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2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
<strong>MINOR</strong> LEAGUE OPERATIONS › Vsl RAys<br />
geRMaN MeLeNDez<br />
CATCHING INSTRUCTOR<br />
TenuRe Begins his 12th year in professional baseball, second as a coach.<br />
melenDez, 31, Begins his second season as<br />
a coach with the VSL Rays…played in the Astros<br />
farm system…started his career at catcher before<br />
gUsTaVO OMaña<br />
COACH<br />
gusTavo, 26, will serve<br />
as the hitting coach for the<br />
VSL Rays…in the winter of<br />
2010, served as the catching<br />
instructor for the Tiburones<br />
BBC in the Venezuelan Winter <strong>League</strong>, his first<br />
coaching experience…played four years, mainly as<br />
paBlo, 33, will Be The heaD<br />
trainer for the VSL Rays for<br />
the fourth season…spent<br />
2008 as the head athletic<br />
trainer for the Rays summer<br />
and winter league teams…joined the Rays<br />
in November 2007 as the trainer and strength<br />
coach after spending the 2006-07 seasons with<br />
converting to pitcher for his final six years…went<br />
18-11 with a 3.97 ERA as a pitcher and finished at<br />
Double-A Corpus Christi…resides in Guacara, VEN.<br />
TenuRe Begins his seventh year in professional baseball, third as a coach.<br />
PaBLO PaCheCO<br />
TRAINER<br />
a catcher, in the Cincinnati Reds organization at<br />
the VSL level from 2004-07…played on the 2007<br />
team that had split affiliation with the Rays and<br />
Reds…hit .321 in 2007, good for 7th in the VSL…<br />
resides in Maracay, Venezuela, with his wife, Yrny<br />
Guilarta.<br />
TenuRe Begins his 12th year in professional baseball, second as a coach.<br />
DID YOU KNOW?<br />
the White Sox organization…spent one year in<br />
Houston’s organization in 2005 as an assistant<br />
trainer and then worked in the Venezuelan Winter<br />
<strong>League</strong> with Magallanes…received his undergraduate<br />
degree in physical therapy from Arturo<br />
Michelena University…lives with his wife, Veronica<br />
Ben<strong>com</strong>o, in Valencia, Venezuela.<br />
orGaniZation LeaGUe MVPs<br />
year Player leaGue<br />
1997 Jared Sandberg Appalachian <strong>League</strong><br />
1999 Andrew Beinbrink New York-Penn <strong>League</strong><br />
Steve Cox International <strong>League</strong><br />
2000 Josh Hamilton South Atlantic <strong>League</strong><br />
2001 Toby Hall International <strong>League</strong><br />
Jonny Gomes Appalachian <strong>League</strong><br />
2002 Rocco Baldelli California <strong>League</strong><br />
Wes Bankston Appalachian <strong>League</strong><br />
2005 Delmon Young Southern <strong>League</strong><br />
2006 Reid Brignac California <strong>League</strong><br />
Kevin Witt International <strong>League</strong><br />
2007 Evan Longoria Southern <strong>League</strong><br />
2009 Desmond Jennings Southern <strong>League</strong><br />
2010 Dan Johnson International <strong>League</strong><br />
2011 Russ Canzler International <strong>League</strong>
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