The Texas Rangers’ new manager is Skip Schumaker
Skip Schumaker has been named the manager for the Texas Rangers, the team announced today. Schumaker replaces Bruce Bochy, whose contract expired after the season and who, it was announced earlier this week, would not be returning by mutual decision.
Schumaker, 45, spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as manager of the Miami Marlins. Hired by then-g.m. Kim Ng, Schumaker led the Marlins to an 84-78 record in 2023. Excepting the 2020 pandemic season, it was the first time the Marlins had finished over .500 since 2009, and the only playoff appearance save for 2020 since the Marlins won the 2003 World Series.
However, after 2023, the Marlins decided to bring in a president of baseball operations over Ng, resulting in her departure. The team went 62-100 in 2024, and Schumaker decided not to return.
The Rangers hired him last offseason as a special assistant to Chris Young, and the thought was that, if Bruce Bochy didn’t return, Schumaker would be the leading candidate to take over. That has turned out to be the case.
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