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BASEBALL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVES
FRONT OFFICE

jason paré Assistant General Manager, Research & Development
• Jason Paré is in his fourth season with the Braves • From 2008 to 2013, Paré
organization after joining the team in December of spent six seasons with
MANAGER & STAFF • In his role, Paré is responsible for overseeing all aspects He originally joined
2017…The Braves are Paré’s fifth organization.
the Cleveland Indians…
the organization as a
of the Braves’ research and development department,
baseball operations intern before working four seasons
as well as supporting the day-to-day functions of the
as an analyst and assistant in baseball operations.
baseball operations group.
• In addition, Paré provides President, Baseball • Paré, who is a 2010 graduate of the Major League
Operations Alex Anthopoulos with data-driven Scouting Bureau’s Scout Development Program, began
recommendations related to professional player his baseball career with a summer internship with the
Oakland Athletics in 2007.
acquisitions, the amateur draft, player development,
PLAYER BIOS and in-game strategy…He also implements the use of • A native of East Greenwich, R.I., Paré graduated from
new and existing sources of baseball data to develop
Yale University in 2007 with a B.A. in cognitive science.
information systems, tools, metrics, and processes that
aid in baseball operations decision-making procedures. • Paré, 35, resides in Atlanta.
• Prior to joining the Braves, Paré spent the 2016 and
2017 seasons as senior director of analytics for the
SEASON IN REVIEW analyst, baseball analytics for the Toronto Blue Jays for
Miami Marlins…Previous to that, he worked as an
two seasons, 2014-15, also under Anthopoulos.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BEN SESTANOVICH Assistant General Manager, Player Development

• Ben Sestanovich is in his second season with the
• A native of Washington,
Braves, joining the organization in December of 2019.
graduated with a degree
• Sestanovich spent the previous 10 years with the San D.C., Sestanovich
Diego Padres, where he finished his tenure serving as in economics from
Harvard University in
the club’s director of player development.
BRAVES HISTORY • He began his time with the Padres as a baseball • Sestanovich, 32, resides in Atlanta.
2011, where he also
pitched on the baseball team.
operations intern in 2010...He also served four seasons
as an advance scout, 2012-15, and three seasons as
assistant director of player development, 2016-18.
• Sestanovich was elevated to director of player
development prior to the 2019 campaign, a season in
which the Padres minor league system was rated as
the best in baseball by MLB.com.
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