The Texas Rangers announced on August 15 that they had fired manager Chris Woodward after four seasons.
This past season, the Texas Rangers pushed their chips to the middle of the table, indicating that they planned to make the post-season in 2022. That was evident after they shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars to Cory Seeger and Marcus Simin, two of the agency’s top middle players. Free. This will definitely be their year.
2022 was not the year for the Rangers, as they are under 0.500 and behind the Houston Astros who finished first at All West on August 15. years with the team.
Third base coach Tony Beasley will serve as interim manager for the remainder of the season for each team.
Rangers Fire manager Chris Woodward after four seasons with the team
The Rangers needed a manager after Jeff Bannister was fired in 2018. They looked to the Los Angeles Dodgers and appointed Woodward, the team’s third base coach, as their new manager.
Since joining the team, Rangers have never held a winning record under Woodward. His first season was arguably his most successful, with Rangers ending the year 78-84 to finish third in the division. But in the next two years, Texas took last place.
This year was supposed to be the year Rangers throw themselves into the post-season competition. After all, they signed Seager to a 10-year contract worth $325 million, and Semien signed a seven-year deal worth $175 million.
Entering Woodward’s firing day, the Rangers were 53-61 and 23.0 games behind the Astros for the first time in the division. As for Wild Card, they were 9.5 games behind from third and final Wild Card in the AL.
Overall, Woodward walked out of Texas with a record at 211-287.
With Woodward out, the Rangers are preparing to find their next manager who can make the most of the talent on their roster. Who will remain to be seen.
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