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JASON WOOD • MANAGEROPENING DAY AGE: 49BORN: December 16, 1969 in San Bernardino, CaliforniaRESIDES: Fresno, CaliforniaCAREER MANAGERIAL RECORD: 582-536TEXAS ORGANIZATION: 11th season

On January 8, 2019, Jason Wood was named the 29th manager in Nashville Sounds franchise history.

Wood, 49, will manage at the Triple-A level for the fifth consecutive season. He was Triple-A Round Rock’s manager from 2015-18 and compiled a 280-283 (.497) record. He led the Express to the 2015 American Southern Division title and a berth in the 2015 Pacific Coast League Championship.

Prior to 2015, Wood managed Double-A Frisco in 2014 and Advanced-A Myrtle Beach from 2011-13. He guided his team to the playoffs in each of those four seasons. In his managerial career, Wood has a 582-536 (.521) mark.

As part of an 18-year professional playing career, Wood played for the Sounds in 2000 and 2001 and becomes the second Sound player to return and manage the Club (Marty Brown, a player in 1988-89, a manager in 2001-02). With Nashville, the infielder played in 201 games and hit .240 (167-for-695) with 86 runs, 37 doubles, 15 home runs and 83 RBI. Wood played in 153 Major League games with Oakland (1998), Detroit (1998-99) and Florida (2006-08).

The California native attended Fresno State University, where he was named All-American while leading the Bulldogs to the College World Series in 1991.

Wood and his wife Sissy have three daughters and reside in Fresno, California.

YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG1991 Southern Ore. .310 44 142 30 44 3 4 3 23 28 30 5 2 .423 .4511992 Modesto .231 128 454 66 105 28 3 6 49 40 106 5 4 .296 .3461993 Huntsville .230 103 370 44 85 21 2 3 36 33 97 2 4 .294 .3221994 Huntsville .274 134 468 54 128 29 2 6 84 46 83 3 6 .336 .3821995 Edmonton .235 127 421 49 99 20 5 2 50 29 72 1 4 .282 .3211996 Huntsville .261 133 491 77 128 21 1 20 84 72 87 2 5 .354 .784 Edmonton .000 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 1 .294 .0001997 Edmonton .321 130 505 83 162 35 7 19 87 45 74 2 4 .383 .5311998 Edmonton .280 80 307 52 86 20 0 18 73 37 71 1 1 .355 .521 OAKLAND .000 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 Toledo .278 46 169 24 47 9 0 7 29 16 30 0 0 .342 .456 DETROIT .348 10 23 5 8 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 .423 .5651999 Toledo .286 48 185 34 53 11 0 6 24 22 43 0 2 .362 .443 Lakeland .235 5 17 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 .409 .235 DETROIT .159 27 44 5 7 1 0 1 8 2 13 0 0 .196 .2502000 Nashville .237 88 316 40 75 18 0 7 45 28 84 2 2 .298 .3612001 Nashville .243 113 379 46 92 19 1 8 38 27 73 0 0 .303 .3612002 Calgary .315 121 457 78 144 37 2 15 70 38 92 3 0 .370 .5032003 Albuquerque .296 128 473 80 140 26 4 16 83 45 96 5 1 .358 .4692004 Albuquerque .245 102 375 44 92 21 2 8 49 40 74 2 1 .322 .3762005 Albuquerque .301 129 452 75 136 18 3 21 77 48 81 5 3 .374 .4932006 Albuquerque .288 123 441 64 127 23 3 11 77 42 92 1 1 .347 .429 FLORIDA .462 12 13 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 .500 .6152007 FLORIDA .239 98 117 11 28 6 0 3 26 8 38 0 0 .286 .3682008 Albuquerque .269 105 346 53 93 14 0 4 42 27 59 3 0 .330 .344 FLORIDA .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .000Major League Totals .245 153 200 25 49 11 0 5 36 15 59 1 1 .296 .375Minor League Totals .271 1890 6780 993 1840 373 39 180 1021 672 1352 42 42 .339 .418

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Jason Wood ContinuedWOOD’S MANAGERIAL RECORD

YEAR CLUB LEAGUE W L PCT FINISH POSTSEASON2011 Myrtle Beach Carolina (A+) 72 67 .518 1st/4th Lost in quarterfinals2012 Myrtle Beach Carolina (A+) 74 65 .532 3rd/2nd Lost in quarterfinals2013 Myrtle Beach Carolina (A+) 77 62 .554 1st/2nd Lost in semifinals 2014 Frisco Texas (AA) 80 59 .576 1st/1st Lost in semifinals2015 Round Rock Pacific Coast (AAA) 78 66 .542 1st Lost in finals 2016 Round Rock Pacific Coast (AAA) 71 72 .497 2nd 2017 Round Rock Pacific Coast (AAA) 66 72 .478 3rd 2018 Round Rock Pacific Coast (AAA) 65 73 .471 4thCAREER TOTALS (8 seasons) 583 536 .521

ALL-TIME SOUNDS MANAGERS

MANAGER YEAR(S) WIN LOST PERCENTAGETrent Jewett 1998-00, ‘03-04 320 304 .513Rick Renick 1993-96 309 266 .537Frank Kremblas 2005-08 299 273 .523Don Money 2009-11 223 209 .516Pete Mackanin 1990-92 186 180 .508Carl “Stump” Merrill 1980-81 178 108 .622Steve Scarsone 2015-16 149 137 .521Marty Brown 2001-02 136 148 .479Mike Guerrero 2012-13 122 157 .430Jack Lind 1987-88 102 115 .470Frank Lucchesi 1988-89 96 89 .519Doug Holmquist 1983 88 58 .603George Scherger 1978, ‘88 83 62 .572Johnny Oates 1982 77 67 .535Rick Sweet 2014 77 67 .535Jim Marshall 1984 74 73 .503Tom Spencer 1997 74 69 .517Fran Riordan 2018 72 68 .514Leon Roberts 1985-86 70 79 .470Ryan Christenson 2017 68 71 .489Gordy MacKenzie 1985 66 61 .520Chuck Goggin 1978 64 77 .454Richie Hebner 2000 34 51 .400Dave Miley 1992 32 36 .471Jim Hoff 1988 12 10 .545Lee Walls 1985 3 4 .429Charlie Greene 2013 2 7 .222Wayne Garland 1988 1 2 .333TOTALS 3,017 2,849 .514

Trent Jewett320 Wins

Rick Renick309 wins

Frank Kremblas299 Wins

Don Money223 Wins

Pete Mackanin186 Wins

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BRIAN SHOUSE • PITCHING COACHOPENING DAY AGE: 50BORN: September 26, 1968 in Effingham, IllinoisRESIDES: Peoria, IllinoisTEXAS ORGANIZATION: 8th season

Brian Shouse will serve as the Sounds pitching coach for the 2019 season.

Shouse, 50, played parts of 10 seasons in the big leagues with Pittsburgh (1993), Boston (1998), Kansas City (2002), Texas (2003-06), Milwaukee (2006-08) and Tampa Bay (2009).

The Illinois native spent the 2018 campaign as the pitching coach for Triple-A Round Rock and carried the same role in 2016 and 2017 with Double-A Frisco. Shouse instructed pitchers with the AZL Rangers from 2012-15.

Shouse appeared in 467 major league games as a left-handed reliever. From 2003-08, Shouse appeared in 386 games, 9th-most among left-handed hurlers.

Shouse and his wife Trish have three daughters and reside in Peoria, Illinois.

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP1990 Welland 4-3 5.22 17 1 0 0 2 39.2 50 27 23 2 3 7 39 11991 Augusta 2-3 3.19 26 0 0 0 8 31.0 22 13 11 1 3 9 32 5 Salem 2-1 2.94 17 0 0 0 3 33.2 35 12 11 2 0 15 25 11992 Carolina 5-6 2.44 59 0 0 0 4 77.1 71 31 21 3 2 28 79 41993 Buffalo 1-0 3.83 48 0 0 0 2 51.2 54 24 22 7 2 17 25 1 PITTSBURGH 0-0 9.00 6 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 2 3 11994 Buffalo 3-4 3.63 43 0 0 0 0 52.0 44 22 21 6 1 15 31 01995 Carolina 7-6 4.47 21 20 0 0 0 114.2 126 64 57 14 4 19 76 1 Calgary 4-4 6.18 8 8 1 0 0 39.1 62 35 27 2 1 7 17 31996 Calgary 1-0 10.66 12 1 0 0 0 12.2 22 15 15 4 0 4 12 1 Rochester 1-2 4.50 32 0 0 0 2 50.0 53 27 25 6 1 16 45 51997 Rochester 6-2 2.27 54 0 0 0 9 71.1 48 21 18 6 3 21 81 21998 Pawtucket 2-0 2.90 22 1 0 0 6 31.0 21 11 10 7 0 7 25 0 BOSTON 0-1 5.63 7 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 5 5 2 0 4 5 01999 Tucson 3-4 6.25 30 0 0 0 0 44.2 63 35 31 4 1 18 32 22000 Rochester 4-4 2.81 43 0 0 0 2 57.2 63 20 18 4 2 14 52 2 Norfolk 0-1 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 2 0 2 1 02001 New Orleans 2-2 2.89 56 1 0 0 1 53.0 51 21 17 4 3 15 56 22002 New Orleans 1-0 3.43 19 0 0 0 0 21.0 17 10 8 2 0 3 20 0 Omaha 0-0 11.57 5 0 0 0 0 2.1 7 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 KANSAS CITY 0-0 6.14 23 0 0 0 0 14.2 15 10 10 3 2 9 11 22003 Oklahoma 0-1 3.68 6 0 0 0 1 7.1 8 3 3 0 1 3 2 1 TEXAS 0-1 3.10 62 0 0 0 1 61.0 62 24 21 1 4 14 40 02004 Oklahoma 0-0 6.14 9 0 0 0 0 7.1 12 5 5 1 2 4 3 0 TEXAS 2-0 2.23 53 0 0 0 0 44.1 36 12 11 3 1 18 34 02005 TEXAS 3-2 5.23 64 0 0 0 0 53.1 55 37 31 7 3 18 35 22006 Oklahoma 0-1 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 3 1 0 4 3 0 Frisco 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 TEXAS 0-0 4.15 6 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 MILWAUKEE 1-3 3.97 59 0 0 0 2 34.0 34 16 15 3 6 17 20 02007 MILWAUKEE 1-1 3.59 73 0 0 0 1 47.2 46 19 16 0 2 14 32 02008 MILWAUKEE 5-1 2.81 69 0 0 0 2 51.1 46 19 16 5 0 13 33 12009 TAMPA BAY 1-1 4.50 45 0 0 0 0 28.0 31 15 14 5 2 7 17 1 Charlotte 0-0 2.25 4 0 0 0 1 4.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 02010 Durham 0-2 7.11 10 1 0 0 0 12.2 19 10 10 1 0 8 9 0 GCL Rays 0-1 3.00 6 6 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 Charlotte 0-0 1.54 7 0 0 0 3 11.2 9 2 2 0 0 1 7 0Major League Totals 13-10 3.72 467 0 0 0 6 350.2 347 163 145 31 20 118 233 7Minor League Totals 48-47 3.94 565 39 1 0 44 842.1 882 424 369 79 31 239 680 32

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HOWARD JOHNSON • HITTING COACHOPENING DAY AGE: 58BORN: November 29, 1960 in Clearwater, FloridaRESIDES: Nashville, Tennessee

TEXAS ORGANIZATION: 4th season

Howard Johnson will serve as the Sounds hitting coach for the 2019 season.

Johnson, 58, had a 14-year big league career and spent time with Detroit (1982-84), New York - NL (1985-93), Colorado (1994) and Chicago - NL (1995). He was a National League All-Star in 1989 and 1991, when he led the National League in home runs (38) and RBI (117).

Following his playing career, Johnson has held several positions including manager, first base coach, hitting coach and scout. Most recently, Johnson was Triple-A Round Rock’s hitting coach in 2018. He managed in the Texas organization in 2016 and 2017 and was named California League Manager of the Year in 2016.

The Nashville resident has held several Major League coaching positions including hitting coach of the Seattle Mariners (2014-15) and first base coach and hitting coach of the New York Mets (2007-10).

Johnson and his wife Kim reside in Nashville and have three children.

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG1979 Lakeland .235 132 456 49 107 9 6 3 49 69 85 18 8 .339 .3001980 Lakeland .285 130 474 83 135 28 1 10 69 73 75 31 5 .381 .4111981 Birmingham .266 138 488 84 130 28 7 22 83 75 93 19 10 .360 .4881982 Evansville .317 98 366 70 116 16 4 23 67 46 62 35 9 .390 .571 DETROIT .316 54 155 23 49 5 0 4 14 16 30 7 4 .384 .4261983 Evansville .222 3 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 .462 .333 DETROIT .212 27 66 11 14 0 0 3 5 7 10 0 0 .297 .3481984 DETROIT .248 116 355 43 88 14 1 12 50 40 67 10 6 .324 .3941985 NEW YORK-NL .242 126 389 38 94 18 4 11 46 34 78 6 4 .300 .3931986 NEW YORK-NL .245 88 220 30 54 14 0 10 39 31 64 8 1 .341 .4451987 NEW YORK-NL .265 157 554 93 147 22 1 36 99 83 113 32 10 .364 .5041988 NEW YORK-NL .230 148 495 85 114 21 1 24 68 86 104 23 7 .343 .4221989 NEW YORK-NL .287 153 571 104 164 41 3 36 101 77 126 41 8 .369 .5591990 NEW YORK-NL .244 154 590 89 144 37 3 23 90 69 100 34 8 .319 .4341991 NEW YORK-NL .259 156 564 108 146 34 4 38 117 78 120 30 16 .342 .5351992 NEW YORK-NL .223 100 350 48 78 19 0 7 43 55 79 22 5 .329 .3371993 NEW YORK-NL .238 72 235 32 56 8 2 7 26 43 43 6 4 .354 .3791994 COLORADO .211 93 227 30 48 10 2 10 40 39 73 11 3 .323 .4051995 CHICAGO-NL .195 87 169 26 33 4 1 7 22 34 46 1 1 .330 .355Major League Totals .249 1531 4940 760 1229 247 22 228 760 692 1053 231 77 .340 .446Minor League Totals .273 501 1793 287 490 82 18 58 268 267 317 103 33 .367 .436

CAREER MANAGERIAL RECORD: 182-173

JOHNSON’S MANAGERIAL RECORD

YEAR CLUB LEAGUE W L PCT FINISH POSTSEASON2002 Brooklyn New York-Penn (SS) 38 38 .500 4th2016 High Desert California (A+) 82 58 .586 1st/2nd League Champions2017 Down East Carolina (A+) 62 77 .446 4th/1st League Co-ChampionsCAREER TOTALS (3 seasons) 182 173 .513

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GENO PETRALLI • COACHOPENING DAY AGE: 59BORN: September 25, 1959 in Sacramento, CaliforniaRESIDES: Weatherford, TexasTEXAS ORGANIZATION: 14th season

Geno Petralli will serve as a Sounds coach for the 2019 season.

Petralli, 59, played parts of 12 seasons in the big leagues with Toronto (1982-84) and Texas (1985-93). The former Texas backstop hit .302 in 1987 to become the first Rangers catcher to ever post a .300 batting average.

On July 31, 1990, Petralli caught Nolan Ryan’s 300th career win on Ryan’s second attempt at reaching the milestone.

The Texas native enters his fifth season coaching for the Rangers’ Triple-A team. He returned to the organization where he spent the majority of his major league career in 2015, initially spend-ing time with the Rangers in spring training before he was hired for his current position. Prior to his current role, Petralli’s only coaching experience came in 1994 with the Chicago Cubs in a roving instructor position.

Petralli and his wife Susan reside in Weatherford, Texas and have three children. CAREER STATISTICSYEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG1978 Medicine Hat .281 65 242 42 68 14 5 2 40 38 22 4 0 .375 .4051979 Dunedin .288 52 184 18 53 13 0 1 24 12 20 1 1 .335 .375 Syracuse .232 18 56 6 13 0 1 0 7 2 11 0 0 .250 .2681980 Knoxville .285 116 382 42 109 20 2 3 38 54 30 0 1 .373 .3721981 Syracuse .265 45 151 17 40 11 0 0 16 16 11 1 1 .335 .3381982 Syracuse .289 126 395 57 114 19 3 9 58 73 54 2 2 .396 .420 TORONTO .364 16 44 3 16 2 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 .417 .4091983 Syracuse .245 104 327 39 80 9 2 3 40 54 37 0 1 .349 .312 TORONTO .000 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .0001984 Maine .217 23 83 9 18 3 0 0 5 13 10 0 2 .323 .253 TORONTO .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .0001985 Maine .143 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .286 Oklahoma City .263 27 80 11 21 8 0 1 5 10 9 0 0 .344 .400 TEXAS .270 42 100 7 27 2 0 0 11 8 12 1 0 .319 .2901986 TEXAS .255 69 137 17 35 9 3 2 18 5 14 3 0 .282 .4091987 TEXAS .302 101 202 28 61 11 2 7 31 27 29 0 2 .388 .4801988 TEXAS .282 129 351 35 99 14 2 7 36 41 52 0 1 .356 .3931989 TEXAS .304 70 184 18 56 7 0 4 23 17 24 0 0 .368 .408 Tulsa .231 5 13 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 .333 .4621990 TEXAS .255 133 325 28 83 13 1 0 21 50 49 0 2 .357 .3021991 TEXAS .271 87 199 21 54 8 1 2 20 21 25 2 1 .339 .352 Oklahoma City .267 4 15 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 .353 .3331992 TEXAS .198 94 192 11 38 12 0 1 18 20 34 0 0 .274 .2761993 TEXAS .241 59 133 16 32 5 0 1 13 22 17 2 0 .348 .301 Oklahoma City .200 6 20 2 4 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 .304 .4001994 Iowa .167 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .167 Orlando .250 4 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .375Major League Totals .267 809 1874 184 501 83 9 24 192 216 263 8 6 .344 .360Minor League Totals .270 601 1969 247 531 100 13 21 238 281 212 8 8 .359 .366

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ERIC GAGNE • BULLPEN COACHOPENING DAY AGE: 43BORN: January 7, 1976 in Montreal, CanadaRESIDES: Paradise Valley, ArizonaTEXAS ORGANIZATION: 2nd season

Eric Gagne will be the bullpen coach for the Sounds in 2019.

Gagne, 43, is the 2003 National League Cy Young Award winner and played parts of 10 seasons in the big leagues with Los Angeles (1999-2006), Texas (2007), Boston (2007) and Milwaukee (2008). He pitched in two games for the Sounds in 2008.

Gagne recorded 187 saves in his career and still holds several major league records for the closer role, including the longest consecutive save streak in major league history (84 straight from 8/28/02 to 7/3/04) and highest career save percentage among pitchers with at least 150 chances (91.7%). He signed with the Rangers prior to the 2007 campaign and was the club’s closer for the majority of the first half. He recorded a team-high 16 saves for Texas despite a midseason trade to the Boston Red Sox.

The Montreal native began his professional coaching debut in 2018 as the pitching coach for the Arizona League Rangers. Gagne also had a stint as the pitching coach for Team France during the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers in 2012.

CAREER STATISTICSYEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP1996 Savannah 7-6 3.28 23 21 1 1 0 115.1 94 48 42 11 1 43 131 71997 Did not pitch - Injured 1998 Vero Beach 9-7 3.74 25 25 3 1 0 139.2 118 69 58 16 4 48 144 51999 San Antonio 12-4 2.63 26 26 0 0 0 167.2 122 55 49 17 8 64 185 6 LOS ANGELES-NL 1-1 2.10 5 5 0 0 0 30.0 18 8 7 3 0 15 30 12000 Albuquerque 5-1 3.88 9 9 0 0 0 55.2 56 30 24 8 0 15 59 1 LOS ANGELES-NL 4-6 5.15 20 19 0 0 0 101.2 106 62 58 20 3 60 79 42001 Las Vegas 3-0 1.52 4 4 0 0 0 23.2 15 4 4 2 0 8 31 2 LOS ANGELES-NL 6-7 4.75 33 24 0 0 0 151.2 144 90 80 24 16 46 130 32002 LOS ANGELES-NL 4-1 1.97 77 0 0 0 52 82.1 55 18 18 6 2 16 114 12003 LOS ANGELES-NL 2-3 1.20 77 0 0 0 55 82.1 37 12 11 2 3 20 137 22004 LOS ANGELES-NL 7-3 2.19 70 0 0 0 45 82.1 53 24 20 5 5 22 114 22005 LOS ANGELES-NL 1-0 2.70 14 0 0 0 8 13.1 10 4 4 2 0 3 22 3 Las Vegas 0-0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 02006 LOS ANGELES-NL 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Las Vegas 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 02007 TEXAS 2-0 2.16 34 0 0 0 16 33.1 23 8 8 2 1 12 29 1 Frisco 0-1 3.38 3 2 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 BOSTON 2-2 6.75 20 0 0 0 0 18.2 26 14 14 1 0 9 22 02008 MILWAUKEE 4-3 5.44 50 0 0 0 10 46.1 46 28 28 11 2 22 38 1 Nashville 0-0 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 12009 Quebec (Ind.) 6-6 4.65 17 17 2 1 0 102.2 108 63 53 10 7 34 64 82015 Trois-Rivieres (Ind.) 0-0 2.08 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 12016 Ottawa (Ind.) 0-0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 02017 Long Island (Ind.) 0-2 12.27 5 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 9 5 1 0 4 5 1Major League Totals 33-26 3.47 402 48 0 0 187 643.2 518 268 248 76 33 226 718 18Minor League Totals 36-19 3.16 97 89 4 2 2 512.1 410 209 180 55 14 180 566 22Ind. League Totals 6-8 4.67 24 19 2 1 0 115.2 119 74 60 12 7 43 77 10

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CARLOS OLIVAS • ATHLETIC TRAINEROPENING DAY AGE: 41BORN: February 5, 1978 in Sante Fe, New MexicoRESIDES: Albuquerque, New MexicoTEXAS ORGANIZATION: 11th season

Carlos Olivas will be the athletic trainer for the Sounds in 2019.

Olivas, 41, enters his first season as athletic trainer for the Sounds. The New Mexico native spent the previous three seasons in the same role for Triple-A Round Rock.

Prior to his time in Round Rock, Olivas spent five seasons with Double-A Frisco, where he was named Texas League Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) in 2012 and 2013. Olivas spent eight seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers orga-nization prior to joining the Texas organization in 2009.

He served in the same capacity for Double-A Jacksonville (2006, 2008), Advanced-A Vero Beach (2005), Single-A Columbus (2003-04), Single-A South Georgia (2002) and Shortseason Great Falls (2001).

Olivas graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2000 with a B.S. in athletic training. He and his wife Toni reside in Albuquerque New Mexico and have two daughters.

AL SANDOVAL • STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

OPENING DAY AGE: 33BORN: August 17, 1985 in Pueblo, ColoradoRESIDES: Centennial, ColoradoTEXAS ORGANIZATION: 3rd season

Al Sandoval will serve as the Sounds strength and conditioning coach in 2019.

Sandoval, 33, enters his first season with Nashville. The Colorado native spent the 2018 season in the same role with Triple-A Round Rock.

Prior to his one season in Round Rock, Sandoval spent the 2017 season with Advanced-A Down East. Before joining the Texas organization in December 2016, Sandoval spent five seasons in the Los Angeles Angels organization, including three seasons (2014-16) as the Club’s minor league strength and conditioning coordinator. Sandoval began his baseball career in the Colorado Rockies organization, working as a strength coach from 2008-11.

Sandoval is a 2008 graduate of Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he was a three-year varsity letter winner for the Thunderwolves baseball team.

Sandoval and his wife Kristine reside in Centennial, Colorado and have two children.