Arlington, Texas – Rangers“The search for replacing Bruce Boch is focused on the Skip Schumaker, the former manager of the National League of the Year, which worked in the organization over the past year.
“We have a leading candidate on which we concentrated,” said Chris Young President Rangesball President on Friday.
Young admitted that he began what he would consider about the official process of the interview, and that there were no external candidates.
“At the moment, we have not yet focused there,” he said. “We hope that we do not need.”
Schumaker, special adviser to the Rangers, was the manager of the NL 2023 when Miami Marlins I went 84-78 and made the fourth after the season in the history of the club. It was the same year when Texas, with the booch in his debut, won his first World Series championship.
Rangers and 70-year-old Boshi, four-time World Series champion, who was the most victorious active manager of baseball, agreed on Monday to finish his management stay at the end of his three-year contract. It was the day after Texas finished 81-81 for his second victorious record since his championship.
Marlins fell to 62-100 in 2024 after changes in the front office, and the list destroyed by transactions and injuries. Schumaker and the team agreed that he would not return to the season of 2025.
Texas hired Schumacker in November, which, according to many, who makes him the heir obvious to Boch. Schumaker remains under the contract with the organization until the end of October.
Seven other teams of the Popular League are also looking for new managers. Young would not say if any other teams asked for permission to talk with the 45-year-old Schumacker about their discoveries.
When asked whether it is worried about the Schumaker in relation to these other discoveries, Yang replied: “I am not too worried at the moment.”
Before you go to Miami, Schumaker was a coach for a bench in Saint -LouisWhere he played for the cardinals during their victory in the world series of 2011 over the Rangers. He played 11 seasons of the Higher League with St. Louis (2005-12), Los -angles Doders (2013) and Cincinnati (2014-15).
RanGers Director General Ross Fentermaker said that although Schumaker lives on the west coast, he was very connected with the team in his advisory role.
“He will spend time with us and many different people to the front -office, added his perspective, his wisdom. He was nearby and much available, ”said Fensamker. “We probably talked with him every few days, if not daily, during the year, bounce off him and get his perspective.”
Bochy proposed an advisory role in the front -office of the Rangers. He can also be in line for the position with San Francisco giantsAlthough he is not Opening candidate From the team, he led to three World Series titles from 2010 to 2014.
Thanks to 2252 victories, Boch is the sixth among all managers, and five were ahead of him in the Hall of Glory.
