Texas Rangers rumors: Don Wakamatsu, former Seattle Mariners manager and former Texas Rangers coach, is returning to the Rangers organization as the team’s bench coach, per multiple reports. Wakamatsu was the Rangers’ bench coach under manager Buck Showalter from 2003 to 2006, interviewing for the managerial job that ended up going to Ron Washington after the 2006 season, and was the third base coach under Washington for the 2007 season.
Wakamatsu was hired as the manager for the Seattle Mariners before the 2009 season, but was fired in August, 2010, before he could complete his second year.