After a magnificently underwhelming 2025 season capped by a Game 162 walk off loss and the departure of their future Hall of Fame manager, the plans for next season's Texas Rangers are, for lack of a better term, up in the air.
Finishing at 81-81, despite being a potential frontrunner for the American League West division, the Rangers will need to go back to the drawing board and admit the faults of the previous two seasons.
And that journey began on Monday with perhaps an obvious but bigger domino falling in the form of Bruce Bochy.