Augusta GreenJackets

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Augusta GreenJackets
GreenJackets.PNG GreenJackets cap.PNG
Team logoCap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class Single-A (2022–present)
Previous classes
League Carolina League (2022–present)
DivisionSouth Division
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Team Atlanta Braves (2021–present)
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles (4)
  • 1989
  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2008
Division titles (1)2008
Team data
NameAugusta GreenJackets (1994–present)
Previous names
ColorsDark green, green, gold, black, white
     
MascotAuggie
Ballpark SRP Park (2018–present)
Previous parks
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Diamond Baseball Holdings
General managerBrandon Greene
Manager Cody Gabella

The Augusta GreenJackets are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. They play their home games at SRP Park in North Augusta, South Carolina. [1]

Contents

History

Augusta was a member of the South Atlantic League from 1980 to 2020. Before the San Francisco Giants took over the club's affiliation after the 2004 season, the GreenJackets were a part of the Boston Red Sox organization. Prior to that, the Red Sox replaced the Pittsburgh Pirates in Augusta. The GreenJackets boast third baseman Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia as the only prospects to make the Red Sox roster, although knuckle baller Tim Wakefield pitched there in 1989 with the Pirates organization. The Red Sox' relationship with Augusta met with immediate success when the GreenJackets won the South Atlantic League championship in their first year as an affiliate team.

The 2020 season was postponed and later cancelled for Augusta and all of MiLB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the MiLB reorganization of 2021, the Braves invited Augusta to be their new Low-A affiliate.

The team is named after The Masters golf tournament held across the Savannah River in Augusta, Georgia, where the winner receives a green jacket. The team logo features a yellowjacket wasp colored green, wearing a tam o' shanter cap, associated with golf.

One week a year the GreenJackets assume the name of their alter ego and become the Pimento Cheese. This name also pays homage to the Masters tournament with the iconic pimento cheese sandwich, a popular concession item sold at the tournament, featured prominently as the team's logo on caps, jerseys, and all team branding.

Stadium

The GreenJackets play in SRP Park, a 4,782-seat stadium which opened on April 12, 2018. [2] SRP Park is part of Riverside Village at Hammond's Ferry, which overlooks the Savannah River and the city of Augusta, featuring apartments, a hotel, office space, and multiple restaurants and shops. [3] The North Augusta-based SRP Federal Credit Union purchased the naming rights to the ballpark. [4]

SRP Park replaced Lake Olmstead Stadium as the home of the GreenJackets. Lake Olmstead Stadium was built primarily as a baseball facility between 1994 and 1995. The stadium seated 4,400 with nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats, over 2,000 general admission seats.

Awards

In 2008, the team was voted by fans as the best minor league team in the Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards. [5]

Notable alumni

All Star Kevin Youkilis Youk 2009.jpg
All Star Kevin Youkilis
John Grabow John Grabow 2010.jpg
John Grabow

Roster

PlayersCoaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 50 Ronaldo Alesandro
  • 36 Jorge Bautista
  • 23 Chad Bryant
  • 40 Jason Franks
  • 17 Didier Fuentes
  •  8 Landon Harper
  • 54 Jared Johnson
  • 11 Elison Joseph
  •  4 Seth Keller Injury icon 2.svg
  • 12 Jhancarlos Lara
  • 48 Nolan Martinez
  •  7 Owen Murphy
  •  5 Estarlin Rodriguez
  • 33 Spencer Schwellenbach
  • 18 Adam Shoemaker
  • 24 Samuel Strickland
  • 34 Tyree Thompson

Catchers

  • 46 Nick Clarno
  • 27 Dawson Dimon
  •  9 Andrew Keck

Infielders

  • 22 Cory Acton
  •  2 E.J. Exposito
  • 56 Darling Florentino
  • 15 Francisco Floyd
  • 55 Justin Janas
  •  1 Alexander Then

Outfielders

  • 14 Jair Casanova
  • 26 Jeremy Celedonio
  • 49 Tyler Collins
  • 25 Ethan Workinger
  • 32 Bryson Worrell


Manager

  • -- Wynston Sawyer

Coaches

  • -- Einar Díaz (hitting)
  • -- Elvin Nina (pitching)
  • -- Connor Justus (coach)

60-day injured list

  • -- James Acuna
  • -- Anthony Garcia
  • -- Justin Militello
  • -- JR Ritchie
  • -- William Silva

Injury icon 2.svg 7-day injured list
* On Atlanta Braves 40-man roster
~ Development list
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporarily inactive list
Roster updated January 28, 2024
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