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Rays announce minor league coaching staffs for 2019, front office moves

Per a team press release:

The Tampa Bay Rays have named the minor league on-field coaching and medical staffs for the 2019 season.

Among the organizational changes are Craig Albernaz (field) and Tomas Francisco (catching) moving into roles as minor league coordinators, Brady Williams managing Triple-A Durham, Reinaldo Ruiz managing Class-A Bowling Green and Rafael Valenzuela managing the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Rays. Morgan Ensberg was hired to manage Double-A Montgomery and Jeff Smith was hired to manage Class-A Charlotte. In addition, Quinton McCracken (coach) will join the Durham staff and Brady North (coach) will join the GCL Rays staff.