Rachel Minaya’s death comes just three months after the Yankees executive team was struck by another tragedy earlier this year
The wife of a key executive with the New York Yankees was discovered dead inside their New Jersey home on Saturday.
According to The New York Post, Rachel Minaya, who is wife to Omar Minaya, the Yankees’ senior advisor for baseball operations, died at the age of 55.
Her 65-year-old husband was not at home when she died, according to the Post.
The circumstances surrounding her death are unclear, however the source stated that suicide has been ruled out as a cause of death.
The pair met at a Manhattan hair shop in 1989 and became engaged within a year while on a trip to Italy.
They had two boys, including Justin Minaya, a professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Before joining the Yankees as a senior advisor, Omar, a Queens native, worked for the New York Mets, spending some of those years as general manager, a position he also had with the Montreal Expos.
Omar began his career at the Texas Rangers’ scouting department from 1985 to 1997 before joining the Mets, where he worked intermittently for almost two decades.
ESPN claimed in 2023 that one of his most important successes was helping find Sammy Sosa and Ivan Rodriguez while scouting for the Rangers.
When he first joined the Yankees last year, he told Forbes, “For me, it’s a terrific way to start the new year to be able to be with a team—a local team.
“As a youngster who has spent his entire life in New York, growing up on the east side of New York City and Queens, having the opportunity to be a part of such a legendary franchise as the New York Yankees is fantastic for me and my family. I’m excited to be part of the Yankee family.”
Rachel’s death comes just months after the Yankees’ leadership team was hit by another tragedy earlier this year.
Cathy Tusiani, the wife of Yankees senior vice president of partnerships Michael J. Tusiani, was driving her 2021 Toyota northbound along Route 128 in Armonk, New York, in April when a tree toppled on her car during a storm and killed her, according to a statement from the North Castle Police Department.
In a statement, the baseball team expressed their “pain and grief” with Tusiani, the couple’s two children Alexa and Julia, and their entire family in the aftermath of the tragedy.
“Words cannot capture the devastating impact that is being felt within the Yankees family after the sudden and tragic loss of Cathy Tusiani,” according to a statement.
The Independent has contacted the Yankees for more information on Rachel Minaya’s death.
