Yankees Hiring Rachel Balkovec as Full-Time Minor-League Hitting Coach

The New York Yankees are set to make history with their latest coaching hire.

Thirty-two-year-old Rachel Balkovec has signed a contract with the team and will become one of the first full-time female coaches to work for a major league organization.

Also excited for our very own Rachel Balkovec, who will be a full-time hitting coach for the Yankees. I've been recruiting Rachel for years, and she's been doing amazing gaze tracking work with hitters in our sports science division.https://t.co/L29Gjmh8Hq
— Kyle Boddy (@drivelinebases) November 23, 2019

Balkovec will serve as a hitting coach across multiple levels throughout the organization, calling upon her experience as a softball player at both Creighton University and the University of New Mexico.

It's a fantastic moment for the baseball world that marks a progressive move towards a more inclusive future. The Cubs made a similar move on Friday.

This isn't the first time Balkovec's worked with an MLB team, though. She first broke onto the scene by serving as a strength and conditioning coach back in 2012 with the St. Louis Cardinals.

For some more background on the #Yankees new hitting coach Rachel Balkovec @damselndadugout check out this story I did on her for #MLB in 2104 when she was a strength and conditioning coach for the #STLCards: https://t.co/nrKdlPgo1e
— Lindsay Berra (@lindsayberra) November 23, 2019

She most recently served in a similar role with the Houston Astros' Double-A affiliate, the Corpus Christi Hooks.

Now, though, Balkovec will get to be a part of one of the most successful and well-known organizations in all of sports. Hopefully, her trail-blazing efforts will open the door for more women looking to work in professional baseball.