ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have finalized manager Bruce Bochy’s 2025 on-field coaching staff, including the addition of bench coach Luis Urueta, who spent the past two seasons in the same role with Miami. did.
Texas also announced Tuesday that Dave Bush will become assistant pitching coach and Jordan Tiegs will become bullpen coach. Both were already working for the organization. Earlier this month, the Rangers named Justin Viele as hitting coach after five seasons in the same role with San Francisco.
Urueta joins the Rangers after former Marlins manager Skip Shoemaker was hired this month as senior advisor for baseball operations.
Seven staff members will return: pitching coach Mike Maddux, offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker, first base coach Corey Ragsdale, third base coach Tony Beasley, catching coach Bobby Wilson, assistant hitting coach Seth Conner; This is Brett Hayes, a quality control coach. Beasley is the Rangers’ longest-tenured coach, entering his 11th year this year.
The only members of Bochy’s staff who did not return for the 2024 season were transferred to other major league teams. Will Venable served as Boushie’s associate manager before being hired as manager of the Chicago White Sox, and hitting coach Tim Hyers served in the same role in Atlanta.
Urueta was on the Arizona Major League staff from 2018 to 2021, the last two years as a bench coach. Bush served as the Rangers’ director of pitching strategy and was responsible for on-field and front office operations, while Tiegs served as the organization’s pitching coordinator for three years.
