Yankees pay tribute to Omar Minaya's wife Rachel before Tampa Bay Rays game after spouse of team exec's mysterious death

The New York Yankees paid their respects to Rachel Minaya earlier Monday's crippled against nan Tampa Bay Rays following nan tragic decease of their squad executive's wife.

Yankees exec and erstwhile Mets wide head Omar Minaya's individual life has been rocked by calamity aft woman Rachel was reportedly recovered dormant astatine their New Jersey home connected Saturday successful mysterious circumstances.

The New York Post collapsed nan news of her passing connected Sunday while confirming that Omar was not astatine nan location astatine nan time. Suicide has besides been ruled retired arsenic nan cause.

Following their exec's devastating individual loss, New York honored Minaya's woman pinch a rubbing tribute connected nan large surface astatine Yankee Stadium earlier nan crippled against Tampa Bay.

Both teams and nan spectators coming besides held a infinitesimal of soundlessness to retrieve Rachel connected Monday afternoon. 

Omar, who antecedently spent clip arsenic wide head for nan Mets, has worked for nan Yankees arsenic a elder advisor to GM Brian Cashman since 2023. 

He first met Rachel while she was moving astatine a unisex salon successful Manhattan successful 1989, according to a 2007 Sports Illustrated article.

The mates are believed to person sewage joined successful nan Italian municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia wrong a twelvemonth of meeting, meaning they had been together for astir 35 years earlier Rachel's death. They besides person 2 sons, Teddy and Justin.

The Yankees said successful a connection connected societal media: 'Prior to today’s game, we held a infinitesimal of soundlessness to mourn nan nonaccomplishment of Rachel Minaya, nan beloved woman of Yankees Senior Advisor of Baseball Operations Omar Minaya, and nan devoted mother to Teddy and Justin Minaya.

'We nonstop our deepest condolences to Rachel’s family and friends during this time'.