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Nov 10, 2025, 03:45 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy and the San Francisco Giants are reuniting after all, with the club’s beloved former manager taking on a special adviser role on both the baseball and business sides following 28 seasons on the dugout’s top step.

President of baseball operations Buster Posey is turning to his old skipper to help guide a new regime and direction for the club following a fourth straight season without a playoff berth. The club announced Bochy’s hiring Monday.

Posey hired Tennessee coach Tony Vitello last month for his first job in professional baseball. Bochy should provide a strong sounding board for the first-time manager.

The 70-year-old Bochy guided the Giants to World Series championships in 2010 — the franchise’s first title since moving West in 1958 — ’12 and ’14. He recently parted with the Texas Rangers following three seasons as manager, including their first championship in 2023.

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“I couldn’t be more excited to reconnect with the Giants organization and so many familiar faces,” Bochy said. “This organization and city mean a lot to me and my family, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute in any way I can.”

From the beginning, Posey ruled out Bochy as a candidate to become San Francisco’s manager to replace Bob Melvin. The Giants fired Melvin after two seasons.

“Having Boch back in the organization means a great deal to all of us,” Posey said in a statement. “His experience, leadership, and feel for the game are unmatched, and his perspective will be invaluable as we continue building towards sustained success.”

Bochy left the rival San Diego Padres to become Giants manager in 2007, the year home run king Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron’s all-time record, and stayed with the club through 2019. He then worked as a special adviser for the Giants from 2020-2022 before taking the Rangers job.

This past season, the Giants finished 81-81 for one more victory than in Melvin’s first year. They haven’t reached the postseason since winning the NL West with a franchise-record 107 victories to edge the rival Los Angeles Dodgers by one game in 2021 under then-skipper Gabe Kapler.

Bochy’s 2,252 career managerial wins rank sixth in baseball history, while his 4,518 games managed put him at fourth. He notched 951 victories with San Diego and another 1,052 for the Giants, second-most by a Giants manager behind Hall of Famer John McGraw. Those totals make him the only manager in MLB history with 900 or more wins with multiple franchises.

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On the Oct. 7, 2010 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and Torch columnist Greg Parks includes discussion with live callers on tonight’s live TNA Impact, Bruce Pritchard joining TNA, Hulk Hogan’s trip to the hospital and who could replace him at Bound for Glory, whether TNA changes course at BFG without Hogan, TNA’s PPV hype philosophy, changes WWE could make to their PPV hype, Austin Aries apparently leaving ROH, wrestlers pushed because they have “the look,” and more.

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Skip Schumaker will take over for Bruce Bochy as the next manager of the Texas Rangers, the club announced Friday.

Schumaker’s contract will span four years.

“We are thrilled to announce this promotion and have Skip leading this club in the dugout,” said Rangers President of Baseball Operations Chris Young. “Over 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.

“We have enjoyed getting to know Skip and his family since he joined the organization last year, and we look forward to welcoming his wife Lindsey and the entire Schumaker family to the Metroplex.”

Heyman added that “multiple other teams” were interested in hiring Schumaker.

The news comes four days after the Rangers announced Bochy would transition to an advisory role in the front office ahead of the 2026 season.

Schumaker was hired as a senior advisor to Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young ahead of the 2025 season.

He previously spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as manager of the Miami Marlins.

Schumaker spent most of his 11-year MLB career with the St. Louis Cardinals, also playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers before closing out his playing career with the Cincinnati Reds in 2015.

He later worked as first base coach and associate manager for the San Diego Padres, then returned to St. Louis as a bench coach prior to his hiring by the Marlins.

Schumaker led the Marlins to an 84-78 record during his debut managerial season, earning the NL Manager of the Year award after leading the club to its first playoff berth in three seasons.

The club marked a 62-100 record in 2024 during Schumaker’s second season, at the end of which he stepped away due to a death in his family shortly before the Marlins announced he would not be returning for a third year.

ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported at the time that Schumaker remained “extremely well-regarded in the industry” and was expected to be a managerial candidate for the Cincinnati Reds or Chicago White Sox ahead of the 2025 season.

Schumaker instead joined the Rangers in his advisory role ahead of the final year of Bochy’s previous contract with the team. The move came just after Will Venable, who was previously seen as a candidate to eventually replace Bochy, was named head coach of the White Sox.

Young told reporters earlier Friday the Rangers were “focused” on an internal managerial candidate and had not considered anyone from outside the organization.

Schumaker’s hiring left six teams currently looking to address coaching vacancies. The Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals remain in need of a manager as of Friday night.

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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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SAN FRANCISCO — Giants executive Buster Posey doesn’t consider his former manager Bruce Bochy a candidate to fill the vacant position again for San Francisco.

Posey, the club’s president of baseball operations, said Wednesday that he had spoken to Bochy a couple of days earlier and mentioned there could be a position for Bochy in the organization — just not the managerial job.

“The door’s always open here for some sort of role,” Posey said during a news conference at Oracle Park. “I don’t see us going that route with Boch.”

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The Giants fired Bob Melvin on Monday after his second season ended with an 81-81 record — one more victory than last year — and a fourth straight missed playoff opportunity.

Later Monday, the Texas Rangers announced Bochy, 70, was out after three seasons that featured the organization’s first World Series championship in 2023.

Posey expressed the hope of finding someone who could provide stability for years to come on the dugout’s top step as the club tries to become a regular contender again, but he didn’t provide any details about the process except that interviews are happening this week. Under Bochy, the Giants won biennial World Series championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

“We had a pretty consistent stretch of not playing good baseball,” Posey said. “There’s a lot of good things in place, but ultimately we did not achieve our goal this year.”

When Posey, 38, took over in his current job at this time last year to replace Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ longtime catcher committed to three seasons. He is still planning to fulfill that agreement.

“I’m fully committed, but I think the focus has to be on the present,” Posey said. “That’s the way I try to look at it. Would I like to do it longer, sure, but I think the focus has to be in the moment.”

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Bruce Bochyâ€s time managing the Texas Rangers has come to an end.

The Rangers and Bochy parted ways Monday, the team announced. The decision was mutual, according to the team’s statement. The Rangers said Bochy was offered a chance to remain with the organization as an adviser in the front office, though itâ€s unclear if he will do so.

“Bruce Bochy is one of the greatest managers in baseball history and he will forever hold a place in the hearts of Ranger fans after bringing home the first World Series title in franchise history in 2023,†Rangers president Chris Young said in a statement. “Boch brought class and respect to our club in his return to the dugout and we will always take pride in being part of his Hall of Fame career. We are grateful for everything he has given to the organization over the past few seasons and hopeful he can continue to impact the Rangers for many years to come.â€

Bochy signed a three-year deal with the Rangers when he was hired in October 2022, so his contract was due to expire this fall. His departure from the Rangers’ dugout wasn’t unexpected, as the 70-year-old manager had just finished his third season leading the team.

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Only two years removed from a World Series victory, Bochy and the Rangers had a disappointing season after entering with playoff aspirations, ending with an 81-81 record and finishing third in the AL West.

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That marked the second straight season that Texas missed the playoffs following the team’s World Series title in 2023, the first in franchise history, in Bochy’s first season at the helm. A combination of injuries and an unexpected drop-off in play from key contributors led to the team’s decline the past two seasons.

Bochy finishes with a 249-237 record with the organization, which marked his third managerial stop in Major League Baseball. He spent a dozen seasons with the San Diego Padres and 13 with the San Francisco Giants before he retired and then came back to lead the Rangers in 2023. Bochy is currently sixth on MLB’s all-time manager wins list, with 2,252, which is 1,479 shy of all-time leader Connie Mack. Bochy is one of six managers in MLB history to win at least four World Series titles, three of which came with the Giants.

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The move to split with Bochy came just one day after the end of the regular season. There are already two open manager roles, as the Giants fired Bob Melvin and the Minnesota Twins dismissed Rocco Baldelli earlier Monday. It’s unclear at this time if Bochy wants to keep working as a manager in the league or if the Giants would be interested in bringing him back.

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Sep 25, 2025, 03:26 PM ET

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bruce Bochy is in the final games of his three-year contract with theTexas Rangers, a span that began with the franchise’s only World Series title, but baseball’s winningest active manager isn’t ready to discuss if he will be back next season.

“Season’s not over. It’s something we’ll talk about when the season’s over,” Bochy said before Thursday’s home finale against Minnesota. “So I’m going to stick with that right now and see if we can win a couple of games here.”

Both Bochy, who turned 70 this season, and Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, said they will talk about next season after this one is done. The Rangers, who will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row since that championship in 2023, finish with three games at Cleveland this weekend.

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“The two of us will sit down and talk about where things are, what happened this year, where we’re going,” Young said. “There’s things that I’m sure he’s going to want to know about the future of the team and we’ll talk about it, like we did three years ago, and figure it out.”

Young, who pitched a season for Bochy in San Diego, was the Rangers general manager when he hired Bochy as manager after the 2022 season. They were coming off their sixth consecutive losing season, the longest streak in the half-century since the franchise moved to Texas in 1972.

At that time, Bochy had been out of managing for three seasons. He stepped away from the San Francisco Giants in 2019 after 13 seasons and three World Series titles, which followed 12 seasons and a National League pennant with the Padres.

“Just love him. He’s great. I love working with him. He’s been wonderful,” Young said. “He came here to win a World Series. He’s helped us accomplish that. And, you know, we’ll figure out what the future holds.”

Young didn’t have a timeline on how quickly a decision could be made after the season ends this weekend.

The Rangers were eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday night when they lost their eighth straight game. They won Wednesday night and went into the home finale still able to finish with a winning record if they won two of their last four games.

Bochy went into Thursday’s game with 2,251 wins, sixth among all managers – the five ahead of him are all in the Hall of Fame. No managers in the past 60 years have more than Bochy’s four World Series titles – he won three with San Francisco – the only ones all-time with more are Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel and Connie Mack.

“Oh, I’ve really had a great time, and it’s as much fun as I’ve had in the game,” Bochy said of his three seasons back in the dugout. “I said this when I came back, you have a deeper appreciation when you’re out, especially for three years and you realize what you have, how blessed you are to be doing what you’re doing. It’s been a lot of fun and I still love it, and enjoy it.”

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