MLB World Reacts To Sunday’s Big Yankees News
The New York Yankees appear to have made some pretty cool minor league baseball history on Sunday afternoon.
According to a report from The Athletic, the Yankees will have a female manager at the low-A ball level in 2022.
Lindsey Adler reports that the Yankees have hired minor league hitting coach Rachel Balkovec as their low-A manager for 2022.
“Rachel Balkovec, who joined the Yankees organization as a minor-league hitting coach in 2019, will serve as the manager for the Low A Tampa Tarpons next season,” she reports.
Sources: Rachel Balkovec, who joined the Yankees organization as a minor-league hitting coach in 2019, will serve as the manager for the Low A Tampa Tarpons next season.
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) January 9, 2022
Balkovec is believed to be the first female manager at the minor league level. Props to the New York Yankees for making a progressive hire.
The Yankees’ new low-A ball coach has been praised tremendously for her work with the team’s minor league hitters.
Wow, this is super cool! https://t.co/s0mc2Wtr3s
— David Fucillo (@davidfucillo) January 9, 2022
This is huge news and hopefully opens a lot more doors. https://t.co/8fFLhTWuGM
— David Sabino (@SabinoSports) January 9, 2022
“The opportunity to pursue is living the dream, and I have the opportunity to pursue a dream.” –@_rachelbalkovec (Dec. 2020)
Balkovec will now become the first female manager for an affiliated minor league team.
One of my personal favorite interviews: https://t.co/PiQBoXZVYV https://t.co/o7AlVNwYzy
— Tom Seipp (@Tom_Seipp) January 9, 2022
Once worked in #stlcards organization working on strength/training in minor leagues (and spring training), won Appy League award for strength coach of the year in 2014. Fantastic to see Balkovec get a managing opportunity. https://t.co/BdCMQbQuFe
— Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) January 9, 2022
Congrats, manager Rachel. Good job Yankees! https://t.co/lgmOJDf7w1
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 9, 2022
First female manager in the minors. As we wrote recently at Baseball America, pro baseball went from having no female coaches to a significant number in less than five years. https://t.co/oPsSHJusY2
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) January 9, 2022
The Tampa Tarpons will have some extra followers in 2022, that is for sure.
Congrats, Rachel!
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