Wife of Yankees manager and former Mets GM Omar Minaya is “mysteriously found dead in couple’s New Jersey home, suicide ruled out”

• Rachel Minaya, wife of former Mets GM Omar, was found dead in her home
• Details of her death were not disclosed, but Omar was not present
• The couple has two sons, one of whom played for the NBA Blazers

Rachel Minaya, the wife of former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya, was found dead in her New Jersey home on Saturday, the New York Post reported.

Omar was not home at the time of her death, a person briefed on the family told The Post. Importantly, suicide has been ruled out as a cause of death.

The Post did not disclose the exact location of Minaya’s home, and DailyMail.com’s attempts to confirm her death at local polling stations were unsuccessful.

Rachel leaves behind Omar and her two sons Teddy and Justin.

Justin is a basketball player who played for both the Portland Trail Blazers and their affiliate team in the G-League during the 2023–24 season.

Justin is back in Las Vegas this month with the Trail Blazers Summer League team. His father, Omar, appeared in the crowd during the NBA Summer League game at Cox Pavilion on Wednesday.

Rachel, whose maiden name is Albright, was from New Jersey and met Omar in 1989 while working at a unisex salon in Manhattan, according to a 2007 article about her husband in Sports Illustrated.

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The article goes on to detail a moment when Minaya considered bringing in controversial reliever John Rocker, who had made racist comments about New York to Sports Illustrated years earlier.

Minaya admits that he would have brought in the fiery reliever if his wife hadn’t opposed it.

When Omar took over the Mets position in 2004, he became the first Hispanic general manager in baseball.

His tenure in Queens is best remembered for the groundbreaking signings of Boston Red Sox star Pedro Martinez and All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran.

Omar has been working as a senior advisor to GM Brian Cashman for the New York Yankees since 2023.

Previously, he worked as an executive for the Montreal Expos and as a scout for the Texas Rangers.

Originally from the Dominican Republic, Omar moved to Queens at age 8 and grew up in Corona before becoming a star baseball player at Newtown High School in Elmhurst.