Manny Ramirez’s days as one of MLB’s power hitters are well behind him, but he wants to return to the league in a different capacity.
The former Boston Red Sox left fielder is “getting word out” to all 30 MLB teams that he’d love to be a team’s hitting coach, his agent, Hector Zepeda, said per MLB Network’s Jon Heyman .
It’s been 14 years since Ramirez, 53, was last part of an MLB team. He was a player-coach for Triple-A Iowa — the Chicago Cubs’ minor league affiliate — in 2014. Ramirez then became the team’s hitting consultant in 2015.
In 19 MLB seasons, Ramirez amassed 555 home runs, a .312 batting average and a .996 OPS.
Ramirez, a 2004 World Series champion with Boston — is one of 28 players to be in the elusive 500 home runs club. He had 274 homers with the Red Sox.
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