The Rangers are about to hire Chris Woodward as a manager, according to the report

The Rangers hire Chris Woodward, the Dodgers' third goal coach, according to a report released Friday night by Bob Nightengale (USA TODAY):

Woodward is only 42, but he makes the most of his years of work and, at least on the basis of his experience, is extremely qualified for the job. A 54th-round pick in 1994 who spent more than four seasons climbing the ladder league ladder, Woodward played twelve seasons in the majors as an infielder of the Blue Jays, Mets, Mariners, Braves and Red Sox. After spending the entire 2012 season at Triple-A in the Blue Jays, he retired and became a coach in the Mariners' organization. He was promoted to senior league staff in Seattle as an assistant coach in 2014 and remained there until 2015, after which he was hired by Dave Roberts' Los Angeles staff as a coach. third base coach. In addition to all this, he has been in professional baseball for each of the past 24 years, playing for 18 years and coaching for the last six years.

Woodward, 42, continues the trend of hiring experienced coaches as managers (and this is an interesting statement about the hiring practices of the past decade that this is a trend and not the norm ). In addition to Brad Ausmus of the Angels, who previously led the Tigers, every manager hired this year is a first hiring with a strong coaching experience in the big leagues; Woodward succeeds Mike Shildt of St. Louis, who has had a 13-year career in minor league carding with a year and a half of coaching staff in the Redbirds' big leagues; David Bell of the Reds, who spent a year as vice-president of player development at the Giants, but had previously spent five years coaching the Cubs and Cardinals; Charlie Montoyo of the Blue Jays, who led for 17 years in the Rays organization before spending another four years as a third base and bench coach with Tampa; and the Twins, Rocco Baldelli, who has held various coaching positions in the minor and major leagues of the Rays organization for seven years.

Clearly, general manager Jon Daniels did not feel the need to fundamentally change the situation compared to what he had done before – and even though his seat is warming up a bit now that the Rangers have finished under the bar. 500 and missed the playoffs consecutively. Over the seasons, Daniels has generally done well in a 12-season career that has allowed Texas to reach the playoffs five times, all in this decade. Woodward is Daniels' third rookie after Infield legendary coach Ron Washington, who clinched his first big managerial opportunity in Texas and took the Rangers to the second consecutive round of the World Series. Pirates' coach Jeff Banister also became first manager with Texas and led the Rangers to AL West titles in each of his first two years, before failing in the last two years.