we’re apparently sticking with mcclendon, jaramillo is super expensive, and the rangers have some of the same problems we have.

The Rangers had a down year offensively, yes, but his track record is one of much success. As for being “expensive”, we’re talking about a hitting coach. Expensive is a relative term. You’d basically pay him slightly more than the league minimum player salary. At least bring the guy in for an interview.

I still don’t see how a coaching change will work. To borrow a phrase I’ve overheard in my neck of the woods…you can’t make chicken soup out of chicken shit

did the Tigers consistently have problems @ the plate that never seemed to be corrected. about the only one that really did was Mags & he was playin for his contract, what was it $18mil, n/s if we got that much worth outta of him on the year as a whole. I guess 1 outta what 20 guys makes you “very good”???

Kurt mentions a New York Post tweet bringing up that possibility. I guess coaches and managers needs reps, too, but Boras is as likely as not going to scare a couple of potential employers away.

From what I can understand about being a batting coach you really are more of a consultant than anything else. You can suggest a player try this or that. You can point out issues that you see. But you can’t really do anything beyond that.
And I’m not sure that McClendon has been that bad. Look at Kurt’s data above and look at some of the improvements we saw this year:
Inge showed some real potential for the first 1/2 of the year. I’m willing to lay the blame for the 2nd 1/2 on his knees.
Granderson seems to focus on one thing for an entire year and this year it was power. He must have gotten input from his coaches along the way and I give credit.
Ordonez is a seasoned player. In his case I think of the confidence that McC put in him during his “slump” (if 3 months can be called a slump). That confidence is meaningful and I give McClendon credit for it.
The AAA+ players all had their ups and downs. McC had input in when to send someone back to Toledo or when to ride it out in Detroit. I think there were good choices there that helped the players and the club.

I’m of the school that it comes down to the players making it happen. If they do then good things happen. If you don’t then good things don’t happen. The coach can’t fix them like robots.

A new guy from Texas (who seems to share the same philosophy as McClendon) won’t bring much to the table.

Sounds like the foul air from Ford Field is leaking across the street to Dombrowski’s suite.

Both sides have made pretty good arguments. I have basically zero expertise on such matters, but I do know that Jaramillo’s considered one of the best hitting coaches in baseball, and the opportunity to net someone like that doesn’t come along every day (and I don’t think one bad year necessarily means the guy’s lost his touch). At the same time, Kurt made a valid point about how the Rangers tend to be fairly aggressive hitters (but good ones, until this year), and if the Tigers want to emphasize plate discipline next year, that may become two irreconcilable views (and I know that sentence is phrased horribly). I do think the guys we already have are certainly capable of more than they showed this past year. But I wasn’t one of those calling for McClendon’s head, either. Like I said, I keep bouncing back and forth on the issue of Jaramillo, but the Tigers probably will not go after him so it’ll likely become a moot point anyways.

After 15 seasons, Jaramillo’s hitting philosophy is bound to get a little stale. The Rangers’ hitting achievements were stellar when he was there. The BAs of our starters looked like that of a last place team more than a first place team. It’s scary to think how huge our division margin would have been with a hitting coach who had dimension to his philosophy.

I’m sick of watching the Tigers waste opportunities. I want to see someone (besides Gerald) bunt effectively next year, move runners over. I don’t remember seeing too many guys aiming to go to right field with a guy on first and the 1B holding him on.

Jon Heyman is tweeting that Jaramillo is likely to join the Cubs.