José Zapata

José Zapata (15 September 1970) is a professional baseball field coordinator and former manager who works in the Boston Red Sox minor league system. He was born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[1]

Zapata is the Latin American field coordinator for the Red Sox, overseeing their two Dominican Summer League teams, who each have their own manager.[2] He has been field coordinator since 2007, and was also manager from 2007 through 2016.[3]

As manager of the DSL Red Sox, Zapata led teams to nine winning seasons in ten years, including a finals appearance in 2014 and a league championship in 2016.[3] During this time, Zapata has earned respect for developing his young players on to the next level. His guidance has been fundamental in the development of Red Sox teenage prospects as Xander Bogaerts, César Cabral, Rafael Devers, Manuel Margot, Román Méndez and Stolmy Pimentel.

Previously, Zapata played in the minors for the Montreal Expos from 1991 through 1993 and later began his coaching career with eight seasons in the Expos organization. He then joined the Florida Marlins in 2002, serving for them as the hitting coach for the Class A Kane County Cougars and the Short-Season A Jamestown Jammers,[4] being later promoted to manage the Dominican Summer League Marlins, a position he held until 2006.[5]