Jaramillo available

Hitting guru Rudy Jaramillo has rejected a one year deal from the Texas Rangers and is now a free agent coach.




Jaramillo is believed to have been the runner-up for the Mets managing job in 2004 and it's been speculated that the only reason he was passed by was because the Wilpon's/Omar wanted to go with a NY guy ( Willie Randolph).


It was also rumored that the last time his contract was up the Mets considered bringing him in as a coach but they eventually decided against it because they didn't want Manuel looking over his shoulder.

However, this off-season the team has already said they will consider bringing in high profile coaches and are beyond concerns about any ones feelings.

Jaramillo worked with Francoeur this past off-season and is known as one of the best hitting instructors in the game today. But Jaramillo has managing aspirations and might not want to be pigeon holed into another hitting coach job.

Would having Jaramillo as a base or bench coach cause too much friction for both Hojo and Manuel to be worth what he could bring to the club.

While Jaramillo has a great reputation, it isn't impeccable as it's been said the Rangers weren't happy with their situational hitting.

Jaramillo is viewed by many as the best hitting coach in the game, and he is the highest paid. The Rangers' offense didn't perform as expected in 2009, and Ryan, Daniels and manager Ron Washington all said last week that the Rangers' approach needed to be revamped to include a better understanding of situational hitting. source Star-Telegraph