The Los Angeles Dodgers rehired longtime main leaguer Raul Ibanez as their new vp of baseball growth and particular initiatives, the workforce introduced Friday.
Ibanez spent the previous two years working with Main League Baseball as a senior vp of on-field operations, reporting on to govt vp Morgan Sword — who helped spearhead final yr’s rule modifications — whereas engaged on points associated to guidelines, gear and on-field know-how. Previous to that, Ibanez spent six years as a particular assistant throughout the Dodgers’ baseball operations division.
Ibanez’s present Dodgers position is full-time, which implies he’ll relinquish his duties with MLB.
Ibanez, 51, spent 19 years within the large leagues, accumulating 2,034 hits and 305 house runs whereas enjoying for the Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas Metropolis Royals, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1996 to 2014. Ibanez’s best years have been spent in Seattle, however he made his solely All-Star workforce as a member of the Phillies in 2009 and later starred for them within the postseason. With the Yankees, he had maybe essentially the most memorable second of his profession, hitting the tying, pinch-hit house run within the ninth inning of Sport 3 of the 2012 American League Division Sequence then the walk-off homer within the twelfth.
