Jonathan Erlichman
| Jonathan Erlichman | |
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 97 | |
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| Born: Toronto, Ontario | |
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Jonathan Erlichman, nicknamed "J-Money", [1] is a Canadian professional baseball coach for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the first analytics coach in MLB.[1]
Career
Erlichman grew up in the
Erlichman earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Princeton University in 2012. Erlichman then worked as an intern for the Toronto Blue Jays. He obtained his first fulltime job from the Rays in January 2013 (which is when Andrew Friedman, the then General Manager of the Rays, nicknamed Erlichman “J-Money”) and in December 2016 became their director of analytics. In December 2018, the Rays named Erlichman to their coaching staff as MLB's first process and analytics coach.[1][4]
Erlichman was a coach for the Rays during their
Personal
He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife Casey. The couple has a daughter. His cousin, Michael Cammalleri, played in the National Hockey League for 15 seasons.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Meet 'J Money': The Canadian who is MLB's most unique coach". Sportsnet.ca. April 16, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Diamond, Jared (March 11, 2019). "The MLB Coach Who Played Only T-Ball". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "'Moneyball': Canadian mathematician coaching Tampa Bay Rays | CTV News". Ctvnews.ca. August 11, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Marc Topkin. "So what will Rays new 'process and analytics' coach do?". Tampabay.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2023/03/08/rays-world-baseball-classic-rodney-linares-randy-arozarena-wander-franco/
External links
- "Coach Bio: Jonathan Erlichman". MLB.com.
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