Report: Bonds under consideration to be Marlins hitting coach
Barry Bonds is reportedly under consideration by the Miami Marlins to join their staff as a hitting coach.
The home run king wouldn't supplant current hitting coach Frank Menechino. Instead, the team would employ two hitting coaches, according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman.
Bonds would join the staff of six-time All-Star Don Mattingly, who recently became the Marlins' seventh manager since June 2010. Bonds has worked as a guest instructor for the San Francisco Giants in spring training since his playing days ended.
A seven-time NL MVP, Bonds broke Hank Aaron's career home record of 755 on Aug. 7, 2007, in the last of his 22 big league seasons.
In July, after a pursuit that lasted nearly a decade, federal prosecutors dropped what remained of their criminal case against Bonds. But because of the taint of steroids, he has come up short in Hall of Fame balloting.
The Marlins finished next to last in the majors in runs in 2015, when they went 71-91. They haven't made the playoffs since winning the World Series in 2003.
- With files from theScore