Report: Rachel Balkovec will manage New York Yankees' low-A minor league affiliate

[rpannier]

Rachel Balkovec will manage the low-A team for the New York Yankees this season, making her the first female skipper in affiliated professional baseball, according to a report by The Athletic.

Balkovec, who joined the Yankees as a minor league hitting coach in November 2019, will lead the minor league Tampa Tarpons, according to The Athletic.

A 34-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska, Balkovec got her first position in pro ball with the St. Louis Cardinals as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in 2012.

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She briefly left baseball in 2018 to pursue a second master's degree at Vrije University in the Netherlands, where she also worked with the country's national baseball and softball teams. She then worked for Driveline Baseball, a data-driven baseball center that has trained numerous major leaguers, before being hired by New York.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33031319/report-rachel-balkovec-manage-new-york-yankees-low-minor-league-affiliate

[obamanut2012]

1. k & r -- this is important news

Thanks for posting, OP!

[Achilleaze]

2. Balk - ovic?

Interesting name for a baseball manager...I'm just sayin...

[PJMcK]

3. Good for her and I hope she does well

And good for the Yankees for taking a progressive step and hiring the best person for the job.

[msfiddlestix]

4. I'm a fan of the Key of A minor

didn't know the term applies to baseball.