Mako Oliveras


Max Oliveras Gutiérrez is a former Minor League Baseball player who later managed in the minors for several teams.
Oliveras played seven seasons in the minor leagues. He was also a coach in the Major Leagues for the California Angels and the Chicago Cubs.
In May, Oliveras took over as skipper of the independent Miami Marlins after Fred Hatfield was fired. He had been "widely praised for his work in the Puerto Rican Winter League", according to Baseball America's 1987 Statistics Report, and the Marlins won the most games they had in eight years.
The next year, Oliveras was hired by the California Angels organization and he managed the Midland Angels from to. He moved up to Triple-A, managing the Edmonton Trappers from to and the Vancouver Canadians in. After that, he became a coach for the Angels in and was a member of the Chicago Cubs staff from to.
In, he managed the Kinston Indians. He took over as skipper of the Orlando Rays in, then moved down to the Charleston RiverDogs in, and then back up to the Bakersfield Blaze in. In and, he was a coach for the Montgomery Biscuits under manager Charlie Montoyo.
He later managed the Binghamton Mets from to 2009.
In between, Oliveras played for the Petroleros de Poza Rica of the Mexican League and piloted the Cangrejeros de Santurce club to Caribbean Series championships in the 1993 and 2000 tournaments.