The Texas Rangers hire Skip Schumaker as the next manager, replacing Bruce Bochy, winner of the World Series, The club announced on Friday. Schumaker would have accepted a four -year agreement.
The rental is hardly surprising. Schumaker spent the 2025 season as special advisor to the president of the Chris Young baseball operations. At the time when this rental was announcedThere was speculation that the real 45 -year -old work was the manager pending for the 70 -year -old Bochy, and that happens now.
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It was Reported by the Associated Press earlier Friday This schumaker was at the center of the Rangers management research.
Bochy and the Rangers “Mutually” separated shortly after a regular regular season 2025The club noting that Bochy was offered an advisor in the front office. We do not know if Bochy will take them on this subject, find a job with a different team or retirement.
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A 11-year-old MLB veteran as a player, Schumaker spent time on the San Diego Padres coaches and Cardinals from Saint-Louis before winning the Miami Marlins Managery Post after the 2022 season. He quickly won respect when he usually kneeled to a surprise berth in his first season.
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The 2024 season was more tried for the Marlins, who went 62-98 and finished last in the NL East. Schumaker then Has a surprise resignation after this season And immediately became one of the most attractive options on the managers market, although he finally took the work of the Rangers after the other two teams looking for a skipper – the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox – opted for different names.
Schumaker now takes over a clubhouse in the Rangers which has fallen a little since a Breakthrough 2023 World Series title. The team went 78-84 in 2024 and 81-81 in 2025 when it fought with injuries from top to the list. He Enter the offseason with clear needs for its pitch staffAfter having already spent a lot of money in recent winters.
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There are certainly talents in the organization, veterans (Corey Seager, Jacob Degrom, Marcus Semien, Nate Eovaldi) to young people (Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter, Best Hope Sebastian Walcott). It will be on Schumaker to keep them all on the right track while Texas tries to participate in an Al West which includes a team from Houston Astros in decline and Seattle Mariners.
