Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
It looks like Jim Hendry accomplished the first splash of the offseason. Rudy Jaramillo is the new Cubs hitting coach. The highly respected Jaramillo (according to a David Kaplan tweet and a Bruce Levine/ESPN post) has signed a 3 year, $2.42 million deal to spin his 5 point hitting magic on Cub hitters both young and old ($800K a year, but we all know you-know-who likes to write back loaded contracts). Bruce Levine reports that Jaramillo and his wife will fly to Chicago Wednesday to meet with Cubs officials and attend a mid-afternoon press conference after he officially signs his new contract. Jaramillo has spent the last 15 seasons with the Texas Rangers and sports the resume of helping the likes of Mark DeRosa, Michael Young, Lee Stevens and even a young Jeff Bagwell. He won the Baseball America's Major League Coach of the Year in 2005.
The Cubs hope he can fix whatever was broken last year with Alfonso Soriano who still has 5 years left on his co...
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