Raul Ibañez as soon as made Sports activities Illustrated’s listing of the nicest gamers in Main League Baseball.
The Dodgers favored him a lot, they introduced Ibañez again to their entrance workplace after a three-year absence. The 51-year-old will be a part of the crew as vice chairman of baseball growth and particular initiatives.
An All-Star outfielder, designated hitter and first baseman, Ibañez performed for the Mariners, Royals, Phillies, Yankees and Angels between 1996-2014.
Ibañez has stayed related to the sport in quite a lot of capacities since he performed his remaining recreation in Sept. 2014. He labored with the Dodgers for 5 years (2016-20) as a particular assistant to the overall supervisor, and had been MLB’s senior vice chairman of on-field operations since February 2021. He additionally supplied baseball commentary on Fox Sports activities and ESPN shortly after his retirement.
Ibañez was interviewed for the supervisor’s job in Tampa Bay that in the end went to Kevin Money. Final yr whereas nonetheless on the MLB workers, Ibañez was chosen to handle the Nationwide League crew within the Futures Sport.
With MLB, Ibañez’s job touched quite a lot of points of rising the sport.
What piqued my curiosity was with the ability to be a part of rising the sport, and serving to the sport, in any respect ranges: the most important league stage, the fan base stage, and on the newbie stage.
Raul Ibañez
Ibañez’s duties with the league additionally included on points associated to guidelines, gear and on-field expertise.
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