Current Tampa Bay Rays Hitting Coach Chad Mottola played his college baseball at UCF and was drafted 5th overall by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1992 MLB Draft, one spot ahead of Derek Jeter. This was a major topic on the first episode of the Jeter documentary ("The Captain.")
In the podcast clip below, Kravitz chats with Rays Hitting Coach Chad Mottola about the current state of the Rays as well as having roots in Orlando and being drafted 5th overall.
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