Rudy Jaramillo, who has been the Rangers' hitting coach the past 15 seasons, turned down a one-year offer to remain with the club this morning and won't be back in 2010. An offer had been made by general manager Jon Daniels and team president Nolan Ryan late last week, and Jaramillo mulled his future over the weekend and the first two days of this week.
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.
-- Jeff Wilson
I think he is smart to leave. The franchise is in real trouble financially and who knows what will happen. He has had a great run and as a free agent per se he is in a great position to set himself & his family up for the future. Thanks and good luck Rudy!
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Posted by: Dallas Florist | October 14, 2009 at 02:23 PM
The Rangers Mgmt is as incompetent as the Dallas Cowboys Mgmt.
They're both doomed to mediocrity due to the powers that own each organization.
Poor Nolan Ryan .... we really believed that he could turn this disaster around and he came very close.
Posted by: RevJL | October 14, 2009 at 03:10 PM
i could not agree more. can only hope if this team ever gets sold to someone with a clue we might have a chance at keeping and acquiring some free agents instead of having to watch the game's best hitting coach walk away. team is on the cusp of something good, 22nd wurst payroll in baseball ain't gonna cut the mustard.
Posted by: The Swami | October 14, 2009 at 09:48 PM
the person that need to go is ron shington and not jaramillo
Posted by: juanramos | October 15, 2009 at 07:17 PM
The Rangers are a farm team for the Yankees
Posted by: Rex | October 29, 2009 at 06:06 PM