The New York Yankees confirmed the rumors in recent days, and in a controversial move, hired former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya as a senior baseball operations adviser to bolster the franchise.
Minaya is the second former general manager to join the Yankees’ front office this week. The team on Tuesday hired former San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean to serve as an executive adviser to general manager Brian Cashman.
The 64-year-old sports manager served as the Mets’ general manager from 2004 to 2010 after becoming Major League Baseball’s first Hispanic general manager when he served in that role for the Montreal Expos from 2002 to 2004.
In 2017, Minaya returned to the franchise in the world capital, after a three-year stint as an adviser to the MLB Players Association, serving as an assistant to then-general manager Sandy Alderson.
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He left that position after the 2020 season but was rehired by the organization in 2021 as a team ambassador. The New York City native also served as the San Diego Padres vice president of baseball operations from 2011 to 2015 and spent the 2022 season as an amateur scouting consultant for MLB.
Minaya is the third former general manager currently employed by the Yankees. Former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has been with the club since 2012 as a special assignment scout