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Rangers To Hire Don Wakamatsu As Bench Coach

By Jeff Todd | November 2, 2017 at 6:06pm CDT

The Rangers are slated to hire Don Wakamatsu to become their bench coach, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter). He’ll join a reshuffled staff under manager Jeff Banister, who is looking to bounce back from his first losing season since taking over the Rangers dugout in 2015.

Wakamatsu, 54, has previously served as the bench coach in Texas, among his many other stops as a big league coach. He also skippered the Mariners in the 2009 and 2010 seasons and has been noted as a managerial candidate on several occasions since. Most recently, Wakamatsu was the bench coach for the Royals.

With the addition, the team will bump last year’s bench coach, Steve Buechele, to the first base coaching job. He had been the Rangers’ bench coach for each of the past three seasons.

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  1. xabial

    3 years ago

    I read the title as:

    “Rangers to hire Ron Washington as Bench Coach”

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  2. Realtexan

    3 years ago

    Ron Washington would a great addition and would be welcomed back with open arms. He would be a great 3rd base coach. Or Bannisters right hand coach

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    • justinkm19

      3 years ago

      True. I’d love to have Wash back.

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      • Groucho

        3 years ago

        I’d love Wash back, too, but I think he had too many girlfriends in town, and his wife made him leave!

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        • oldleftylong

          3 years ago

          A real chick magnet.

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        • RyanR

          3 years ago

          Me too, come back Wash.

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  3. beauvandertulip

    3 years ago

    ????? To everyone in this thread. Dude was a bad manager.

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    • Texasstarsaddles

      3 years ago

      Yes, he was a very bad manager.

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  4. CursedRangers

    3 years ago

    Won’t be surprised is next year is Bannister’s last year. I’m not impressed with him

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  5. slugger82685

    3 years ago

    Can they bring the Maddux brothers back please?? Something desperately needs to be done with the whole pitching staff.

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