The Rangers have hired Bruce Bochy as the club’s next manager, announcing that Bochy has signed a three-year contract.
There was increased speculation in recent days linking Bochy to the job, especially when Rangers GM Chris Young (who played under Bochy on the 2006 Padres) visited the veteran manager at his home in Nashville, rather than a formal interview. Interim Rangers manager Tony Beasley was the only other candidate known to receive an interview, further adding to the idea that the team had narrowed its focus towards bringing Bochy back to the dugout after three years away from the game.
In the team’s official press release, Bochy said he is “incredibly excited to be joining the Texas Rangers. Over the last several days, I’ve had extensive conversations with Chris Young and other individuals in the organization, and I had the chance to meet with [co-owner] Ray Davis. Their vision and commitment to putting together a club that can contend and win year in and year out is impressive, and I became convinced I wanted to be a part of that. If I was going to return to managing, it had to be the right situation. I strongly believe that to be the case with the Rangers, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Bochy brings 25 years of experience as a Major League skipper, managing the Padres from 1995-2006 and then the Giants from 2007-2019. During his long career, the 67-year-old Bochy has overseen rebuilding clubs, contenders, and teams that took dips in performance and then returned to contention — there have been enough ebbs and flows that Bochy actually has a career losing record, at 2003-2029.
However, Bochy’s resume also includes some major successes. The Giants won three World Series titles in 2010, 2012, and 2014 under Bochy’s leadership, as the “Even Year” mini-dynasty brought the organization back to championship glory for the first time since 1954. (Ironically, the 2010 Giants defeated the Rangers in the Series.) Bochy also managed another NL pennant winner in the 1998 Padres, which marked the last time that San Diego reached the World Series.
The hire represents a change in direction for the Rangers, as the club tended to hire first-time managers when Jon Daniels was in charge of baseball operations. (Interim manager Don Wakamatsu ran the team for 10 games in 2018, and was the only one of the last six Texas managers to have any previous MLB experience as a skipper.) Of course, Daniels was himself fired in August, shortly after ex-manager Chris Woodward was also let go.
Daniels’ firing reportedly even caught Young by surprise, as Young suddenly found himself in charge of an organization that is eager to start winning. Texas spent big last winter in signing Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Jon Gray, and while the team itself felt 2023 might be a more realistic target date for a return to contention, the 2022 club didn’t show much progress in posting a 68-94 record. This clearly wasn’t good enough for Davis and the Rangers’ ownership group, who didn’t even wait until the end of the season before overhauling the front office.
With Texas sitting at six consecutive losing seasons, there is certainly pressure on Young and Bochy to start delivering some better results in 2023. The Rangers are again expected to be aggressive this winter, whether that manifests itself as more splashy free agent signings, or trades for proven veterans.
The Royals, White Sox, and Marlins are now the only teams looking to fill managerial vacancies. In addition to Bochy’s hiring, the Blue Jays (John Schneider), Angels (Phil Nevin), and Phillies (Rob Thomson) all officially signed their interim skippers from 2022 for the full-time positions.
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Wow, really thought he was done. Still don’t see this team as close though.
Welcome back to the majors.
I thought he was retired. Wow.
That was the cover for the Giants firing him because he doesn’t care about their analytics. Boch manages with his gut and years of experience, not some nerd’s printout. The retirement was the nice way of letting him go. Lol!
Some nerds point of view? So experts who study the sport are nerds to be ignored? What ridiculous, ignorant nonsense.
Just like with Dusty, you can’t argue with the results. Great higher by the Rangers
You can argue with the results with Dusty. All the rosters he has inherited have been absolutely LOADED.
He must have really missed baseball
Well that’s incredibly unexpected
Super excited about the news that the Marlins are hiring Connie Mack and the White Sox are hiring Casey Stengel.
Y’all know you can interview candidates under 80 right?
He’s only 67. lol
I can always come to this site if it’s pedantics I’m looking for.
Well, Alkie, there’s a big difference between 80 and 67, so I wouldn’t call it ‘pedantic’.
Or you can come to this site for information.
Dusty Baker is 73. Joe Maddon is 68. Brian Snitker is 67. Buck Showalter is 66. Maddon’s the only one of the three whose team didn’t make the playoffs.
You gotta have a team first
Guys that age aren’t going to be interested in managing a team that isn’t certifiably playoff bound.
I believe it’s spelled ‘Yous’, but ‘Yous’all’ is an acceptable alternative. I’m here to help.
Alkie, the Rangers already tried a couple of young guys, and the teams sucked.
Bochy is twelve years younger than the leader of our country.
Yes…..
But Mr. Bochy will have to work every day.
I assume Mr. Bochy is lucid, so he has a very huge advantage.
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Indeed Sam.
Or possibly a yuge or bigly advantage?
,,,,I generally ignore troll comments with zero basis in facts, but could not resist this one…
I don’t think Kershaw will go to the Rangers. But he has stated that there is appeal to playing where his lives so he can spend more time with his wife & kids. It’s pretty much the Dodgers or Rangers for Kershaw until he retires.
No Rangers. Just Dodgers.
Jack McKeon confirmed to interview for Marlins job.
Can he pitch?
2208, He has been tinkering with a knuckle. About 45-48mph…Nasty movement though..
Great hire! Wonder if he brings Flannery with him.
Good call or Posey might be a coach
Posey is part of the ownership group of the Giants, he cannot do anything with any team without divesting himself from the Giants.
Posey is now in the ownership group for the Giants.
Does this increase the odds of Kershaw signing with Rangers?
They were zero to begin with and I’m not sure why hiring Bruce Bochy, a guy with no historical ties to Kershaw or the Dodgers, would change that.
Yes, contrary to @jimthegoat’s amazing take.
Bochy is known to let a pitcher run, Dave Roberts pulls starters almost every time before the 3rd time through the order. Bochy doesn’t subscribe to that.
Kershaw homecoming and a manager that actually treats starters with some respect does increase the chances.
0% would be reserved if the Rangers were not in the mlb.
At minimum the odds are ~3% because there are 30 clubs kershaw can choose from.
Analytics drive the decisions to pull pitchers after the second time through the order. Increasingly, analytics and the GM control what used to be the manager’s decisions. Who’s to say Bochy will even be allowed to let pitchers “run” three times through the order?
Chris Young is a former starting pitcher for Bochy with the Padres.
Young had his best year with Bochy as his manager.
In fact, the year after Bochy left, Young makes his 1st All Star team.
Bochy’s managerial style and coaching staff improves the performance of his players.
Bochy was hired by Young for the Ranges managerial job based on their prior and present “relationship”.
Bochy does not take any managerial job unless he can “call his own shots” and make his own decisions as Manager.
Chris Young knows that and would not have hired Bochy and Bochy does not take the Texas job unless they have that understanding.
Kershaw has a 0% chance he goes to the Rangers for his 16th season. Kersh himself has said hundreds of times he doesn’t want to go play for a non competitive team. He understands that his body won’t allow him to pitch as deep into games as he once did and once he feels he is not beneficial to his team he will retire. Because of this he doesn’t want a multi year contract and is just playing year to year.
Rumors circulated last offseason he will go to the Rangers because Chris Woodward is the manager and he has a previous relationship with Kershaw from the Dodgers. Those rumors were 100% incorrect. Yet Bochy who has no connection with Kersh other than he managed against the dodgers for years as a padres and giants manager will now entice Kersh to go play for the Rangers?
Kersh is also now starting to see how “unique” it is to have a career with one organization.
Kersh, if he plays next year which he indicated at the end of the year was something he was leaning towards doing, will do so in a Dodger uniform.
Bochy was never the Padres’ manager while Kershaw was in the majors.
Good post Zerbs!!
@SFBay314 How about… If Kershaw signs with the Rangers I’ll delete my account. And if he signs with anyone else you delete your account. Come on buddy. Put your money where your mouth is.
The Rangers and Kershaw are a poor fit. The Dodgers can pay $25m for 120 innings per year and fill in with quality arms when needed. The Rangers don’t operate on that budget and have a gaggle of invalids, has-beens and never was-es for depth.
No one other than the Mets and Yankees can spend as much as the Dodgers.
The Rangers are 7th in revenue, so they can certainly afford a couple of $25 million plus starters. If I had to bet on it, I would say they go big on Rodon 6/195 and deGrom 4/160
They most certainly are not 7th in revenue. They are 4th just in the AL West.
They are. Forbes, Statista, and the Athletic agree on 7th in revenue.
His take was better than yours actually
Kershaw is injury prone also that’s why dodgers kinda baby him. Your take makes no sense
Highly unlikely he ever goes to TX when the dodgers still want him back:
Hiring Bochy doesn’t hurt the odds at all though. A 3x WS winning manager garners respect at the very least. But the team simply isn’t as talented as Kerhsaw has no reason to go there unless he simply wants to live in Arlington.
Reminds me of Charlie Morton a few years ago when he was linked to the northeast b/c of his wife an family. Didn’t work out there either.
Unless he is dead set on playing closer to home, probably not. Does anyone know how old his children are?
I love Bochy, but I have to wonder if he’s open to baseball analytics running the game. Literally running the game. Maddon said all the right things when he was hired, but turned out to loathe in-game analytical decisions. I hope the best for Bruce, but time will tell if he’s able to accept being the middle man at times.
Boach will consider & utilize input from the front office analytic dweebs…… when appropriate – Boach will not take a knee to them period.
Neither did Maddon.
How do u know stop acting like u know because u don’t bochy won’t take a knee? What r u talking about
dirkg10;
One of the reasons the Giants new FO let Bochy go was that he was pretty far behind the times in using analytics. The Giants new PoBO was pretty much analytics driven. It was difficult for him and the FO to get together on things.
(That was diplomatically put.)
Now, all teams use analytics to some degree – some more than others. The Rangers don’t seem to be using them intensely as say the Astros or Rays do. Am sure Mr. Bochy and the FO will get along fine. He’s more of a fundamental manager as opposed to a technical one.
Bochy was working the handedness matchups well before it was trendy to do so. He balances in analytics but he isn’t a slave to it like Kapler and Roberts
‘Managers were once entrusted to determine the team’s lineup, pitching staff, and even a significant portion of personnel decisions. Over the past decade, however, the front office has become more involved in those decisions, oftentimes making those determinations for managers altogether. In the excerpt from Maddon’s book, Bochy expressed frustration with less control of the team but also acknowledged that it has made some aspects of the job easier.
“You need a different style of leadership today,” Bochy said. “A manager has to sell it. You can’t just tell a guy what to do. That’s why relationships are so important… In some respects, leadership can be a little easier and less stressful because a lot of times the player knows it’s not the manager’s call.”
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Sounds like Bochy understands that the job description has changed.
Amazingly, however, as decent managerial candidates are slowly picked up, the Yanks stay with Boone who can’t even figure out who plays SS, or who leads off in their order by the ACLS GM 3.
He’s used a completely different lineup in each of the three games. Baker used the same one through six in each game.
I pity the fans who spent for vastly overpriced seats to watch this mismanaged, poorly constructed, overmatched team complete their collapse and then have to watch the Astros celebrate winning the pennant in our city.
As for Judge, I suspect Hal might be secretly delighted to see him do his best impression of an A-Rod postseason choke job. The fans will be less resentful when he’s allowed to sign elsewhere, saving Hal a ton of money — which Cashman will then misspend.
What baffles me the most is how he finally benched IKF. It’s like he’s just lost and only puts the best product on the field when he has no other option.
What annoys me to death is hearing all the postseason cumulative stats of the Astros, and specifically, Alex Bergman’s HR total without the context of his cheating year(s). They gush all over the guy and it’s a joke.
Anyway, my biggest Yankees issues:
1) No offense – terrible, terrible ABs & plate approaches, as individuals & a team
2) Misplays that [always] turn and bite back twice as hard (ie, missed fly ball turns into two-run HR)
3) Keeping the Astros’ key players from hitting us while letting Chad McCormick beat them….alone
4) The excuse-making – Contrary to contemporary ideology, the playoffs are *not* a “crapshoot.” At least, not like this. That’s the excuse Yankees brass wants us to buy into, but the players are repeating it while they’re getting stomped. They look like a WC team, or worse. Their offense makes every opposing pitcher look like a Cy Young candidate. It’s….inexcusable, yet the “crapshoot” verbiage has pervaded the post-game pressers. No, they just suck.
There’s truth to the notion that playoffs are unpredictable, so, to that extent, they are a crapshoot. But that can be said of any series at any time in the season. Weak teams beat strong teams occasionally. A normally good pitcher will have a bad outing, key players will be injured or slumping, etc. It happens.
But none of that excuses terrible on-field management, lousy roster construction, or players who choke under pressure.
That was fast.
Usually I am skeptical when a team hires a very old manager rather than a young bilingual up and comer. But Bochy is an excellent hire and get this team three starting pitchers and they will be ready to compete. Just make sure that they don’t next trade for MadBum as that ship has long since sailed, or should I say sunk. Well ok maybe they still need deGrom, Rodon and Kershaw to top the cheaters, and Kershaw will return to the Dodgers.
Congrats to both parties! Go get um Boch. Now to find a Texas-sized hat for that noggin…
I believe his hat size is XL/Bison.
He could have had the Houston job if he wanted it a few years ago when they hired Dusty.
Scratch one off of my preferred White Sox managerial candidate list. It appears Bochy didn’t even get an interview with the ChiSox, let alone the gig.
AaronSapoznik;
Mr. Bochy is a strong fundamental manger. I doubt he would have wanted to try to manage that roster, and I doubt that the Sox FO and owner would have been comfortable with him as their manager.
“You don’t mind a diminished skills clause, do you, Bruce?”
“Uh, let me get back to you, Jerry.”
Bochy managing the White Sox would have been a managerial youth movement…
After the whole fiasco with Tony LaRussa did you really think they were going to go with another “seasoned” manager.
@duhawk83
The White Sox front office, with strong input from owner Jerry Reinsdorf, tried the exact opposite approach with former 3B great Robin Ventura two managerial hires back. Ventura had zero coaching experience, let alone any managerial acumen.
The White Sox best hire was the one in between, Rick Renteria. He expertly navigated their 3-year rebuild with a resume that was solid in player development that included overseeing the final year of the Cubs own one in 2014. Renteria deserved a chance to finish out the remaining year on his contract after he got the White Sox to the postseason in 2019, breaking the team’s long playoff drought that dated back to 2008. Instead, Rick Hahn decided to fire RR and a week later was told to hire JR’s pal Tony La Russa as his replacement.
Bochy left the door open to manage again when he left the Giants. I’m mildly surprised that it’s with the Rangers, thought if he came back it would be with a team that’s a little closer, but good for them, and him.
It does seem surprising it would be with the Rangers—and Boch will have a long way to go with that pitching staff—but he’ll be fun to watch away from The Bay. I wish him luck.
According to the article, Bochy lives in Nashville. Dallas is relatively close to his home. At last compared to San Diego and San Francisco.
At Least…
Bochy is a great fit for the Rangers. Just like Baker was for the Astros. Look for the Rangers to become competitive once again.
Great hire for the Rangers. One thing that nobody has that Bochy brings is the maneuvering of the bullpen arms to put players in good situations. Does this mean the bay area won’t see the commercial with Bochy acting like navigation to get to tacos anymore?
Bochy will be limited though now since he can’t change pitchers every hitter. And he doesn’t have a good bullpen like he had in San Fran
Rangers pen was 12th in MLB in 2022 with a very respectable 3.72 ERA and the ones coming back in 2023 are extremely young so you can expect improvement. They will miss Moore if he leaves, but he may resign in FA. Then there is an entire offseason to add the pieces they are missing. How about adding Knebel and Strahm to Hernandez, Barlow, Burke, LeClerc, Martin, and Hearn? Or just add Knebel and see how much Santana, Sborz, and Tinoco can improve..
Great move!!! Hopefully this will transition them into winning and a winning culture instead of a fanbase that argues with each other and cries about the Astros being better all the time.
Wrong career record in the article
Guarantee they had to talk him into this, which means big moves will come this offseason. No way he would come back into coaching to coach a losing team. Guarantee they have more big signings this winter or trades to improve for him.
Interesting. Two teams in AL West now have ex-Astros backup catchers as their managers- Servais with Mariners and now Bochy with Rangers. Can’t argue with Bochy’s track record – he will be good for them if/when they get some really good players on their roster. They have 5-6 good ones but I’m sure they will build their roster over the next 2-3 years. As a Stros fan, look forward to the In-state rivalry being one again sometime in the next few years.
Congratulations and Welcome back to MLB managing Bruce Bochy!
Bochy was also the backup catcher for the Padres team that played the Tigers in the 1984 World Series!
I am surprised that Bochy he did not take the Padres managerial job this year before they hired Bob Melvin from the A’s?!
Does anyone know the “back story” on why he did not take the Padres job?!
Would love to hear that interesting story!
Congrats to Bruce Bochy!
Guess he got tired of playing golf and wanted back in on the action of Managing!
Bochy was also the backup catcher on the 1984 NL pennant winning Padres managed by Hall of Famer Dick Williams who lost to the Tigers in World Series.
Bochy’s record is misleading since he spent 11 years managing very lousy Padres teams that just did not have the talent to win until 1996-1998.
Does anyone know why Bochy did not take the Padres job before Bob Melvin was hired?!
Would love to read the backstory on that!
Test!
I bet this will play into Kershaw’s decision to go to Rangers
There is no “Kershaw’s decision to go to Rangers.” And why would hiring a manager who Kershaw has no historical ties to change that?
Kershaw has had plenty interactions during all-star games especially and was once asked about bochy and he said many things enough to question if bochy was trying to convince kershaw to join his team
Since Kershaw has continued to play for the worst manager all these years, he likely doesn’t base his decision on the manger at all and this hiring will likely have nothing to do with his decision.
Ya me too I’m failing to see how bochy hiring has any impact on kershaws decision ?? Also funny how people think that bochy equals automatic success texas needs pitching flat out that is their biggest concern
Got a sneaking suspicion Bochy leaving SF wasn’t his choice.
I just read that the new regime (Farhan?!) was much more analytically driven than Bochy.
And, Boch said he was tired, having back problems, needed a break to get his health back on track(also has had a heart attack and some issues there).
So, if he can “write his own ticket” (Rangers?!) then he would go back to managing after a few years off.
Must not have had a good financial advisor if he blew through all his earnings already and had to take the Rangers gig to avoid bankruptcy
Did not read or hear that!
I’m his financial advisor. We blew it all on coke and women.
My knees hurt just thinking about 3 years of Bochy shuffling his way out to the mound.
Hard game to let go for some.
Good luck, Bruce !
I was hoping the pirates would of fired Shelton and hired bochy
Not sure why Bochy would take this job?They are not contenders and doubt he needs the money.
DodgerOK;
Because in this lifetime, we all like to do what we do. As one gets older we can be more selective about what situations we put ourselves in.
It appears Mr. Bochy sees something in the Rangers current roster and prospects in the high minors; the ownerships track record of being hands-off as far as Baseball Ops goes; and the people in the FO that he’ll be working with.
I don’t know that the Rangers go to the WS next year, or even the playoffs. But I do know that Cleveland turned it’s organization around when they brought in Terry Francona as a manager. He knew what it took to win. The younger FO listened to him and they worked together. I can see similar things happening here.
I’ve written that the Rangers have been in circles for years. This hire can change that. It’s not so much what they do in 2023 as the trajectory the team goes in. Mr. Bochy will give that entire organization direction (something his past employer seems to have lost).
Or maybe the money was too good to resist??
Some people just get bored and/or lonely in retirement.
Maybe he likes a challenge. He’s already a HOF Manager
Dodgers contended and considered best team, yet they are watching playoffs on TV again.
Meanwhile Giants won 3 WS under Bochy with teams that were considered non-contenders for winning WS again!
Get ready to see how a bullpen is managed. This man is a master.
Belt and MadBum to Rangers in 3….2…..1.
Congrats Boch!
That’s fine.
But the first thing that has to stop is teams stealing at will off of their pitchers. All of their catchers had awful percentages for throwing out base stealers (I believe the weworst in MLB…by far). That was turning the momentum of games around and was demoralizing to the team.
SFBay, your words are encouraging. I liked Woody, but he had no clue how to manage the bullpen.
Arizona would scream with pleasure to move MadBum contract.
O please
Bootlick much
I said when he was interviewed it was his job to say no to. You don’t interview that caliber of manager if he wasn’t going to be the guy
Great…and we’re stuck with Dave Roberts!
White Sox should have been all over Bochy.
He wouldn’t have fit with that roster and FO.
He would have if the front office would have been hands off. But they do have a tendency to meddle, so perhaps you’re right.
Ozzie to sign 3-year contract with ChiSox by end of October!
OK I researched it.
In 2021, Padres were on track to make the playoffs, but the team collapsed and folded at the end of the season.
First time manager Jayce Tingler was set to be fired.
Even Padres players in the clubhouse were going to Preller and the Padres Ownership group with no confidence votes in Tingler and wanted him out.
Word was out that Padres Ownership’s first choice for Manager (and fans)
was former Padres Manager Bruce Bochy.
Except many around baseball Front Offices and Managers in dugouts around the league said that the word was out around the league that no way Bochy goes back to the Padres reporting to/working with AJ Preller has a reputation as a micro manager and too involved with the field Manager’s decisions etc.. (analytics?!)
People in the know stated that they would have to pay Bochy a ton of money to
work with Preller…and that sparks would be flying in San Diego if Bochy took that job.
Instead, Preller pivoted to the Oakland A’s, got permission to interview Bob Melvin and went in that direction.
Bochy managed New Rangers POB Chris Young in San Diego as a starting pitcher. So, they have a long term relationship of trust and mutual respect. Young will not step on Bochy’s toes and will let Bochy manage and make his decisions without interference.
Young played for Bochy for 1 year.
Great hire. Now they need pitching.
Might we offer them Pablo Lopez for a bat? A Garcia?
Or a E Cabrera swap for N Lowe
Cabrera for Lowe lmao
The rangers should absolutely sell high on Nate Lowe.
He’s simply not as good as his stats showed this year. He won’t maintain a 363 BABIP. That’ll normalize and he’ll become a simply above average 1B but not some kind of budding star.
I’ll take it on the chin if I’m wrong though. I’d want more than Cabrera but would def sell high on Lowe if a team is biting.
The Marlins would not trade Cabrera for Lowe. It would take more than Lowe.
Unless they find a taker for the Semien and Seager contracts, a new manager won’t put this team anywhere in playoff contention. Why not trade for Giancarlo Stanton while they’re at
Now let’s fire the remaining members of the major league coaching staff so Bochy can make his own hires.
Brilliant hire.
The Rangers are lucky to have him. Very lucky.
Great hire by Texas!
Bochy can make an impact if he can get the Rangers into the playoffs. It’ll all depend on their offseason, but I only see Texas making a 6th seed at best next year.
There is a 6th seed in the WS this season
Does he have to give back all his retirement gifts?
He didn’t ask for them.
Mini dynasty? This team won 3 Championships in 5 years. What else does a team have to do to be considered a macho dynasty then?
I hope it goes better for Bruce coming out of retirement than it did for Tony.
Good for the Rangers. Good hire.
Wow r u like bochy spokesperson or something it’s like u love the guy
You know I was going to make a snide remark that the White Sox did not interview Bochy because he had a proven track record, but the Sox just had LaRussa (who had a proven track record)… I guess Ill be happy with a manager on the South side who will hold the prima donnas accountable, and stress fundamentals…whoever that manager will be..
The only primeadonna on that team is Tim Anderson not sure what else u r talking about
Try Eloy, Moncada, Robert… All the guys who coincidentally got extensions and who all are key parts to this club. For what its worth, I think Eloy will be good, as long as he stays at DH, and Robert will be good, if he understands nothing is given and you have to continuously work at getting better, same with Moncada… and all of these guys start working on conditioning and their diets to ensure they do not have these injuries that put them on the bench all of the time. Cannot forget Gio either. Mr ‘ Im worth Ace money’ when he is not even close (and proved it this past season).
Probably the classiest thing I ever saw on a major league diamond was in 2010 when the Giants knocked off the Braves in the play-offs and Bochy and the Entire Team stopped their celebration to applaud Cox on his final game.
That was truly and honorable thing to do and it tells me alot about the kind of manager Bochy was and will be again.
Ya because I’m sure no one else would of done that
I”ve not seen anything like it.
Perhaps you can enlighten us?
In looking at Bochy’s record more closely, I’m not sure now whether he’s a great hire or not. Yes, he has the 3 WS rings, but over his 25 years, more than half were losing seasons, & he reached 90 wins only 4 times. Factor in his past lack of work with analytics, my own expectations are not very high.
It’s just funny all these people on here saying yup guaranteed slam dunk texas is winning now
OH NO !!!
BEWARE THE BOCHY CURSE !!!
The Rangers likely will NEVER beat either the PADRES or the GIANTS AGAIN !!!
It has come to pass for the Giants since they lured Bochy from the Padres.
The Giants just can’t beat the Padres if their life depended on it !!!
That’s a pretty bad take considering Bochy’s Giants beat the Padres MANY times, including taking away first place from them at the end of the 2010 season. The Giants, as we all know, won 3 WS and the Padres were pretty pathetic from them on for about a decade.
Rangers have made it interesting, that’s for sure.
What made Bruce Bochy a great post season manager is that, by season’s end, he knew how his players fit into the team. He didn’t manage by trying to counter the opposing manager. He was a heavy user of platoons and substations but didn’t over manage and over platoon. Players had set roles. It didn’t seem like guesswork. Mostly, he managed his pitching staff as good as any manager ever had.
Attaboy Garry. You know ball!
Or maybe the team got hot give me a break giving all the credit to bochy when the players stepped up
kmk1986;
Yes……
In multiple years different players “got hot” at just the right time.
That’s a lot of coincidence within five years. Seems more logical to just give the guy credit as a good manager.
Kmk, What are you talking about?!??? You ever laced up the cleats and stepped on the diamond???….HIGHLY doubtful!!!
Let me know when you play affiliated ball or some solid Indy Ball!
It is Amazing what Bruce Bochy did for the SF Giants!
3 World Series Titles in 6-7 years.?!?!
Unbelievable!!!
Bochy brought out the best performance in both veterans and young players.
I am a huge Bochy fan and I followed and liked his teams both in SD and SF.
SF Giants Rosters in those years did not have a lot of superstars and future Hall of Famers with the exception of Buster Posey.
Many of those Bruce Bochy managed teams and players had career years and better than career average years in their 3 Title years Managed by Bochy!
It is not like those teams were loaded with future Hall of Famers like the ’72-’73-’74 Oakland A’s, the Big Red Machine, the Braves, Dodgers and Yankees during their runs.
I am thinking that if Bochy still has that magic touch and if Chris Young gets him the right players, that Bruce Bochy could have the Rangers back in playoffs contention faster than most of us think.
There’s a fairly short list of managers that I would be perfectly happy with having on my team. Bochy is certainly high on that list along with Francona. Good job by the Rangers. Now go out and get/build a pitching staff. That’s job one.
Bochy, Baker, Showalter (and possibly Guillen) bringing back “old school baseball” and not relying solely on analytics.
Rangers want to win and Bochy will get them there. Unlike Kapler, Bochy knows how to handle and get the most out of a pitching staff; starters / relievers.
“Unlike Kapler…”
Really? So who managed that 2021 Giants team that had the 2nd lowest team ERA in all of MLB?
The Rangers already had Showalter, and he was one of the two worst managers in team history. Doug Rader was the other.
You do realize that the Astros and Mets are two teams that are near the top in the size of their analytics teams and that Alderson was the godfather of analytics among baseball FOs? Click came from the Rays who are 100% ruled by analytics. One of 1st things Chris Young did as GM was hire 3 of the best minds in analytics.
I went to a Sports Analytics conference run by MIT Sloan and Showalter was there as a speaker. I think he does combine the two schools of thought. I’m not sure he’s the best at it but he’s trying to make it work.
Interesting. Only one MOY title. And that was in 1996 with the Padres.
Giants fan here. Rangers just became my second favorite team. Great pick up for the Rangers. In the analytics-first dynamic MLB has turned into, it’s nice to see “gut feel” still had a place. This years playoffs shows these old guys still has a place in MLB (Showalter, Melvin, Dusty). Good luck Boch
Bruce Bochy is a absolute treasure, loved him as the skipper for the Giants. I’ll be rooting for the Rangers from afar, I hope they travel to SF next year, I’d love to buy tickets for that game.
Congrats Texas!!
Rangers are in San Francisco in August.
Thank you
Pretty sure the series in SF starts August 11th. Will be interesting to see how the Giants fans respond to Bochy being on the opposing bench.
Thank you for that, I didn’t know.
Giants fans will cheer Bochy, not even concerned about that in the slightest. It’ll be 100% positive.
God willing, I will be there. Those are the historic type of games you want to see no matter what team you cheer for.
I’d gladly trade Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman for Bruce Bochy. Bochy knows what he’s doing.
Hire an AI manager isn’t that far future.
How many times during a broadcast will we hear about Bochy’s larger than normal hat size?
“Check out the big brain on Bruce!”
LaRussa 2.0
Wow. Muting kmk makes the thread so much more enjoyable.
The addition of Bochy means the Rangers are going for it. Expect them to be in hunt for Judge. Their payroll with Seager and Semien is still reasonable and there is room for the Judge salary. They have a new stadium and they are competing with the Astros so they need more talent to compete. It’s only money and if it doesn’t work out they can always trade him back to NYY like AROD. Judge would put Texas on the map and with Bochy it makes perfect sense to take a run with a great manager and more talent.
Remember, it’s football country in Texas BUT baseball did very well when Nolan Ryan was in the front office. The team succeeded, the fans came out and that was with a terrible stadium where you baked during day games. The new ball park needs more attendees and Judge is the best way to make that happen. If Kershaw could be enticed that would be great for adding fans but his skills are not going to put their pitching staff over the top. Judge could significantly upgrade the run production and improve the defense.
Do you think they need Judge? I would think that like Bochy and CY said in the press conference, pitching is their pressing need. Which is probably why they have been linked to Rodon, deGrom, and Verlander before those guys have even had a chance to opt out of their deals. They probably need one more bat, but with Seager and Semien there, Jung likely to take over FT at 3B, and Lowe having had a breakout season, they are probably not shooting for a top of the FA market bat. It would make more sense to me that they go after some smaller improvements in the OF and hope for a bounce back from Garver and Miller at DH and improvement from Smith in LF.
Wow…why would he take this job?