Hensley Meulens is the Yankees’ new hitting coach

The experienced trainer Hensley Meulenswas hired by the New York Yankees like new hitting coach of the team, according to the article by MLB.com.

The negotiations between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Players Association (MLBPA) to reach a labor agreement, end the lockout, and be able to start the regular season on time are still underway, meanwhile, the Yankees announced the addition of Meulens.

At 54 years old, the veteran coach will face what would be his fourteenth season as a coach in the Major Leagues, after being part of the New York Mets staff the previous season.

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It was with the San Francisco Giants where he spent most of his career as a coach in the MLB, spending 11 years with the franchise, 10 of them with the first team, where he had the opportunity to be part of 3 MLB titles. World Seriesone in 2010, another in 2012, and the last one in 2014.

As if that were not enough, Hensley Meulens also has international experience, serving as coach of the Netherlands team in the World Baseball Classic in the 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2017 editions.

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Meulens is originally from Willemstad, Curaçao, and was also a professional MLB player, seeing action in 182 games, New York Yankees, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

I currently work as a web writer, specialized in NBA and NFL for Empresa EL DEBATE. I worked for 4 years and 5 months in the Sports section of the Printed Newspaper in Culiacán, covering various disciplines, being assigned to the source of Caballeros de Culiacán of CIBACOPA. I had the opportunity to cover the Barrios Basketball Tournament of EL DEBATE for 3 years, one in Mazatlán, 2 in Culiacán, as well as the National War Bands in Los Mochis. In the same way, I was present at various openings and closings of sporting events of the Company. My passion is basketball, so I am constantly researching burst sports, especially the NBA, and have created special works on relevant topics. I covered the Culiacán International Marathon twice, one of the most important events at the local and state level. I am an avid reader, who likes to constantly improve myself, both personally and professionally. I successfully attended the Digital Sports Journalism Workshop at the University of Guadalajara sponsored by EL DEBATE.

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