Omar Teodoro Antonio Minaya y Sanchez (born November 10, 1958), best known as Omar Minaya, is a baseball executive who is currently the General Manager of the New York Mets.

Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to Elmhurst, in Queens, New York City at the age of eight. Minaya starred as a baseball player at Newtown High School in Elmhurst

Minaya was drahfted by the Oakland Athletics in the 14th Round (342nd overall) of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft. He had a short-lived career in the minor leagues as well as stints in leagues in both the Dominican Republic and Italy.