Overview

• The team announced Friday night that Schumaker agreed to a four-year contract to become the franchise’s 21st manager.
• He spent 2025 as a senior adviser in Texas, working closely with president of baseball operations Chris Young and general manager Ross Fenstermaker.
• Young said the search focused on an internal candidate with no external interviews conducted, and he declined to say whether other clubs had sought permission to speak with Schumaker.
• Bochy and the Rangers mutually ended his tenure earlier in the week, and the club offered him an advisory role in the front office.
• Schumaker won 2023 NL Manager of the Year with Miami after an 84-78 wild-card season, departed following a 2024 downturn; Texas finished 81-81 in 2025.