Rachel Baljovec is an American minor league baseball manager who is serving for the New York Yankees' Class A minor league team, the Tampa Tarpons, becoming the first full-time female manager in Minor League Baseball. Earlier, she was hitting coach in the New York Yankees organization, also the first full-time female hitting coach in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Omaha, Nebraska native, Rachel Balkovec was born on July 5, 1987. The Tampa manager grew up in Omaha with her two sisters, Stephanie Balkovec and Valerie Dorgan; she is from white ethnic family background. As per some sources, her father worked for American Airlines, and her mother worked as a bookkeeper. She stands 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighs over 79 Kg.
After applying to several clubs to make a journey in coaching, she was not answered by any of the 15 different clubs. She changed her name from "Rachel" to "Rae" in her resume but was answered "NO" after hearing her voice.
Clubs directly mentioning they would never hire women in a coaching field, she started her career as a conditioning coach for the St. Loui Cardinals Johnson City, Tennesse, minor-league affiliate in 2016 and won the Appalachian League's award for strength coach of the year.
Houston Astros now hired Rachel as a conditioning coordinator, where he was the first-ever woman to fill that role in Major League Baseball. She was announced as New York Yankees' newest hitting coach in 2019, where she started serving full-time.
Rachel has boosted her net worth and career as seen from her career; she had been former hitting coach of York Yankees and currently serves as a baseball manager for Tampa Tarpons. Yankees former hitting coach might have collected some good fortunes to date.
As of 2022, Rachel has an estimated net worth of $1 million, and she might push her net worth to a better form by serving as a manager for Tampa. Talking about her salary, Rachel has not disclosed it yet to the public.
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Rachel is single and is enjoying her life as it is. She is rumored to have had at least one relationship in the past, but she is not open about her relationship details to the public.
The former hitting coach of the Yankees is enjoying her single life as a manager of Tampa, and she is a fitness lover person, as seen from her Instagram. Rachel loves meditating during her free time and doing workouts; she is happy for what she has achieved to date and is earning well. She loves spending her time with her family during her holidays.
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