The Yankees are on the verge of losing highly regarded minor league pitching coordinator Danny Borrell to Georgia Tech.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Borrell and the school are closing in on a five-year deal for him to be the Yellow Jackets’ pitching coach. The deal is worth in the neighborhood of $1.5 million, which is a significant bump in salary from what the former minor league pitcher is making with the Yankees.
Borrell, 40, is in his fifth year as pitching coordinator and has helped develop Domingo German, Luis Gil and Deivi Garcia. This is Borrell’s 11th season in the Yankees’ minor league system. The previous six were as a minor league rehab coordinator and Single-A pitching coach.
Borrell and Scott Aldred, a former big-league pitcher, are the Yankees’ minor league pitching coordinators. Borrell works with the lower levels and Aldred with the upper teams. Aldred interviewed last offseason for the Mets’ big-league bullpen coaching job that went to the since-fired Chuck Hernandez.
Borrell, a second-round pick of the Yankees in 2000 out of Wake Forest, spent seven seasons in the Yankees’ system, topping out at Triple-A.