The hiring of Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor may mean that the Texas Rangers have their future manager under contract.
But if current manager Bruce Bochy, who is likely to be inducted into the Hall of Fame once his career is over, wants to continue beyond 2025, the Rangers will enthusiastically welcome that.
According to one source, Bochy will have the latitude to continue if that's what he wants.
"If (Bochy) wants to manage beyond 2025, (the Rangers) are good with that," a highly ranked source told ESPN.
Bochy, who turns 70 in April, just completed his 27th season managing in the big leagues -- for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants, before he was became the Rangers' skipper in 2023 -- and ranks eighth all-time in managerial wins, with 2,171, the most for any current manager.