With the Texas Rangers still in the process of hiring a manager, the club is allowing its coaching staff to interview for other jobs, according to a source.

Rangers hitting coach Dave Magadan has held preliminary discussions with the New York Mets and New York Yankees, according to the New York Post.

“We're just taking it slow," Magadan told NJ Advance Media. "I don't think either one of them is in a huge hurry to make any choices."

The Yankees fired hitting coach Kevin Long last week and the Mets let their hitting coach, Dave Hudgens, go last May. Lamar Johnson, who replaced Hudgens, will not be retained.

The Rangers, who are down to three finalists for the vacant managerial position, would like to fill that spot by the end of October.

Magadan has ties to the New York teams. He began his big league career with the Mets in 1986 and left after the 1992 season in free agency. He's spent the past two seasons as the Rangers' hitting coach. Last season, the Rangers finished tied for ninth with a .256 batting average, but there were several down years for multiple players such as Elvis Andrus, Shin-Soo Choo and Alex Rios.