Rodney Linares
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 27 | |
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| Born: August 7, 1977 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |
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Rodney Linares (born August 7, 1977) is a Dominican–American coach for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Linares played as an infielder at the Rookie-level of minor league baseball in 1997 and 1998. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 180 pounds (82 kg).
Career
He became a coach and instructor for the Houston Astros at the age of 21 in 1999, and spent two decades in the Astro organization as a batting coach and minor league manager.[1] He is the son of thheh Dominican baseball playerJulio Linares, a member of the Houston organization since 1973 as a coach, manager, special assignments scout and key official for the club's operations in the Dominican Republic.[2] Julio also spent three years (1994–96) as a coach for the MLB Astros.
After becoming a manager in the Astro organization in 2007, Rodney Linares oversaw the development of such players as José Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, J. D. Martinez and George Springer.[2][3] In 2018, he managed the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies[4] to an 82–57, first-place finish in the Pacific Coast League's Pacific Northern Division; he led the Grizzlies into the second round of the PCL playoffs, where they fell to the Memphis Redbirds.[5] Between 2012 and 2016, his teams qualified for the playoffs in five straight seasons, and Linares won the Class A-Advanced California League's Manager of the Year Award in 2013 and the Double-A Texas League's Manager of the Year Award in 2015.[1] His minor-league managerial record over 12 seasons (2007–18) is 762–697 (.522); he has also helmed clubs in the Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League. He makes his winter home in San Pedro de Macorís.[1]
The Rays hired Linares as their third base coach in November 2018.[3] In November 2022, he was promoted to bench coach after incumbent Matt Quatraro was hired as the manager of the Kansas City Royals.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Rodney Linares named 10th Field Manager in Fresno Grizzlies history". MiLB.com.
- ^ a b "Grizzlies' Linares is a rising star for Astros". MiLB.com.
- ^ a b "Rodney Linares hired as Tampa Bay Rays 3B coach". Tampabay.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ Warszawski, Marek (2018-01-10). "Fresno Grizzlies to name Rodney Linares as new manager". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- ^ MiLB.com
- ^ Berry, Adam. "Rays finalize coaching staff with 3 promotions". MLB.com. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Dominican Republic baseball coaches
- American baseball coaches
- American sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
- Gulf Coast Astros players
- Gulf Coast Tigers players
- Major League Baseball third base coaches
- Minor league baseball managers
- Baseball players from Brooklyn
- Tampa Bay Rays coaches