ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers ' search for Bruce Bochy's replacement is centered on Skip Schumaker, a former National League Manager of the Year who has worked in their organization for the past year.

"We have a lead candidate internally that we're focused on," Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said Friday.

Young acknowledged that he had begun what he would consider a formal interview process and that there were not yet any external candidates.

"At this point, we haven't focused there yet," he said. "Our hope is that we don't have to."

Schumaker, a special adviser for the Rangers, was the 2023 NL Manager of the Year when the Miami Marlins went 84-78 and made the fourth postseason appearance in club history. That was the same year Texas, with Bochy in his debut,

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