Hitting coaches have become the disposable part of coaching staffs.
Don't like the way the club is going? Change the hitting coach. Depending upon staff decisions, as many as 16 teams could begin next season with a new hitting coach.
The Rangers belong to the group. They brought in Luis Ortiz to replace Anthony Iapoce, who went to the Chicago Cubs to replace Chili Davis.
A new hitting coach has become commonplace for the Rangers. Ortiz will be their seventh hitting coach since opening day 2009. Only Miami, with eight, will have had more hitting coaches in that span.