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5 MLB teams Barry Bonds should coach for next

By Matt Whitener

Sep 19, 2016; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds (25) looks on from the batting cage prior to a game against the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2016; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins hitting coach Barry Bonds (25) looks on from the batting cage prior to a game against the Washington Nationals at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 4, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) hits a triple in the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 4, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) hits a triple in the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Colorado Rockies

Where else would be better to apply your craft as a hitting coach than in Colorado, where the results are naturally amplified as a benefit of your surroundings? Coors Field has long created many careers at the plate, and is also home to an enticing mixture of talents on the roster currently, most notably two-time defending National League home run and RBI leader Nolan Arenado.

Joining Arenado is a talented core of Charlie Blackmon, Carlos Gonzalez and 2016 batting champion D.J. Lemahieu as well, which provides a very solid group of annual producers that can ease some of the load on Bonds to solely create results.

More than anything else, perhaps Bonds’ philosophies can help the long-beleaguered Rockies become a formidable (or at least comparatively competent) group on the road as well. The Rockies’ on-base percentage dipped from an NL-best .369 at home to .302 on the road, second worst in the league. Meanwhile Bonds’ Marlins had the second best road OBP at .333, behind only the Chicago Cubs.

If Bonds could make that type of uptick in Colorado, it would make a big change in the potential of the Colorado team moving forward. And with the recent resignation of Walt Weiss, perhaps there could be an opening for Bonds in the new Colorado regime.

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