Leonardo Reginatto says he is retiring as a player and taking a job as a hitting coach with the Rays.
Presumably, he’ll start out as a hitting coach somewhere in the minors. The 35-year-old Reginatto, a native of Brazil, began his professional career with the Rays in 2009 and spent a few seasons in Triple-A in the Tampa Bay and Minnesota farm systems. Since 2019, he’d played in indy leagues and Mexico, where he hit .287/.354/.509 in 81 games last season. He actually had more homers (16) in 81 games last season than he did in 800 career minor league games (15).
