STEPHEN HAWKINS Baseball Writer, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker walks off the field during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants= in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Texas Rangers hire Skip Schumaker as manager, signing former Marlins skipper to 4-year deal

October 3, 2025

The Texas Rangers have hired Skip Schumaker as their manager. The team agreed Friday night to a four-year contract with the former NL Manager of the Year. Schumaker’s deal was announced after Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, acknowledged earlier in the day that the team was focused on an internal candidate in its search to replace Bruce Bochy. Schumaker had been a senior adviser with the Rangers since last November. He was the 2023 NL Manager of the Year when Miami went 84-78 and made the fourth postseason appearance in club history.

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy speaks with reporters before the start of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Bruce Bochy out as Rangers manager after 3-year stint and the team’s only World Series title

September 29, 2025

Bruce Bochy will not return as manager of the Texas Rangers after a three-year stint that began with the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2023 before missing the playoffs in both seasons since then. The Rangers announced Monday night that the team and Bochy had mutually agreed to end his managerial tenure. He has been offered a front-office role in an advisory capacity. The move came a day after finishing 81-81 at the end of Bochy’s three-year contract. It’s the first .500 finish in the franchise’s 65 seasons, and a first for the 70-year-old Bochy in 28 seasons overall managing San Diego, San Francisco and Texas. He is baseball’s winningest active manager at 2,252 wins.

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pauses in the team dugout prior to a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Bruce Bochy’s future with the Texas Rangers is unclear

September 25, 2025

Bruce Bochy is in the final games of his three-year contract with the Texas Rangers, a span that began with the franchise’s only World Series title. Baseball’s winningest active manager isn’t ready to discuss if he will be back next season. Bochy said before Thursday’s home finale against Minnesota that’s something to talk about after the season. Both Bochy and Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, say 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.

Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, standing, is seen in the dugout with teammates prior to a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jacob deGrom going back to where career began to face Mets for 1st time since leaving for Texas

September 11, 2025

Rangers All-Star pitcher Jacob deGrom is excited to be going back to where his career began. He is set to pitch Friday night in the the home stadium where he made 109 of his 245 starts in the big leagues and had back-to-back Cy Young Award-winning seasons with the New York Mets. He will be pitching against the Mets for the first time since leaving them in free agency for Texas after the 2022 season. The 37-year-old deGrom this season is 11-7 in 27 starts, his most since 2019 when he won his second Cy Young Award.

Houston Astros' Taylor Trammell hits a double off of New York Yankees relief pitcher David Bednar during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren)

Astros’ Taylor Trammell facing no discipline after bat confiscated following double vs. Yankees

September 5, 2025

Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell is facing no discipline from Major League Baseball after umpires confiscated his two-color bat when New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone asked for it to be checked after he hit a double. Trammell says he spoke to MLB officials Friday. He says he understands and appreciates their explanation for what happened Thursday night because of some discoloration on the dark-colored barrel of the bat. Boone says he he never thought Taylor was up to anything in the ninth inning of an 8-4 win by New York. He says he’s also satisfied with the ruing and explanation..

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington speaks to reporters prior to a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Stephen Hawkins)

Angels manager Ron Washington recovering from quadruple bypass heart surgery

August 25, 2025

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington says he’s recovering from quadruple bypass heart surgery. It’s the first time he has publicly addressed the health issues that have sidelined him since late June. Washington had surgery June 30. He was around the team Monday for the first time since then, but isn’t returning to manage this season. Washington, at 73 the oldest manager in the majors, was last in the dugout for a game on June 19 against the New York Yankees. He experienced shortness of breath and appearing fatigued toward the end of that four-game series in New York.

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Evoaldi’s impressive streak for Rangers ends by giving up 3 homers and 5 runs before Texas rallies

August 11, 2025

Nathan Eovaldi’s impressive streak for the Texas Rangers ended with a dud, but without a decision. After going 6-0 with a 0.47 ERA in six starts since the start of July, Eovaldi was tagged for three home runs while allowing season highs of five runs and eight hits in five innings against Arizona on Monday night. The 35-year-old right-hander exited with the Rangers trailing 5-1, but they won the game 7-6 in 10 innings. Eovaldi had allowed only six runs total over his previous seven starts. Evoladi’s overall ERA rose from 1.38 to 1.71, still better than the 1.94 of qualified MLB leader Paul Skenes.

New York Yankees Aaron Judge gestures in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Aaron Judge comes off IL, set to rejoin the struggling Yankees at Texas

August 5, 2025

Aaron Judge has been activated off the 10-day injured list by the New York Yankees and is set to return Tuesday night at the Texas Rangers. The All-Star slugger hasn’t played since July 25 because of a flexor strain in his right elbow. Judge hit off Yankees minor league pitchers at the team’s complex in Tampa for the second day in a row Monday, then was in Texas for the series opener. Manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees lost 8-5 in 10 innings that the two-time AL MVP would be available Tuesday. If he plays in Texas, Boone says Judge will be the designated hitter.

STEPHEN HAWKINS Baseball Writer.