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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers promoted Ross Fenstermaker to general manager, hired Cole Figuerora as assistant GM and named Justin Viele their new hitting coach on Monday.
Fenstermaker's elevation in the organization comes just less than three months after Chris Young was given a multiyear contract extension and promotion from GM to President of Baseball Operations. Young was GM for four seasons and oversaw his hometown team's first World Series title last year. He is still the top decision-maker on the baseball side of the organization.
As assistant GM for player development and international operations the past three years, Fenstermaker oversaw player development and minor league operations while responsible for the team's international amateur scouting efforts.