Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pauses in the team dugout prior to a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Texas Rangers’ Jake Burger (21) is greeted near the dugout by bench coach Luis Urueta, left, manager Bruce Bochy, second from left, and hitting coach Justin Viele after hitting a solo home run off Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pauses in the team dugout prior to a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Bochy’s future with the Texas Rangers is unclear
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Bruce Bochy is in the final games of his three-year contract with the Texas Rangers, a span that began with the franchise’s only World Series title, but baseball’s winningest active manager isn’t ready to discuss if he will be back next season.
Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pauses in the team dugout prior to a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Bruce Bochy is in the final games of his three-year contract with the Texas Rangers, a span that began with the franchise’s only World Series title, but baseball’s winningest active manager isn’t ready to discuss if he will be back next season.
鈥淪eason鈥檚 not over. It鈥檚 something we鈥檒l talk about when the season鈥檚 over,鈥 Bochy said before Thursday’s home finale against Minnesota. “So I鈥檓 going to stick with that right now and see if we can win a couple of games here.鈥
Both Bochy, who turned 70 this season, and Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, said they will talk about next season after this one is done. The Rangers, who will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row since that championship in 2023, finish with three games at Cleveland this weekend.
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鈥淭he two of us will sit down and talk about where things are, what happened this year, where we鈥檙e going,” Young said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 things that I鈥檓 sure he鈥檚 going to want to know about the future of the team and we鈥檒l talk about it, like we did three years ago, and figure it out.鈥
Young, who pitched a season for Bochy in San Diego, was the Rangers general manager when he hired Bochy as manager after the 2022 season. They were coming off their sixth consecutive losing season, the longest streak in the half-century since the franchise moved to Texas in 1972.
At that time, Bochy had been out of managing for three seasons. He stepped away from the San Francisco Giants in 2019 after 13 seasons and three World Series titles, which followed 12 seasons and a National League pennant with the Padres.
鈥淛ust love him. He’s great. I love working with him. He鈥檚 been wonderful,鈥 Young said. 鈥淗e came here to win a World Series. He鈥檚 helped us accomplish that. And, you know, we鈥檒l figure out what the future holds.鈥
Young didn’t have a timeline on how quickly a decision could be made after the season ends this weekend.
The Rangers were eliminated from playoff contention Tuesday night when they lost their eighth straight game. They won Wednesday night and went into the home finale still able to finish with a winning record if they won two of their last four games.
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Bochy went into Thursday’s game with 2,251 wins, sixth among all managers 鈥 the five ahead of him are all in the Hall of Fame. No managers in the past 60 years have more than Bochy’s four World Series titles 鈥 he won three with San Francisco 鈥 the only ones all-time with more are Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel and Connie Mack.
鈥淥h, I鈥檝e really had a great time, and it鈥檚 as much fun as I鈥檝e had in the game,鈥 Bochy said of his three seasons back in the dugout. 鈥淚 said this when I came back, you have a deeper appreciation when you鈥檙e out, especially for three years and you realize what you have, how blessed you are to be doing what you鈥檙e doing. It’s been a lot of fun and I still love it, and enjoy it.鈥
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