Rangers hire former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker to replace Bruce Bochy

The Texas Rangers are hiring Skip Schumaker as their next manager, replacing World Series winner Bruce Bochy, the club announced Friday. Schumaker has reportedly agreed to a four-year deal.

The hire is hardly a surprising one. Schumaker spent the 2025 season as a special advisor to Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young. Back when that hire was announced, there was speculation that the 45-year-old’s real job was manager-in-waiting for the 70-year-old Bochy, and that is now coming to pass.

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It was reported by the Associated Press earlier Friday that Schumaker was the central focus of the Rangers’ managerial search.

Bochy and the Rangers “mutually” parted ways soon after a disappointing 2025 regular season, with the club noting that Bochy was offered an advisor role in the front office. It’s unclear if Bochy will take them up on that, find a job with a different team or retire again.

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An 11-year MLB veteran as a player, Schumaker spent time on the coaching staffs of the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals before landing the Miami Marlins managerial job after the 2022 season. He quickly earned respect as he led the usually moribund franchise to a surprise wild-card berth in his first season.

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The 2024 season was more trying for the Marlins, who went 62-98 and finished last in the NL East. Schumaker then made a surprise resignation after that season and immediately became one of the most attractive options on the manager market, though he ultimately took the Rangers job after the only other two teams looking for a skipper — the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox — opted for different names.

Schumaker now takes over a Rangers clubhouse that has fallen off a bit since a breakthrough 2023 World Series title. The team went 78-84 in 2024 and 81-81 in 2025 as it struggled with injuries up and down the roster. It enters the offseason with clear needs for its pitching staff, having already spent plenty of money in recent winters.

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There is still definitely talent in the organization, though, from veterans (Corey Seager, Jacob deGrom, Marcus Semien, Nate Eovaldi) to youngsters (Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter, top prospect Sebastian Walcott). It will be on Schumaker to keep them all on the right track as Texas tries to compete in an AL West that features a fading Houston Astros team and the upstart Seattle Mariners.

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