The Yankees had been enjoying with a heavy coronary heart on Monday after Rachel Minaya, the spouse of workforce government Omar Minaya, died on Saturday on the age of 55.
Earlier than a 9-1 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium, the workforce held a second of silence for Rachel, who was discovered lifeless on the household’s house in Harrington Park, N.J.
“I believe we’re all heartbroken,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned after the sport whereas getting choked up.
Boone mentioned he had not but been capable of communicate with Omar, the previous Mets GM who joined the group earlier than the 2023 season as a particular adviser to GM Brian Cashman.
“It’s very exhausting,” Boone mentioned. “My coronary heart goes out to O and his household and the scenario. I don’t wish to get too far into it, simply because I haven’t even talked to O about it but.”
Earlier than the nationwide anthem in The Bronx on Monday, public tackle announcer Paul Olden requested for a second of silence whereas Rachel’s image was proven on the scoreboard.
“The Yankees are devastated to be taught of the passing of Rachel Minaya, the spouse of Yankees Baseball Operations Senior Advisor Omar Minaya. To these closest to her, she was a loving and compassionate mom and spouse, and an enormous supporter of her household and family members,” the Yankees mentioned in a press release.
“In a really quick time, Omar has grow to be a beloved member of the Yankees group, the place he often shows his distinctive capability to attach with individuals of various backgrounds. Over the course of his distinguished profession within the sport, he has freely given to others with kindness and friendship, and on this unthinkable time, we provide Omar, his sons Justin and Teddy, and their household and mates our profound condolences. His household is an extension of the baseball household, and this can be a loss that’s deeply felt amongst all of us.”
Omar was not house on the time of his spouse’s demise.
Officers from the Harrington Park Police Division went to the Minaya house on Saturday afternoon following a request for a welfare examine from a neighbor/household buddy, in accordance with police chief Robert Murphy.
Cops discovered Rachel unconscious once they arrived and tried to resuscitate her earlier than transporting her by way of ambulance to Hackensack Meridian Well being Pascack Valley Medical Heart in Westwood, the place she was pronounced lifeless.
Bergen County prosecutor Mark Musella on Monday introduced that his workplace had opened an investigation into Rachel’s demise.
“The circumstances concerned don’t seem suspicious, nonetheless a ruling on the trigger and method of demise is pending,” Musella’s workplace mentioned in a press launch. “Further particulars should not out there for launch whereas this investigation continues.”
When he was requested about suicide being dominated out, Murphy mentioned: “Nothing has been dominated out but. That’s the place we’re at. It’s up within the air.”
