Former major league outfielder July Bourbonwho has been coaching and managing in the New York Yankees minor league system since retiring four years ago, announced this week that he has accepted a new position in the Minnesota Twins player development staff.
He will perform as new Assistant Player Development Coordinator of the team, as he takes the next step in his post-game career within the game. Bourbon, 36 years old next month, thanked the Yankees for “[brindarme] the right culture and structure to start my career as a coach”:
He originally joined the Yankees organization for the 2019 season and has served as defensive coach/baserunning since then, before moving up to manager in the Yankees’ Florida Coast League affiliate in 2021.
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Julio Alberto Borbón was born on February 20, 1986 in Starkville, Mississippi (although he is of Dominican origin). He batted and threw for the profile of lefties, he is 1.83 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms.
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