Top Stories Dallas » Breaking News http://www.topstoriesdallas.com Dallas in the News! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Rudy Jaramillo To Sign With Cubs http://www.topstoriesdallas.com/news/rudy-jaramillo-to-sign-with-cubs/ http://www.topstoriesdallas.com/news/rudy-jaramillo-to-sign-with-cubs/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:34:41 +0000 admin http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=17874 According to Bruce Levine, Rudy Jaramillo will do his coaching in Chicago for a while. After already being one of the highest-paid coaches in baseball last year, Jaramillo will make more than $800,000 a season to fix a Cubs offense that broke in a big way in 2009, ranking 22nd in the majors in runs scored and 26th in team batting average. Jaramillo will be reunited with former Ranger Milton Bradley, assuming the Cubs don’t cast him aside in the offseason, who enjoyed a career year under Jaramillo in 2008. Alfonso Soriano, another former pupil, is also on the team.

Jaramillo took a lot of heat last season after the Rangers failed to score 800 runs for the first time since 1995 and ranked 24th in MLB in on-base percentage while leading the American League in strikeouts. But David Brown at Baseball Time in Arlington broke down Rudy’s tenure in Texas last week, which yielded some interesting results.

The Rangers, meanwhile, don’t seem to be very far along in the process of finding a replacement for Jaramillo.

]]> http://www.topstoriesdallas.com/news/rudy-jaramillo-to-sign-with-cubs/feed/ 0 Report: Rudy Jaramillo Will Not Return To Rangers http://www.topstoriesdallas.com/news/report-rudy-jaramillo-will-not-return-to-rangers/ http://www.topstoriesdallas.com/news/report-rudy-jaramillo-will-not-return-to-rangers/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:49 +0000 admin http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=17633 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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