Gil Kim (born December 20, 1981) is an American baseball executive and coach who is the

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of the

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of the

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. Kim played

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and

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before embarking on a

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career in the Netherlands, China, Australia, Spain, and Venezuela. In 2010, Kim became a

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for the Texas Rangers of MLB in Mexico, and later in the Dominican Republic. He was promoted to their director of international scouting in 2014, before being hired as the director of player development for the Blue Jays in 2016. He became a coach in 2020.

Playing career

Kim attended Pottsville Area High School in

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, and played for the school's baseball, soccer, and basketball teams. He played in an international tournament in Puerto Rico during his sophomore year. Kim transferred to

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after his sophomore year, which he repeated. He was named All-State in baseball for three years at Lawrenceville. Kim attended

for one year, and played

for the

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, and then transferred to

. He played for the Vanderbilt Commodores, receiving 21

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s in three seasons, recording one single. He graduated from Vanderbilt with a

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in history in 2006. Kim began his

career for the Omron Pioneers in a Dutch baseball league. He then played for the

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of the

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and the Western Districts Bulldogs in the Greater Brisbane League in Australia. In 2008, he played for

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's baseball team in Spain, and then joined his

with the

Tiburones de La Guaira The Tiburones de La Guaira () are a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). Though they nominally represent La Guaira (playing at the Estadio Jorge Luis García Carneiro), they also play home games at the Estadio Un ...

of the

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Executive and coaching career

Kim interned for the

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in 2009 for three months before he was hired by the Texas Rangers as an area

covering Mexico in 2010. He and Tony LaCava scouted

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. He also scouted for the Rangers in the Dominican Republic. In 2014, the Rangers promoted Kim to director of international scouting. In January 2016, the Blue Jays hired Kim to be their first director of player development. In 2020, the Blue Jays promoted Kim to the major league coaching staff, while keeping his role as director of player development. In 2022, the Blue Jays named Kim the field coordinator. On February 13, 2025, Kim was announced as the new

of the

single-A Single-A, formerly known as Class A and sometimes as Low-A, is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A, Double-A (baseball), Double-A, and High-A. There are 30 teams cl ...

Personal life

Kim's parents Yongcheol and Soonae were born in Korea; he was born in

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. Kim and his wife married in December 2015.

References

External links

*Career statistics and player information fro
The Baseball Cube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Gil 1981 births Living people Baseball players from Philadelphia Middlebury Panthers baseball players Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players Beijing Tigers players Texas Rangers scouts Toronto Blue Jays executives Toronto Blue Jays coaches American baseball players of Korean descent American expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate baseball players in China American expatriate sportspeople in Spain American expatriate baseball players in Australia American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Tiburones de La Guaira players Lawrenceville School alumni American expatriate baseball people in Mexico American expatriate baseball people in the Dominican Republic