Colorado has offered Jason Giambi its hitting coach job after passing on him as manager in favor of Walt Weiss, but Troy Renck of the Denver Post reports that Giambi is “mulling” the offer because he still wants to keep playing.
Giambi said previously that he’d be willing to retire as a player in order to become a manager, but it’s unclear if he feels the same way about becoming a hitting coach.
“I am going to take a few days then talk to the Rockies again because my sole focus was on managing,” Giambi told Renck. “I don’t know what I am going to do yet. I just need a couple of days to digest everything.”
Giambi has been a part-time player since joining the Rockies in mid-2009, totaling just 518 plate appearances in three-and-a-half seasons playing behind Todd Helton, but he remains a very effective bench bat thanks to his outstanding on-base skills and posted a .372 on-base percentage this year.
Colorado is apparently not interested in bringing him back as a player, but Giambi’s agent told Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com that “several teams” have reached out about signing him.
