DJ LeMahieu employed as supervisor of summer season faculty baseball staff

Virtually a yr after his launch from the Yankees, DJ LeMahieu is again in baseball.

However, at the very least for now, he’s not on the sector — he’ll be calling the pictures from the dugout.

The previous All-Star second baseman was employed because the supervisor of the Royal Oak Leprechauns, a Northwoods summer season collegiate baseball staff in Michigan. LeMahieu moved to the state as a center schooler after which turned a prolific participant at Brother Rice Excessive Faculty.

LeMahieu beforehand helped fund the summer season staff’s house ballpark renovations earlier this decade.

DJ LeMahieu #26 of the New York Yankees hits a solo homer during the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Bronx, NY. ( — DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees hits a solo homer through the fifth inning in opposition to the Boston Crimson Sox at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Bronx, NY. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

The staff stated LeMahieu shall be “persevering with to pursue alternatives in skilled baseball,” although it didn’t specify whether or not that meant enjoying or teaching.

“DJ has been hands-on all through your entire offseason, and that’s meant the whole lot to our workers,” basic supervisor Danny Weiss stated in an announcement in regards to the hiring. “As he steps into the sector supervisor position, that very same dedication carries over to the gamers he leads. He cares deeply about constructing a tradition gamers need to be a part of — and that’s going to set the usual for the whole lot we do in 2026 and past.”

LeMahieu was designated for project by the Yankees final July and formally launched someday later after hititng .266 with a .674 OPS in 45 video games in 2025. Over his final three seasons in pinstripes, he hit simply .237.

It was a fall-off from his first two seasons with the Yankees when he completed fourth and third within the American League MVP voting in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Within the COVID-shortened 2020, he led MLB with a .364 common and the AL with a .421 on-base proportion and 1.011 OPS.

New York Yankees second base DJ LeMahieu (26) doubles during the fourth inning when the New York Yankees played the Baltimore Orioles Friday, June 20, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. — New York Yankees second base DJ LeMahieu (26) doubles through the fourth inning when the New York Yankees performed the Baltimore Orioles Friday, June 20, 2025 at Yankee Stadium within the Bronx, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Publish

Final Monday, LeMahieu posted on his Instagram feed for the primary time in six years to want the Yankees properly.

“I do know it’s been a minute however simply need to be certain I say thanks to the @yankees group, the entire followers and my teammates for my time in New York,” he wrote within the caption of his put up. “I’ll have been three years shy of being a real ‘New Yorker,’ however New York will perpetually really feel like house. I’m grateful to have been part of some unimaginable moments on the sector. Hoping for continued success for the boys!”

The Leprechauns begin their season Could 25.