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                                    LEO                                              FRONT OFFICE


                                        BULLPEN CATCHER
                                    Full Name:  James Peter Leo
                                    Height:  5-8          Weight:  190
                                    DOB:  November 17, 1992   Opening Day Age: 28    LEO, YÉPEZ & PÉREZ
                                    Born: Boca Raton, FL   Resides: Phoenix, AZ

        •  Jimmy Leo is in his fourth season as one of the   league system, first for Short-Season Batavia in
          club’s bullpen catchers...Joined the organization   2015 and then for High-A Jupiter in 2016.
          during Spring Training in 2018.    •  Caught at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla...
        •  Prior to joining the Braves, he worked with   Graduated from the school in 2015 with a degree
          Oakland as a minor-league video assistant.  in sport management.
        •  Began his professional career with Miami,   •  A native of Boca Raton, Fla., Leo resides in   PLAYER BIOS
          working as a video intern in the club’s minor-   Phoenix, Ariz.
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                                    yépez


                                        BULLPEN CATCHER                              SEASON IN REVIEW
                                    Full Name:  José Ricando Yépez
                                    Height:  6-0          Weight:  205
                                    DOB:  June 19, 1981   Opening Day Age: 39
                                    Born: Carora, Venezuela   Resides: Clearwater, FL
        •  The former Braves minor-league catcher, José   •  Also played in Seattle’s system after beginning his
          Yépez is in his sixth season on the Atlanta staff   career in the Toronto organization.  PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
          after joining the club as a bullpen catcher in May   •  A native of Carora, Venezuela, Yépez and his wife,
          2016...He began the 2016 campaign as a coach   Leanna, reside in Clearwater, Fla. with their son,
          with the Single-A Rome Braves.       Jerek.
        •  He enjoyed a 15-year minor-league career (2001-
          15)...Played in Atlanta’s system for final four years.
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                                    Pérez



                                     BATTING PRACTICE PITCHER
                                    Full Name:  Tomás Orlando Pérez García
                                    Height:  5-11         Weight:  195               OPPONENTS
                                    DOB:  December 29, 1973   Opening Day Age: 47
                                    Born: Barquisimeto, Venezuela  Resides: Orlando, FL
        •  Pérez is in his fourth season as batting practice   •  A veteran of 12 MLB seasons, Pérez appeared
          pitcher on Atlanta’s major-league staff, and his   with Toronto (1995-98), Philadelphia (2000-05),
          seventh season in the organization…He coached   Tampa Bay (2006) and Houston (2008).
          in the Braves’ minor-league system from 2015-17.   •  A native of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Pérez and   MISCELLANEOUS
                                               his wife, Andrea, reside in Orlando, Fla.

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