Texas Rangers could be eyeing a managerial change this winter- Report
Recent reports suggest that the Texas Rangers are exploring the possibility of moving on from a manager after the 2025 season. Nothing is official on that front, but inside the walls of Arlington, this way of messaging all but signals that they're preparing to do life after Bruce Bochy, the Hall‑of‑Fame–bound skipper whose contract runs through this season.
USA Today scribe Bob Nightengale wrote that Bochy
'is expected to call it a Hall of Fame career after the season, but also is remaining open-minded.'
Eplsports365 also attributed to Bochy as
"nearing the end of his contract, a usual mayor mentions possible retirement"
. Collectively, those signals suggest that both sides might now be prepared for a change in the dugout.
Texas Rangers reportedly planning for succession behind the scenes
The Rangers are proactively developing a long-term succession plan behind the bench, well before the 2025 campaign concludes.
The front office hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior adviser to the president of baseball operations, Chris Young, in a dip earlier this year, a move viewed by many as laying the groundwork for a successor. Schumaker won the 2023 NL Manager of the Year award and is considered one of the bright young managers in baseball, and someone many might consider the natural successor if Bochy walks away.
Although the speculation surrounding potential trade candidates swirls, general manager Chris Young has publicly expressed appreciation and willingness to embrace either scenario. Buster Olney wrote, for ESPN, that the Rangers would
"welcome Bochy back with open arms"
if Bochy wanted to continue beyond 2025; at the same time, they would also not be surprised if Bochy decided to retire.
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What's next for Bruce Bochy and the Texas Rangers?
Neither of those two does, which means Bruce Bochy's next step involves navigating his way through this year's version of the damnable postseason. Bochy has three World Series championship rings. He was the manager who led the Giants to three World Series championship rings. The 2023 season marked the first title ever for Texas. He will turn 70 next April. He enters this season still motivated (the Rangers finished 78–84) but also weathered by two hard-fought and ultimately fruitless seasons.
One in which the Hall of Fame is a likely destination for Bochy, but one in which there are more questions than answers as to whether Bochy has one more run in him, or whether the pendulum of two long seasons has worn him down enough to bring it all to a halt.
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The looming offseason, though, is about more than just simply choosing to keep or shed contracts for Texas fans. Which represents a choice between keeping a beloved manager around longer or moving on to the new phase with Schumaker or some other rising name. Regardless of what path Bochy chooses, the Rangers seem ready, focused on both keeping their championship DNA and looking ahead.
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