WBC Israel coach Kinsler joins MLB Texas front

Ian Kinsler (41), who coached the Israeli national team at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) to be held in March, joined the front desk of the American professional baseball Texas Rangers.

The Texas team announced on the 7th (Korean time) that it had hired Kinsler, a former franchise star, as a special assistant to general manager Chris Young.

Kinsler, who made his big league debut with Texas in 2006, played as a starting infielder until 2013. 메이저사이트

After that, he played for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padres before retiring after the 2019 season.

Kinsler, who was also selected as an All-Star four times, recorded a batting average of 0.269, 257 homers, and 909 RBIs in his 14 years in the major leagues.

Kinsler, who will be in charge of player development in the minor leagues, said, “I am very happy to be back on the team where I started in the major leagues.”

Kinsler, who competed as the US national team at the 4th WBC in 2017 and won the championship, competed as the Israeli national team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 and hit a two-run home run against Won Tae-yeon (23, Samsung Lions).

Ahead of this WBC, he was appointed as the head coach of the Israeli national team.

Israel will play in Group D with the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Nicaragua.