Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Jaramillo splits Texas

According to Friend of Batter's Box (FOBB) Jamey Newberg, the Texas Rangers "have announced that hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo has declined a contract offer and will not return to the coaching staff next year. The remainder of the big league coaching staff has been invited to return for the 2010 season."

Rumor has it that the Cubs are looking to seriously overpay Rudy to come fix Alf Soriano and Milton Bradley (both Texas exes he had some success with previously), among others. Here in North Texas, we saw how much effect a single new coach can have when Mike Maddux showed up to turn the Rangers into a model pitching-centric organization, And Rudy is generally seen (around these parts anyway) as one of, if not THE best hitting coaches in the game.

So ... does this matter at all to the makeup of the AL West and possibly the NL Central?

Posted by Mick Doherty on Wednesday, October 14 2009 @ 04:02 PM EDT.

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Chuck - Wednesday, October 14 2009 @ 04:58 PM EDT (#207500) #

Here in North Texas, we saw how much effect a single new coach can have when Mike Maddux showed up to turn the Rangers into a model pitching-centric organization

While Feliz and Holland look extremely promising (despite the latter's horrific tater-rate), there are some low K rates (on a Nolan Ryan team!) which would make me nervous about expecting similar results from Millwood, Feldman and Hunter next season.

I imagine there was a lot of "pitch to contact" talk going on and that Andrus was a busy man. Without doing the math, I am guessing there were some unduly low BAPIPs being recorded.

j2701 - Wednesday, October 14 2009 @ 08:34 PM EDT (#207503) #

I'm a Cubs and a Jays fan, and I would be glad if the Cubs would get a hitting coach that could get Soriano and Bradley back in line. Last year they were dissapointing, so any improvement would be great. Hopefully the Cubs will take advantage of this opportunity...

Lugnut Fan - Thursday, October 15 2009 @ 07:01 AM EDT (#207508) #

Speaking as a Cubs fan, does that mean definitively that Bradley is coming back to the Cubs? I'm not sure that is a wise decision and I'm not sold that that is the reality of the situation. Maybe the Cubs don't want to eat the salary it would require to move him. Personally, I would rather see a Michah Hoffpauir or Jake Fox in that position next season.

Mick Doherty - Friday, October 16 2009 @ 05:42 PM EDT (#207538) #

To utterly nobody's surprise, the latest Newberg Report News Flash:

According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, the Cubs have asked the Rangers for permission to interview hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, whose Rangers contract doesn't expire until October 31. Bruce Miles of the Chicago Daily Herald expects the Cubs to hire Jaramillo.

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