Rachel Balkovec is progressing, but outside the Yankees organization.
After becoming the first woman to manage a minor league team, leading the Yankees’ Low-A club for the past two seasons, Balkovec has agreed to become the Marlins’ director of player development, a source confirmed. to the Post on Tuesday. MLB.com first reported the hiring.
Balkovec has previously indicated that she aspires to become a general manager in the future, so moving from the dugout to a front office role would seem to fit that goal.
Balkovec, 36, joined the Yankees organization in November 2019 as a minor league hitting coach after working as a minor league strength and conditioning coach for the Cardinals and Astros.
She was then promoted to manage Low-A Tampa ahead of the 2022 season.
Rachel Balkovec leaves the Yankees for the Marlins. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
“In general, I think I want to be a head coach, and right now I’m obviously in a role where it comes with a lot of leadership responsibility, but I want all the pressure,” Balkovec told The Post’s Steve Serby in April. of 2022.
“So I want to be a head coach, and I think the general manager of most baseball teams is someone who maybe makes more decisions than the major league manager. I’m also interested in the whole organization and not just one team, so just looking at the big picture I guess.
Rachel Balkovec in her debut as coach of the Tampa Tarpons. P.A.
The Marlins were the first MLB organization to have a female general manager when they hired Kim Ng in 2020, although Ng left the club after last season, reportedly because she wanted to hire a president of baseball operations above her.
The Marlins have since hired former Rays general manager Peter Bendix as their new president of baseball operations, and he will now have Balkovec on his staff.
2024-01-09 19:27:47
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