Javier Bracamonte joined the organization in 2001 after five years of giving private baseball lessons. Bracamonte has taken part in three MLB All-Star Games, throwing batting practice during the Home Run Derby competition.
A former shortstop and second baseman, Bracamonte played at the New York Yankees' Venezuelan Academy from 1988-90 and was the third Venezuelan to become a professional baseball player after serving as a bat boy.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela on Nov. 11, 1969, he now resides in Houston, TX, with his daughter, Jaelyn, and son, Gustavo.
