{"id":1608268,"date":"2022-08-16T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608268"},"modified":"2022-08-16T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:19:53","slug":"rangers-fire-manager-chris-woodward-after-500-million-offseason-splurge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rangers-fire-manager-chris-woodward-after-500-million-offseason-splurge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Fire Manager Chris Woodward After $500 Million Offseason Splurge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frangers-fire-manager-chris-woodward-after-500-million-offseason-splurge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1608268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Rangers started the year with heightened expectations and will end it searching for a new manager.<\/p>\n<p>The team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/34403943\/sources-texas-rangers-fire-manager-chris-woodward-amid-season-dissatisfactory-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fired Chris Woodward on Monday<\/a>, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed. The Rangers currently sit with a 51-63 record, 23 games behind the first-place Astros in the AL West.<\/p>\n<p>Third base coach Tony Beasley was named the interim manager of the Rangers, starting with Monday night\u2019s game against the Oakland A\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/chris-woodward-fired-rangers-manager.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Chris Woodward was fired by the Rangers this season as they\u2019ve underperformed following an expensive offseason.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Woodward on July 22, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23465007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/woodward.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Chris Woodward on July 22, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rangers were expected to compete for a playoff spot this season after the splashy additions of Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. The contracts totaled $500 million with Seager getting a massive $325 million after he starred for the Dodgers for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not come into this season thinking we had put together a championship roster. We thought we\u2019d taken a major step forward in talent from where we were a year ago,\u201d said Jon Daniels, the team\u2019s president of baseball operations. \u201cWe\u2019ve certainly had aspirations maybe to overachieve some and still do have those, but we were, and continue to be, realistic about about where we are. \u2026 That said, we did think that we\u2019d be better than our record, and better than the way that we\u2019ve played at times.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ESPN noted that the Rangers\u2019 6-24 record in one-run games has spoiled any progress the team has made with a near-even run differential.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward, 46, will finish his Rangers career with a 203-278 record in three-plus seasons. He received an extension this offseason that covered next season and came up with an option for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward\u2019s firing marks the fourth time this season a team has axed its manager. <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s Joe Girardi was replaced by Rob Thomson on June 3, the Los Angeles Angels\u2019 Joe Maddon by Phil Nevin four days later and Toronto\u2019s Charlie Montoyo by John Schneider on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers now turn to Beasley, in his eighth season with the Rangers, and the longest-tenured member of their big-league coaching staff. He previously was on the major league staffs with Washington (2006) and Pittsburgh (2008-10), and had a 590-472 record in eight seasons as a minor league manager in those organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has all the attributes that we\u2019re looking for. He has the respect of the staff, the respect of the players,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cHe\u2019s an intelligent baseball veteran, who\u2019s won at the minor league level, performed in a variety of roles, both here and elsewhere. \u2026 He\u2019s the right person for us as we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s Joe Girardi was replaced by Rob Thomson on June 3, the Los Angeles Angels\u2019 Joe Maddon by Phil Nevin four days later and Toronto\u2019s Charlie Montoyo by John Schneider on July 13.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 With AP<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rangers started the year with heightened expectations and will end it searching for a new manager. The team fired Chris Woodward on Monday, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed. 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