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‘To have sustainable success is to have a farm system that is constantly giving you another wave of players to add to your roster and I don’t think we’re at that point yet.’
MIAMI -- Rachel Balkovec has agreed to become the Marlins' director of player development, Miami announced on Tuesday, a week after the news broke. Balkovec's hiring was made official in conjunction with the hiring of Gabe Kapler as the assistant general manager, Vinesh Kanthan as the director of baseball operations
The Miami Marlins have hired trailblazer Rachel Balkovec as their new director of player development.
After making history as the first woman to manage a minor league team, Rachel Balkovec will part ways with the Tampa Tarpons, Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, to work in player development for the Miami Marlins.
Balkovec, 36, has spent the past two seasons as the manager of the Tampa Tarpons, the Single A affiliate for the New York Yankees. She was the first woman to work as a full-time manager for an MLB-affiliated team.