Tampa Bay Rays hire former Toronto Blue Jays player development director
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The Tampa Bay Rays have hired former Toronto Blue Jays player development director as the teams new infield director.
According to a report from the Canadian Baseball Network's Bob Elliott, the Tampa Bay Rays have hired former Blue Jays director of player development and Class-A Dunedin manager Gil Kim to be their new infield coordinator.
First director of Blue Jays player development & former major league coach Gil Kim joins Tampa Bay Rays as infield coordinator. @BlueJays @RaysBaseball
Kim's wealth of experience as a player, coach, and executive will be an asset to the Rays
Kim joined the Blue Jays as player development director after Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins took over ahead of the 2016 season.
He worked closely with now-manager John Schneider and the two were both promoted to Charlie Montoyo's bench staff ahead of the 2020 season.
Kim remained development director while on Toronto's bench for two seasons before pivoting to field coordinator in 2022- 2024.
In 2025, Kim was reassigned to the Class-A Dunedin Blue Jays as their manager where he finished the season with a 60-66 record in his managerial debut.
Congratulations to Dunedin Blue Jays first-year skipper Gil Kim on his first managerial victory in last night's win!
Before joining Toronto, Kim spent seven seasons with the Texas Rangers in several scouting roles, culminating as International Scouting Director.
A Vanderbilt University alumni and native of Pottsville, PA, Kim also had a six-year international professional playing career as an infielder, which included stops in the Netherlands, China, Australia, Spain, and Venezuela.
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