All-time MLB home run champion Barry Bonds has reportedly received an offer to be an additional hitting coach for the Miami Marlins.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported the offer, a day after Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com revealed Bonds was under "serious consideration" by the club.
Heyman indicated incumbent hitting coach Frank Menechino is likely to return in 2016 and mentioned Juan Nieves as a top candidate to become Miami's pitching coach. If it brings Bonds aboard, the club will simply have two hitting coaches.
The Marlins could use some tutelage at the plate after ranking 29th in runs scored this past season. Few are better to learn from than Bonds, who swatted a record 762 home runs during his prolific playing career. Bleacher Report's Zach Rymer makes a compelling case for Bonds, despite his obvious shortcomings:
Bonds worked as an instructor for his former team, the San Francisco Giants, during the spring of 2014. He also trained New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez during the 2014-15 offseason. A-Rod was suspended from baseball in 2014 but came back to hit 33 home runs this year.
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