Junior Betances

Junior Nicola Betances Abreu

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

• Born May 26, 1973 in La Vega D.R.

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Biographical information

Infielder Junior Betances played in the Milwaukee Brewers minor league system from 1994-1996 and reached the High-A Stockton Ports in 1996. He moved to the Cleveland Indians organization in 1997 and played in their system through 1999. He spent his last two seasons with the AA Akron Aeros.

After his playing career ended, Betances stayed with Cleveland and took up coaching. He was a coach for the 2000-2001 DSL Indians and then managed the DSL Indians 2 from 2002-2005. Betances had administrative roles in the Indians' Dominican Academy from 2000-2010. In 2006 he was the Dominican Scouting Supervisor and the Director of Dominican Operations from 2007-2010. Betances returned to on-field coaching in 2011 and spent 2011-2015 as the hitting coach for the AZL Indians. He moved up to the Lake County Captains as bench coach for the 2016-2017 seasons. Betances coached hitters for the AZL Indians Red in 2018-2019. He was scheduled to be the hitting coach for the Akron RubberDucks in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19, then did coach Akron hitters in 2021-2022. After the 2022 season he worked as the hitting coach for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League. Betances reached the top of Cleveland's minor league system in 2023 as hitting coach for the Columbus Clippers in 2023, a role he repeated in 2024.

Betances has also has been a scout for the Indians, signing Alexander Perez, Abner Abreu, and Francisco Jimenez.

Sources include 2011 Indians Media Guide

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
2002	DSL Indians 2	Dominican Summer League	39-33