The Tampa Bay Rays have officially promoted Matt Quatraro from third base coach to bench coach on Manager Kevin Cash’s major league coaching staff, via team press release.
Next season will be Quatraro’s 24th in professional baseball and 16th in a coaching capacity. Last season, Quatraro returned to the Rays organization after spending the previous four seasons (2014-17) with the Cleveland Indians as major league assistant hitting coach.
Prior to joining the Indians, Quatraro was the Rays minor league hitting coordinator from 2010-13. He also spent four seasons as a minor league manager in the Rays organization, going 196-228 (.