Report: Rudy Jaramillo Will Not Return To Rangers

Posted on October 14th, 2009 2:16pm by Ryan Jones
Filed under Baseball, Breaking News, Rangers notes, Texas Rangers

After fielding one of the worst offenses in the history of the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington era, Evan Grant is reporting that the Rangers will not retain the services of hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. According to the report, the club extended a one year offer to Jaramillo, but he declined it and will explore other options via free agency.

Jaramillo has been the Rangers hitting instructor since the 1995 season, and from 1996 through 2004, the Rangers ranked in the top five in batting average, runs scored, slugging percentage, home runs, and hits. Texas is also only a year removed from leading the majors with 901 runs scored.

But 2009 was a different story, as the Rangers failed to crack 800 runs for the first time since ’95, Jaramillo’s first year on the job. Texas also led the A.L. in strikeouts (1253) and ranked 12th out of 14 teams in walks (472), seeing a 20.6% drop in free passes from last year. The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros have already been listed as potential suitors for Jaramillo.

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One Comment to “Report: Rudy Jaramillo Will Not Return To Rangers”
  • john in clearwater @ October 14th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Best of luck to Rudy. I’m sure somebody out there will offer him a multi year deal. Hopefully the Rangers will look in house first at people who are already familiar with many of the players before looking at outside candidates.