Don Wakamatsu will be interviewed at some point in the near future to be the Texas Rangers’ next full-time manager after finishing out the season as the interim manager following the firing of Jeff Banister on Sept. 21.
To listen to him speak to the media each day, it sounds like he intends to be with the club in 2019. Well, there’s a reason: He’s under contract to the bench coach, and he’s planning to return.
“Yes,” Wakamatsu said. “I’m under contract, and I expected to be here. There are decisions that have to be made, but I’d like to be considered a part of that.