Jon Daniels Out As Rangers President rotoballer.com Wed 8/17/22 5:25 PM

The Texas Rangers announced on Wednesday that president Jon Daniels is out as president of baseball operations. General manager Chris Young is now in complete charge of the front office. Daniels has been fired after 17 years leading the organization. The Rangers will have a losing record in 2022 for the sixth year in a row -- the franchise's longest such streak since moving to Texas a half-century ago -- unless the team wins at least 29 of their last 46 games. Manager Chris Woodward was fired in...

Rangers Fire Manager Chris Woodward rotoballer.com Mon 8/15/22 3:20 PM

The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday, the team announced. The Rangers are currently in third place in the American League West with a 51-63 record despite investing more than a half-billion guaranteed dollars in the free-agent market in the offseason. It is Woodward's fourth straight year with a losing record, and he'll be replaced by third base coach Tony Beasley, who has been named the interim manager for the rest of the year. The Rangers' 6-24 record in one-run games this ...

Rangers Extend Manager Chris Woodward rotoballer.com Fri 11/19/21 3:24 PM

The Texas Rangers have agreed to an extension with manager Chris Woodward. The deal will cover the 2023 season and contains a club option for 2024. In his first three seasons as skipper, Woodward has struggled to attain much on-field success. After a third place finish in 2019, his Rangers have brought up the rear of the AL West for two years straight. The team is expected to spend generously in free agency this offseason, so perhaps Woodward will have more to work with in 2022, but it'll be ...

Rangers To Use Two Pitching Coaches In 2021 rotoballer.com Tue 10/27/20 1:03 PM

The Texas Rangers will use Doug Mathis and Brendan Sagara as co-pitching coaches for the 2021 season, with Mathis working from the dugout and Sagara working out of the bullpen. Former pitching Julio Rangel was let go after two seasons on the job and after Texas pitchers combined for a 5.07 ERA the last two years, ranking 26th in the league. Mathis served as the team's bullpen coach last year, which was his first year on the staff under manager Chris Woodward. Sagara was set to serve as the ...

Rangers Hire Chris Woodward To Be Next Manager rotoballer.com Fri 11/2/18 10:43 PM

The Texas Rangers hired Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward to be their next manager on Friday. The 42-year-old Woodward has spent the last three seasons as the third base coach for the Dodgers and played in the big leagues for 12 years in stints with the Blue Jays, Mets, Mariners and Red Sox. He will try to turn around a club that has missed out on the playoffs the last two seasons.

Rangers Interview Joe Girardi rotoballer.com Fri 10/12/18 1:15 PM

The Texas Rangers are interviewing ex-Yankees manager Joe Girardi on Friday for their managerial opening, according to two sources. Girardi had a 910-710 record with the Yankees over 10 seasons and directed them to a World Series title in 2009. Texas has also done background work on Padres minor league manager Rod Barajas, Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward, MLB Network analyst Mark DeRosa, Giants executive David Bell, Rays coach Rocco Baldelli, Phillies third base coach Dusty [...]