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Bruce Bochy is no longer Rangers manager
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Bruce Bochy is no longer Rangers manager
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To no one's surprise, the Texas Rangers will have a new manager in 2026.

Under the circumstances, everyone expected Bruce Bochy to step down, and that's exactly what happened. The Rangers announced the news this evening.

After Bob Melvin (San Francisco) and Rocco Baldelli (Twins), he is the third manager to suffer such a fate.

The difference? Bochy suspected he didn't want to come back. And since the Rangers told him the club was going to be more financially conservative in 2026, it made him want to leave.

Right now, everyone is expecting Skip Schumaker, who has experience in player development, to take the job. The former Miami Manager of the Year has been with the Rangers for a year.

We've seen him manage the club for a year, in effect.

As for Bochy, he has the opportunity to remain in an advisory role with the Rangers. If he doesn't find a management position elsewhere, I think he'll take that opportunity for 2026.

But if he does come back to manage, only one destination jumps out at me: San Francisco, under his faithful companion Buster Posey.

I don't know if that's the path Posey will want to take (he might want a manager who'll be around for the long haul), but at the same time, to right the ship in the short term, Bochy could do the job.

Either way, when he's really done managing, the Hall of Fame call will come quickly for Bochy.

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