Yankees News: Marcus Thames promoted to Triple-A hitting coach

There has been plenty of speculation around the New York Yankees that former 30th round draft pick (1996) Marcus Thames would be promoted by GM Brian Cashman to the role of an assistant hitting coach with the big league club.

However, the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, announced on Friday that Thames has been promoted from his post as the organization's Double-A hitting coach to take over the same role at Triple-A.

Thames is well-liked with the Yankees' organization and appears to be one of the next in line to join manager Joe Girardi's staff in the Bronx.

Here is the RailRiders' official profile, courtesy of the LoHud Yankees Blog:

Thames, 37, was a 30th-round pick by the Yankees in 1996 before spending a decade in the big leagues with the Yankees (2002, 2010), Texas Rangers (2003), Detroit Tigers (2004-09) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2011). The corner outfielder belted the first of his 115 homers in his first MLB at-bat against 2015 Hall-of-Fame inductee Randy Johnson. Thames assembled a career line of .246/.309/.485/.794. He still owns Detroit’s franchise record for best at-bat/HR ratio on a career at 14.8. He spent the 2014 season as the hitting coach with Double-A Trenton and served in the same role with Advanced-A Tampa in 2013. He played 314 games in the International League including a four-game SWB stint in 2010.

The RailRiders open their season at home against the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington Nationals) on April 9th.

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