Report: Wife of New York Yankee manager found dead in New Jersey

🔵 Former Mets General Manager now works for the Yankees

🔵 According to the New York Post, his wife was found dead in their Bergen County home

The wife of New York Yankees manager Omar Minaya was found dead in her New Jersey home, according to a report in the New York Post.

Rachel Minaya’s body was discovered on Saturday, according to a source close to the family who was told by the Post but whose name was not mentioned in the report.

According to land records, the couple owns a home in Harrington Park.

The Bergen County District Attorney’s Office and Harrington Park Police did not respond to New Jersey 101.5’s request for further information Monday morning.

According to her Linkedin page, Rachel Minaya was president of RMS Interior Design from 2012 to 2018.

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Omar Minaya’s extensive baseball career

The couple has two adult sons, Justin and Teddy. Justin Minaya is in the Portland Trailblazers organization and also plays in the NBA G League.

Omar Minaya is the senior adviser for baseball operations for the New York Yankees. When he joined the Montreal Expos in 2002, he became the first Hispanic general manager in Major League Baseball. He took the same position with the Mets in 2004 and stayed with the team until 2010.

He worked for the San Diego Padres before returning to the Mets in 2017. He joined the Yankees at the start of the 2023 season.

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