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Texas Rangers new manager Skip Schumaker, center, poses with Chris Young, the Rangers president of baseball operations, and general manager Ross Fenstermaker during a baseball news conference, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
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The scoreboard at GolbeLife Field welcomes new Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Skip Schumaker is taking over as manager of the Texas Rangers after nearly a year in an advisory role that allowed him to watch, be around and learn everything about the team.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe unique opportunity to really learn an organization for a full year just doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Schumaker said Friday. \u201cI’m very grateful for that. … You usually get an interview or two during this process, and you\u2019re trying to figure out if it\u2019s just the right place for you. Immediately, I knew that we aligned in what we think.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Schumaker’s formal introduction came a week after the Rangers not surprisingly named the 2023 National League Manager of the Year as Bruce Bochy\u2019s replacement. He got a four-year contract through the 2029 season.<\/p>\n
Texas was the first of the eight major league teams with a managerial vacancy to fill its opening. The Rangers didn’t go far or take long to do so, never going outside the organization to interview anyone else.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old Schumaker joined Texas as a senior advisor in baseball operations last November after he had managed Miami for two seasons. He had previously been on San Diego\u2019s staff from 2018-21 and was the bench coach for St. Louis in 2022.<\/p>\n
Chris Young, the Rangers’ president of baseball operations, said he and others in the organization quickly developed a relationship with Schumaker through baseball discussions and understanding how each viewed the game.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThroughout those conversations, it became very evident to us that Skip is the perfect person to lead us forward,\u201d Young said. \u201cHe has tremendous standards. He\u2019s got the same belief and alignment in terms of culture. He has an infectious energy and personality and care for people, and a great way about him in terms of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n
Managing the Marlins<\/p>\n
Schumaker was a rookie manager when leading the Marlins to an 84-78 record and playoff spot in 2023. That was the same season he was the NL\u2019s top manager, and the Rangers won their only World Series title in Bochy\u2019s debut with them.<\/p>\n
Miami slipped to 62-100 in 2024 after changes in the front office and with a roster decimated by trades and injuries. Schumaker had before that season requested the voiding of his 2025 club option.<\/p>\n
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Connecting with Bochy<\/p>\n
Soon after Schumaker took the advisory role with the Rangers last year, he got an encouraging call from Bochy, a four-time World Series champion in his 28 seasons as a manager with San Francisco, San Diego and Texas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat just broke the ice and made me feel comfortable,\u201d Schumaker said. \u201cHe let me come in to meetings, we were texting throughout the season every now and then. So I\u2019m very grateful for how he went about this and allowed me to learn from him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 70-year-old Bochy was at the end of his three-year contract with the Rangers after an 81-81 season, the first .500 record in the franchise\u2019s 65 seasons. It was the second non-winning season in a row since their World Series title, and he and Young reached a mutual decision Sept. 29, the day after the regular season, to end his managerial stint with the team.<\/p>\n
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Before Schumaker and Bochy, the previous three Rangers managers over a 16-season period were all hired with no previous big league managerial experience: Ron Washington (2007-14), who led them to their first two World Series, Jeff Banister (2015-18) and Chris Woodward (2019-22).<\/p>\n
World Series against Texas<\/p>\n
As a big league second baseman and outfielder, Schumaker hit .278 in 1,149 games over 11 seasons with St. Louis (2005-12), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013) and Cincinnati (2014-15). He was part of the Cardinals team that beat Texas in a seven-game World Series in 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was a special moment for our family, probably not special here for the Texas Rangers,\u201d Schumaker said.<\/p>\n
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It was also something he has often reminded Michael Young and Ian Kinsler, both former Rangers players on that team that are now special assistants in the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I can say that any more though now that I\u2019m a Texas Ranger,\u201d Schumaker said. \u201cI understand that I have to switch my mind and not wear them out too much about that anymore now that I\u2019m on this side.\u201d<\/p>\n
And try to win another World Series for Texas.<\/p>\n
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