Maid Park. His 3,060 hits rank 25th all-time, and his 668 career doubles are the 2nd-most of any right-handed hitter in Major League history (sixth all-time overall).
Craig's 20 seasons with Houston are a franchise record, and he also made a club-best 19 consecutive Opening Day starts. He is also the only player in Major League history to reach all of the following milestones: 600 doubles (668), 250 home runs (291), 2,700 hits (3,060), and 400 stolen bases (414). Craig and Cal Ripken Jr. are the only middle infielders (only 13 players all-time) to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 extra-base hits.
Craig was named to a franchise-record seven National League All-Star teams, received five Silver Slugger Awards, four Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and was a member of six Astros playoff teams. Craig holds National League records for leadoff home runs with 53 (ranks second all-time) and for hits in interleague play with 201. He also led all players during the 2005 postseason with 18 hits.
Additionally, Craig was the 2007 recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award, a prestigious honor bestowed upon one Major League player each season by Major League Baseball and the Clemente family recognizing community service. Craig has been actively involved with the Sunshine Kids throughout his career, a support organization for children with cancer and their families.
Craig and wife Patty reside in Houston and have two sons, Conor and Cavan, and one daughter, Quinn. In 2010, Craig coached his sons' St. Thomas High School baseball team to the Texas Class 5A state championship. Both Conor (graduate '15) and Cavan (drafted ‘16) played baseball for the University of Notre Dame. Cavan was drafted by the Blue Jays and made his Major League debut for Toronto in 2019. On Sept. 17, 2019 in Baltimore, Cavan hit for the cycle, making he and his father just the second father-son duo to each hit for the cycle in an MLB game; Quinn is a member of the Notre Dame softball team.
Job Titles:
- Senior Strategic Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Minor League Assistant Pitching Coordinator
- Minor League Assistant Pitching Coordinator / Minor League Assistant Pitching Coordinator
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- Senior Vice President, Affiliate Business Operations
Creighton Kahoalii joined the Astros in July 2012 and has served in a number of leadership roles in key revenue generating business units including Vice President of Corporate Partnerships and Vice President of Ticket Sales & Service. In his current role, Creighton leads the business operations for all Astros operated affiliate properties including The Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Triple-A affiliate), Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A affiliate), Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Low-A affiliate), and the Astros interest in the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches Spring Training complex. Prior to joining the Astros, Creighton spent the first seven seasons of his career with The Sacramento River Cats and New Orleans Hornets in various Ticket Sales & Service leadership positions.
Baseball has always been a part of Creighton's life. He played collegiate baseball at The University of Hawaii and The University of California-Berkeley and was a late draft pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2000 Amateur Draft. A native of Fremont, CA, Creighton, his wife, Shasta, and two children currently reside in Cypress, TX.
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- Special Assistant & Investor Relations, Manager
Dallas Braden enters his sixth season as an A's television color commentator and field analyst after spending 2017 as a pre- and postgame host for NBC Sports California.
Braden was Oakland's 24th round pick in 2004 and made his Major League debut with the A's in 2007. In his five-year playing career - all with Oakland - he compiled a 26-36 record to go along with a 4.16 career ERA. The highlight of Braden's playing career came on May 9, 2010 when he threw the 19th perfect game in MLB history against the Tampa Bay Rays on Mother's Day.
After retiring in 2014, Braden joined ESPN as a studio and color analyst. He left ESPN in 2017 to join NBC Sports California.
Job Titles:
- Assistant General Manager, Major League & International Operations
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- Member of the MLB Executives Team
- Deputy Commissioner, Baseball Administration and Chief Legal Officer
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- Minor League Pitching Development Coach
Dana Brown was named the 14th General Manager in Astros franchise history on Jan. 25, 2023. He becomes the second African-American general manager in Astros history, joining Bob Watson (1994-95).
Brown joins the Astros after spending the last four seasons (2019-22) with the Atlanta Braves organization as their Vice President, Scouting. In that role, he oversaw several successful drafts in which the Braves selected impact players such as outfielder Michael Harris, right-handed pitcher Spencer Strider and infielder Vaughn Grissom. In 2022, Harris earned National League Rookie of the Year honors while Strider finished second.
Job Titles:
- Director, Advertising and Digital Marketing
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- Director of Ticket Operations
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- Minor League Assistant Athletic Trainer
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- Senior Director Engineering & Multimedia Services
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- Vice President, Stadium Operations
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- Stadium Operations Scheduler
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- Minor League Sports Performance Rehab Coordinator
- Sports Performance Rehab Coordinator
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- Director of Minor League Operations
Derrick Fong joined the Astros in 2019 as the Director of Minor League Operations. Prior to joining the Astros in 2019, Derrick interned for the Minnesota Twins in 2005 and 2006, and then spent more than 10 years with the Chicago Cubs, starting as a Community Affairs intern in 2008. From 2009 - 2013, he served as the Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Administrative Assistant for the Cubs before transitioning to baseball operations as Minor League Administration Coordinator and Manager. In that role, he oversaw all transactions, budgeting, and daily administrative operations.
Derrick, a native of Wilmette, Illinois, is a 2007 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Business, Marketing Education and Communications Studies.
Job Titles:
- Manager, People Operations Business Partner
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- Membership Services Representative
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- Arizona Orthopedic Surgeon
The 2023 season will be Douglas Seckel's 12th with the Astros as the Vice President of Finance. Doug's responsibilities include treasury and debt management, investments, and general accounting for both the Houston Astros and the Astros Foundation.
Before coming on board with the Astros, Doug was treasurer for the Crane Capital Group assisting with financial management for the various Crane companies. Prior to joining the Crane Capital Group in 2010, Doug was Deputy Director of Finance for the City of Houston, Texas responsible for accounting, auditing, cost analysis and federal grants. From 1989 to 2007, Doug was controller, treasurer and CFO of Eagle Global Logistics as company revenues grew from $9 million to $3.2 billion and had an instrumental role in taking the company public in 1995. Prior to 1989, Seckel held various accounting and auditing positions for several state and local governments.
Seckel is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a major in accounting.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator, Promotions & Events
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- Minor League Technology and Development Coordinator
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Director of Player Development Director of Player Development
- Director, Player Development
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- Supervisor of Latin American Player Development / Supervisor of Latin American Player Development
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- Senior Director, Human Resources
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- Administrative Assistant, Latin American Operations
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- Major League Assistant Athletic Trainer
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- Assistant Athletic Trainer / Assistant Athletic Trainer
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- Special Advisor, Baseball Operations & Community Outreach Executive
Enos Cabell is in his 19th season as a special assistant to the General Manager after being named to the post on Nov. 17, 2004. He had been serving as a consultant since joining the Astros front office on July 29, 2004. Enos assists the Astros Baseball Operations staff and the Astros scouting department in evaluating the Astros Major and minor league players, along with other projects and assignments within the Astros community programs. Enos also plays a key role in the Astros Foundation's relationship with Texas Southern University.
During his 15-year Major League playing career, Enos played for the Astros from 1975-80 and 1984-85 and is in the top 10 in franchise history in several categories. In 1978, he was named the team's MVP after setting club records in at-bats (660) and games (162) and tallying a then-record 195 hits, which ranked third in the National League. He currently ranks tied for eighth on the club's all-time list in stolen bases (191) and tied for sixth in career batting average (.281).
Enos stole more than 30 bases for four straight seasons (1976-1979) while with Houston. In 1,688 career big league games from 1972-86, he hit .277 (1647x5952) with 60 home runs and 596 RBI. He started 149 games at third base for the 1980 National League West Champion Astros and played on two other division-winning clubs, the 1974 Baltimore Orioles and the 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers.
From 1991-94, Enos was an analyst on Home Sports Entertainment telecasts of Astros home games and from 1991-96, he hosted the weekly call-in show, Astros Report, on KCOH Radio. He was a member of the Texas Southern University's Board of Regents from 1995-2001 and served as interim athletic director for the school in 2000.
Enos is a graduate of L.A. Harbor Junior College in San Pedro, Calif., where he was an all-conference selection in baseball. He is a cousin of former Major Leaguers Dick Davis and Ken Landreaux. He and his wife, Ruby, make their home in Missouri City, Texas. Enos has three sons, Marcus, Stephen and Cordell.
Job Titles:
- Minor League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Third Base Coach / Third Base Coach
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- Assistant
- Athletic Trainer
Eric Velazquez joined the Astros organization in 2022 as Major League assistant athletic trainer.
Velazquez previously served as the athletic training coordinator for the Boston Red Sox from 2019-2021. Prior to that, he worked in the Boston system as an affiliate athletic trainer for the Triple A Pawtucket Red Sox for two seasons (2017-18) and for Double A Portland for one season (2016).
Velazquez began his career in baseball in 2010 with the New York Mets organization, working at their Dominican Republic Academy. He then was named as their Latin America coordinator in 2011. Over the next few seasons, he served as athletic trainer for Short-A Brooklyn (2012-2013) and Single-A Savannah (2014-2015).
Additionally, Velazquez has worked as an athletic trainer for the Dominican Winter League (2011), Arizona Fall League (2012), Venezuelan Winter League (2014-15) and the World Baseball Classic (2017).
He received his bachelor's degree in exercise biology from the University of California, Davis, and his master's in athletic training from Stephen F. Austin University.
Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Velazquez now resides in Pflugerville, TX, with his wife and two daughters.
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications
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- Manager of Authentication
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- Manager, Partnership Marketing
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- Ticket Sales Representative
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- Lead Biomechanist and Sport Scientist / Lead Biomechanist and Sport Scientist
- Lead Sport Scientist and Biomechanist
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- Coordinator of Project Activation
Francisco Romero enters his 16th season of play-by-play on the Astros Spanish radio network and has called over 2,000 games in his career, including six no-hitters and a perfect game. Francisco and partner Alex Treviño are one of the longest-tenured broadcast duos in the Majors. The two have been a team since 2008, and have called 92 postseason games since 2017, which is the most in baseball in that span.
Prior to coming to Houston, he spent five seasons broadcasting Milwaukee Brewers games in Spanish on Telemundo Wisconsin. His MLB broadcasting experience also includes select Minnesota Twins games over five seasons (2003-08).His Major League broadcast debut was for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Telemundo Arizona in 1999, and he spent two years on Diamondbacks broadcasts from 1999-2000.
Other Major League broadcasting experience includes select games on Spanish Radio with the Cincinnati Reds in 2005. Francisco also spent four seasons as the play-by-play broadcaster and pre- and postgame show producer on Spanish radio broadcasts for the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders of the Pacific Coast League.
Job Titles:
- Minor League Catching Coordinator
- Minor League Catching Coordinator / Minor League
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- Senior Manager, Production Producer
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- Third Base Coach / Third Base Coach
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- Vice President, Communications
Geoff Blum returns for his 11th season with the Astros TV broadcast team in 2023, which will be his eighth as the everyday color analyst for Astros telecasts. Geoff, who retired after 14 Major League seasons as an infielder (1999-2012), made the transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth in 2013. Geoff has won two Lone Star Emmys for his work on Astros broadcasts.
During his playing career, Geoff had two stints with the Astros, totaling five seasons in Houston (2002-03, 2008-10). Over the course of his tenure with the Astros, Geoff hit .259 with 228 RBI, 46 homers, 77 doubles and a .711 OPS.
A switch-hitter, Geoff was known as one of the top pinch-hitters and utility players in baseball, appearing at all four infield positions in nine straight years (2000-08). He appeared in the postseason three times in his career (2005-06, 2011).
Geoff was originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1994 June Draft. Prior to his professional career, Geoff was a standout at the University of California, Berkeley. He also played a season in the Cape Cod League.
Geoff and his wife, Kory, have four daughters: Mia Lea and triplets Ava, Audrey, and Kayla.
Job Titles:
- Minor League Pitching Coordinator
- Minor League Pitching Coordinator / Minor League
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- Special Assistant to General Manager
- Special Assistant to the General Manager
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- Business Development Assistant
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- Assistant Head Groundskeeper
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- Baseball Communications Coordinator
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- Coordinator, Scouting & Baseball Operations
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- Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships
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- Dominican Summer League Hitting Coach
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- Assistant Director, Scouting & Baseball Operations
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- Dominican Summer League Assistant Sport Performance Coach
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- Manager, Promotions & Events
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- Coordinator, Social Media
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- Administrator, Human Resources
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- Ballpark Events Coordinator
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- Stadium Services Assistant
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- Stadium Operations Event Coordinator
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- Director, Field Operations
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- Minor League Sport Performance Coordinator / Minor League
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- Manager, Corporate Partnerships
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- Director, Performance Science
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- Analyst, Business Strategy and Analytics
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- Minor League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Coordinator, Special Projects
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- Minor League Hitting Coordinator
- Minor League Hitting Coordinator / Minor League
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- Dominican Summer League Pitching Coach
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- Senior Vice President, Executive Operations
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- Major League Coach / Major League Coach
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- Vice President, Marketing
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- Minor League Rehab Coordinator
- Minor League Rehab Coordinator / Minor League
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- Vice President, Business Strategy and Analytics
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- Head Athletic Trainer / Head Athletic Trainer
- Major League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Vice President, Human Resources
Jessica Kleinschmidt heads into her fifth season covering the A's in 2023. Kleinschmidt contributes content to A's Cast, the A's Radio Network, and the Oakland Athletics' social media channels as a reporter and host.
Kleinschmidt started her sports media career in the minor leagues covering the Reno Aces (Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) as a reporter. She then started her national career with MLB.com's Cut4 in during the 2017 season as a writer and host.
She spent three years covering all Bay Area teams for NBC Sports Bay Area where she covered the Golden State Warriors who made their way to the NBA Championships and the San Francisco 49ers soon followed suit heading to the Super Bowl in 2018-19.
She became the reporter and beat writer for the A's with NBC Sports California where she covered the team during the 2019 American League Wild-Card Game and the wild-card series in 2020 during the COVID season. Kleinschmidt also covered the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball for NBC on the digital and podcast platforms.
In 2022, Jessica was one of just four women to call a Triple-A game across the league when she was on the broadcast for the Aces.
Kleinschmidt also is the host of "Short and to the Point" podcast on the Awful Announcing and The Comeback platforms.
She currently lives in Walnut Creek and spends plenty of time in Reno, Nev./Lake Tahoe with her friends and family.
Job Titles:
- Director, Corporate Partnership
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- Senior Director, Technology
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- Bench Coach / Bench Coach
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- Director, Spring Training Business Operations
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the Board
A native of North Tarrytown, NY, Doskow resides in El Dorado Hills, California, with his wife, Deb, and daughter, Emily.
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- Minor League Sport Performance Coordinator
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- Manager, Partnership Marketing
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- Minor League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Head Sport Performance Coach / Head Sport Performance Coach
- Major League Strength & Conditioning Coach
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- Senior Director, Ticket Sales
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- Senior Director, Ticket & Premium Operations
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- Pitching Coach / Pitching Coach
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- Senior Systems Administrator
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- Midland Assistant Hitting Coach
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- Minor League Infield Coordinator / Minor League
- Minor League Outfield & Base Running Coordinator
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- Television Sideline Reporter
Julia Morales returns for her 11th season as the Astros TV sideline reporter. As a reporter and anchor for Space City Home Network, Julia serves as the primary in-game reporter on Houston Astros telecasts. She has three Lone Star Emmys for her work covering the Astros.
Before moving to Houston, Julia worked as a sports reporter for Time Warner Cable News, formerly YNN in Austin, covering a wide range of events, including the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, and the College Baseball WS.
Prior to joining the Time Warner Cable sports crew, Julia was the weekend sports anchor/reporter for KYTX-TV in Tyler, TX. Julia began her television career at KTEN-TV in Denison, Texas.
A native of Crandall, TX, Julia spent two years as a "World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette" before graduating from UT Austin, where she was a member of Texas Pom for the Longhorns' 2005 National Championship season.
Julia and husband Matt had their first baby in 2020 with the birth of daughter Valerie Rose.
Julia is extremely passionate about animals and serves on the Board of Directors for Houston Pets Alive!, a no-kill animal rescue. She and Matt foster rescue dogs in the offseason.
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- Senior Advisor, Latin American Development
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- Analyst, Business Strategy and Analytics
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- Senior Manager, Productions
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- Representative, Human Resources
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- Director, Project Management
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- Chief Marketing Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the MLB Executives Team
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- Senior Director of Finance
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- Ticket Operations Representative
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- Senior Coordinator, Education and Cultural Programs / Senior Coordinator, Education and Cultural Programs
- Senior Coordinator, Educational & Cultural Programs
Korach was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in September of 2019, honored as the 2013 California Sportscaster of the Year, and also recognized as the 2001 Nevada Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. He was inducted in 2017 into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California and in 2003 into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
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- Manager, Software Development, R & D
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- Director, Corporate Partnership
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- Director, Stadium Operations Events
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- Senior Manager, Entertainment Marketing
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- Director, Business Development
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- Executive Vice President
- General Counsel
- Member of the MLB Executives Team
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- Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards
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- Senior Account Manager, Corporate Partnership
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- Coordinator of Educational and Cultural Programs Coordinator of Educational and Cultural Programs
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- Coordinator, Educational & Cultural Programs
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- Minor League Infield Coordinator
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- Lansing Assistant Hitting Coach
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- Coordinator, Education and Cultural Programs Coordinator, Education and Cultural Programs
- Coordinator, Minor League Operations
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- Director, Minor League Operations
Manolo Hernández-Douen is in his 15th season as the Athletics analyst and play-by-play announcer for Spanish broadcasts. He has over 50 years of experience in journalism and has covered a variety of sports during that span. A graduate of Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in his native Caracas, Hernández-Douen has covered the Olympic and Pan American Games, world championship boxing matches, and winter league baseball, including the Caribbean Series. He was Venezuela's Sportswriter of the Year in 1979 and for five seasons was the basketball radio analyst for the Caracas Liga Especial de Baloncesto team.
Since moving to California in 1982, he has covered the NBA and Major League Baseball for several of the highest circulation Spanish newspapers in the United States including La Opinión in Los Angeles.
Most recently, he was the Sports Editor for El Nuevo Herald in Miami from 2000 to 2007, covered feature stories for lasmayores.com (MLB in Spanish) from 2008-17. He's beisbolporgotas.com's Editor/Writer and is in charge of his own sports podcast, AcciónXGotas.
A proud father of two, Franklin and Cristina, and Kayla's, Khloe's and Liliana's grandfather, Manolo resides in San Leandro.
Job Titles:
- Director of Minor League Operations Director of Minor League Operations
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- Senior Vice President, Business Operations
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- Assistant Manager, Retail Store
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- Senior Manager, Business Analytics
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- Manager
- Director, Team Travel
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- Director, Baseball Communications
Matt Boltz enters his ninth season with the Houston Astros and his 23rd overall in Major League Baseball. Matt is the Radio Broadcast Engineer & Producer for the Astros Radio Network. He generates, maintains, and produces all live audio for the entire Spring Training, regular season & postseason schedule. Since 2015, Matt and the Astros broadcast team have produced more postseason games (92) than any other team in baseball.
In 2020, while MLB was on hold due to the pandemic, Matt started an entertaining Astros podcast, that featured current and former players as guests, with Astros broadcasters serving as hosts. Matt also orchestrates all broadcast material, live commercial inventory, promotions and live interviews with the broadcasters, the front office, the radio flagship and the entire radio network.
His offseason duties include editing and archiving all recorded sound, managing and servicing technical elements and assisting with network affiliate relations. Matt also engineers and produces Astroline, the Astros weekly offseason hot stove radio show which has been on the air since 1988.
Prior to joining the Astros, Matt served as the Radio Producer Engineer for the Chicago Cubs Radio Network from 2001-2014. During that time, he also engineered game broadcasts for WGN Chicago and Northwestern Wildcats basketball and football programs.
Matt resides in Pearland, Texas, with his wife, Melissa, and their two children: Emma Lucille and Theodore Matthew.
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- Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships
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- Senior Director, Corporate Partnership Sales
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- Vice President of Finance
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- Director, Clubhouse & Equipment Operations
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- Manager, Alumni and Family Relations
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- Director, Corporate Partnership
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- First Base Coach / First Base Coach
- Major League First Base Coach
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- Assistant Director, Clubhouse & Equipment Operations
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- Bullpen Coach / Bullpen Coach
- Major League Bullpen Coach
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
Michael Slaughter joined the Astros in October 2015 and enters his eighth season with the ballclub as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mike comes to the Astros with extensive executive experience in finance, accounting and mergers and acquisitions involving both public and private companies.
Most recently, Mike served as the Chief Financial Officer of Crane Capital Group. In that position, he assisted Jim Crane in the successful acquisition, operation, and disposition of businesses in a wide range of industries, including Crane Worldwide Logistics, Crane Freight Services, and the Houston Astros. In particular, Mike played an integral role in the purchase of the Houston Astros and subsequently the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks and Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys (then Skeeters). From June 2008 to September 2015, Mike also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Champion Energy Marketing LLC, a leading retail electricity provider.
Prior to 2008, Michael was the Principal Financial Officer at EGL, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed global transportation and logistics company. Previously, Michael had also been EGL's Chief Accounting Officer and VP Finance and Investor Relations.
Michael began his career at Price Waterhouse, where he rose to the position of senior auditor while serving public and private clients across a broad spectrum of businesses. Michael earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting from the University of Texas-Austin in 1988. He and his wife Susan reside in Houston, TX, and have a son, Nick and daughter, Emma.
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- Visiting Clubhouse Manager
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- Assistant Team Orthopedic Surgeon / Assistant Team Orthopedic Surgeon
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- Baseball Information Manager
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- Senior Director, Risk Management
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- Business Development Assistant
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- Player Development Analyst
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- Senior Revenue Accountant
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- Assistant Director, Minor League Operations
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- Minor League Medical Coordinator
- Minor League Medical Coordinator / Minor League
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- Medical Coordinator, Latin America
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- Membership Services Representative
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- Director of Concessions & Merchandise
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- Membership Services Representative
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- Minor League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Manager, Baseball Communications
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- Stadium Operations Coordinator
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- First Base Coach / First Base Coach
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- Major League Massage Therapist / Major League
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- Director, Baseball Administration
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- Senior Account Executive, Business Development
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- Chief Communications Officer
- Member of the MLB Executives Team
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- Senior Director of Stadium Operations
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- Director, Baseball Development
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- Manager, Business Communications
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- Minor League Assistant Athletic Trainer
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- Major League Staff Assistant / Major League Staff Assistant
- Staff Assistant & Interpreter
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- Senior Manager of Stadium Services
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- Director of Latin American Operations Director of Latin American Operations
- Director, Latin America Operations
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- Associate General Counsel
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- Minor League Pitching Rehab Coordinator
- Minor League Rehab Pitching Coordinator / Minor League
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- Senior Manager, Entertainment Marketing
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- Special Assistant to the President
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- Member of the MLB Executives Team
- Commissioner of Baseball
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- Coordinator, Medical Services
Robert Ford was named to the Astros radio broadcast team to work alongside Steve Sparks as the play-by-play commentator on Feb. 13, 2013. He enters his 11th season as the radio voice of the Astros. In their 10 seasons, the duo of Robert and Steve have called seven postseasons, including six ALCS and four World Series. The 92 postseason games that they have called in that span are the most in the Majors. This past offseason, Robert was named the 2022 Texas Sportscaster of the Year.
Prior to joining the Astros, Robert had served as the radio pre- and postgame host for Kansas City Royals games on 610 AM KCSP, the Royals flagship station, since 2009.
Robert has seven years of experience broadcasting minor league baseball, having called more than 800 games during stints with the Binghamton Mets, Kalamazoo Kings and Yakima Bears. In that span, Robert was twice named Frontier League Broadcaster of the Year (2003 and 2004). He also has extensive play-by-play experience in college basketball, including calling games for ESPN in recent years.
Robert is a 2001 graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Robert has twice been a finalist for the Esurance MLB Award for "Best Call, TV/Radio," including in 2017 for his call of Alex Bregman's walk-off RBI single in Game 5 of the World Series.
Robert lives in Houston and has a daughter, Elena.
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- Minor League Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
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- Guest Services Coordinator
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- Special Assistant to the President
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- Director, Project Finance
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- Coordinator, Youth Baseball & Softball
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- Coordinator, Communications
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- Assistant Head Groundskeeper
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- Coordinator, Partnership Marketing
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- Major League Quality Control Coach
- Pitching Coach / Pitching Coach
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- Special Assistant to Baseball Operations
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- Assistant Minor League Sport Performance Coordinator / Assistant Minor League
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- Assistant Director, Scouting
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- Minor League Head Athletic Trainer
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- Senior Coordinator, Communications
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- Ticket Sales Representative
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- Senior Director, Community
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- Vice President, Sales & Business Operations
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- Director of International Scouting
Steve Sparks was named to the Astros radio broadcast team to work alongside Robert Ford as the color commentator on Feb. 13, 2013. He enters his 11th season on the Astros radio broadcast. Since 2015, Steve and partner Robert have called six ALCS' and four World Series. The 92 postseason games that they have called in that span are the most in the Majors.
A knuckleballer in his playing days, Steve pitched in the Major Leagues in parts of nine seasons (1995-2004) for the Brewers, Angels, Tigers, A's and Diamondbacks. His best season was in 2001 while with Detroit when he went 14-9 in 35 appearances (33 starts) with a 3.65 ERA while leading the Majors in complete games with eight. He also tallied a career high in innings pitched (232.0) that season.
Steve attended Sam Houston State University, where he helped lead the Bearkats to back-to-back Gulf Star Conference baseball titles and an NCAA Division II Regional playoff appearance in 1986 and again in the school's first year at the Division I level in 1987. On Nov. 3, 2017, Steve was inducted into the Sam Houston Letterman's Association Hall of Honor.
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- Assistant Performance Coach / Assistant Performance Coach
- Major League Assistant Sport Performance Coach
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- Assistant Pitching Rehab Coordinator / Assistant Pitching Rehab Coordinator
- Minor League Assistant Pitching Rehab Coordinator
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- People Operations Coordinator
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- Hitting Coach / Hitting Coach
- Major League Hitting Coach
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- Assistant Director, Minor League Clubhouse & Equipment Operations
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- Vice President, Merchandising & Retail Operations
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- Major League Game Planning Coach / Major League Game Planning Coach
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- Member of the MLB Executives Team
- Chief Baseball Development Officer
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- Hitting Coach / Hitting Coach
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- Coordinator, Player Development, Latin America / Coordinator, Player Development, Latin America
A 1983 graduate of the University of Central Florida, Cotroneo and his wife, Veronica, have three children, Dominic, Olivia and Sophia.
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- Director, Marketing & Advertising
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- Player Development Advisor / Player Development Advisor
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- Senior Manager, Community
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- Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon / Head Team Orthopedic Surgeon