Rangers’ Offseason Sizzling as Schumaker Gears Up for MLB Managerial Return
After winning the MLB World Series in 2023, the Texas Rangers missed qualifying for postseason play in 2024 and 2025.
Manager Skip Schumaker of the Miami Marlins looks on during the third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Fla., on July 30, 2024. Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images
The Texas Rangers have a plan, and they’re sticking to it.
Finishing the 2025 MLB season at 81–81, six games behind both the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros, doesn’t sit well with Texas’s president of baseball operations Chris Young, and club general manager Ross Fenstermaker.
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.
