Texas Rangers rumors: Jeff Banister and whether he will be the Texas Rangers manager is a topic in Evan Grant’s latest “Evan Help Us” piece, and while there are a variety of other questions in there, this one is, to me, the most compelling. Evan says “the chances are better than 50-50” that the Rangers let Jeff Banister go after the 2018 season and look for a new manager.
The question about the future of Banister has sort of hung over this team all season, with Banister’s contract running only through 2019, and reports indicating that general manager Jon Daniels had a sit down with Banister about his handling of the clubhouse after last season.