The Texas Rangers have hired former Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor to president of baseball operations Chris Young , reports the Dallas Morning News . Luis Urueta, Schumaker’s bench coach with the Marlins, is also expected to join the Rangers as their bench coach. The team has not yet announced either hire.
Schumaker, the 2023 NL Manager of the Year, parted ways with the Marlins after the season. The 44-year-old requested that his club option for the 2025 season be torn up in spring training, paving the way for his exit. As our R.J. Anderson explained , the managerial market never really developed this offseason, opening up the possibility of Schumaker spending a year away from the dugout.
Joining Texas makes it possible that Schumaker will one day replace manager Bruce Bochy, whenever the future Hall of Fame decides to retire (again). Bochy, 69, just completed the second year of his three-year contract. Schumaker could step in as Rangers manager as soon as 2026, though that is only my speculation, to be clear…