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<\/p>\nThe Rangers have officially named Skip Schumaker their new manager. The 2023 National League Manager of the Year signed a four-year contract to become the 21st full-time skipper in franchise history. Schumaker\u2019s hiring comes just four days after the team announced that future Hall of Famer Bruce Bochy would not be back for a fourth season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to announce this promotion and have Skip leading this club in the dugout,\u201d president of baseball operations Chris Young said in a press release. \u201cOver his past year as a senior advisor to our baseball operations group, Skip has proven to be driven, passionate and thorough in everything he does. He has a winning spirit and energy, and we are fortunate that someone so highly regarded in the industry has agreed to become our manager.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team also released a brief statement from Schumaker himself. \u201cI am honored and excited for this opportunity to manage the Rangers,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile I attained a good understanding of the organization through my front office role this past season, the conversations with Chris Young, (general manager) Ross Fenstermaker, and others this week have only intensified my interest in this opportunity. I can\u2019t wait to begin the work for 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
This move has been telegraphed for almost a year. As mentioned in the club\u2019s announcement, Schumaker joined the Texas organization last November as a senior advisor in the front office. That came a few weeks after he stepped down as manager of the Marlins after two seasons. It immediately raised speculation that Schumaker would be the successor whenever the 70-year-old Bochy decided to go in a different direction.<\/p>\n
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The rapidity of the hiring confirms this was the preferred outcome. Young told reporters this morning the club was not speaking with any candidates outside the organization (relayed by Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News<\/a>). It was only a matter of days for the team to finalize a contract that gets Schumaker back in the dugout.<\/p>\n A utility infielder during his playing career, Schumaker was a longtime role player for the Cardinals. He began his coaching days in San Diego, then returned to St. Louis as Oli Marmol\u2019s bench coach for the 2022 season. Schumaker got his first managerial opportunity with the Marlins one year later. He signed a two-year deal with a club option for the \u201925 campaign to lead what was expected to be a rebuilding Miami club.<\/p>\n The Fish outperformed expectations in 2023, winning 84 games and snagging a Wild Card spot. Schumaker won the Manager of the Year award in his first season. Unsatisfied with the team\u2019s player development pipeline, owner Bruce Sherman made a change atop the front office after the season. Peter Bendix was brought in as president of baseball operations. Former general manager Kim Ng stepped down rather than work as the #2 executive after leading the front office for the preceding three seasons.<\/p>\n Bendix was unconvinced that Miami\u2019s 84-win season really opened a contention window. They\u2019d gotten to the playoffs despite being outscored by 57 runs during the regular season. The Phillies comfortably swept them out of the first round. Miami ownership certainly wasn\u2019t going to approve significant free agent spending. As Bendix geared up for the team\u2019s latest rebuild, the Marlins agreed to void their option on Schumaker\u2019s contract. He managed out a 100-loss season in 2024 and confirmed the long apparent news that he would not be back for a third season in South Florida.<\/p>\n The sour finish has not detracted from Schumaker\u2019s reputation as one of the sport\u2019s top young managers. It doesn\u2019t appear as though he seriously pursued a position last offseason. He was loosely tied to the White Sox vacancy that eventually went to Will Venable \u2014 ironically, the previous presumed successor to Bochy in Texas \u2014 but decided to spend a season in the Texas front office while keeping his options open for 2026.<\/p>\n Schumaker steps into a team that might be in the midst of its own youth movement, at least to an extent. The Rangers have disappointed in each of the past two seasons after winning the World Series during Bochy\u2019s first year. The franchise has dealt with revenue losses related to the collapse of its local broadcast contract, leading to what is expected to be a reduced payroll. In announcing Bochy\u2019s departure, Young told reporters the club was dealing with \u201cfinancial uncertainty<\/a>\u201d and would place more emphasis on development.<\/p>\n A roster shakeup was necessary anyhow. Their veteran lineup simply hasn\u2019t been good enough over the past two seasons. It\u2019d be a surprise if at least one or two of Adolis Garc\u00eda<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jonah Heim<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Josh Jung<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Jake Burger<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>weren\u2019t traded or non-tendered. Texas still has four huge contracts on the books for\u00a0Jacob deGrom<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Corey Seager<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Marcus Semien<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Nathan Eovaldi<\/a><\/strong>. They\u2019ll be saddled with\u00a0Joc Pederson<\/a>\u2019s<\/strong> $18.5MM salary when he inevitably exercises his player option.<\/p>\n Trading any of deGrom, Eovaldi or Seager would signify a greater teardown than seems likely. They\u2019d need to eat a lot of the remaining three years and $72MM on Semien\u2019s contract to find any trade interest, and Pederson stands a better chance of being released than traded. There\u2019s a good chance all five of those players are back, but there should be significant turnover among their group of arbitration-eligible hitters. A 1-2 punch of deGrom and Eovaldi may alone be enough to keep them in the playoff hunt if both aces can stay healthy. They\u2019ll need more foundational lineup pieces to around Seager, Wyatt Langford<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Evan Carter<\/a><\/strong> and (eventually) top prospect Sebastian Walcott<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>if they\u2019re to have consistent success in \u00a0the Schumaker era.<\/p>\n Image courtesy of Orlando Ramirez, USA Today Sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rangers have officially named Skip Schumaker their new manager. 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