Rachel Balkovec To Manage Yankees Minor League Team, First Female Manager In Professional-Affiliated League
In a groundbreaking move, Rachel Balkovec will manage the low-A Tampa Tarpons for the New York Yankees this season, making her the first female manager in affiliated professional baseball. Balkovec joined the Yankees as a minor league hitting coach in November 2019. The 34-year-old from Omaha, Neb., got her first position in pro ball with the St. Louis Cardinals as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in 2012. A former softball catcher at Creighton and New Mexico, she moved on to the Houston Astros in 2016, where she was hired as the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinat...