Derek Jeter looked around and realized something was not adding up, so he did something about it.

ESPN is reporting that the New York Yankees legend and current part owner of the Miami Marlins is instituting a program within his organization that will require English-speaking players and coaches to learn Spanish, just as Spanish-speaking players and coaches have always had to do with English. There will also be an education program in the minor leagues that will offer English lessons to Latin American players.

“I’ve been to the Dominican and Venezuela,” Jeter said. “I went to Cuba with Major League Baseball in 2016. So I’ve been to those countries and tried to learn as much as I could about their cultures. Everybody expects the Latin players to make an effort to speak English. Well, especially here in Miami, if you don’t speak Spanish, you don’t fit in. I think it’s important.”

Jeter is said to be learning Spanish as well.

Given the makeup of a city like Miami with its large Cuban and Latin population, it makes sense that the Marlins would be the first team in the big leagues to take a significant step to bridge the language gap.

According to a 2017 report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida, 31.9 percent of the players in MLB are Latino, and most of those players do not speak English as their first language.

— New York Daily News