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Schumaker was a first-time manager in 2023, when he led the Marlins to the postseason and was named the National League Manager of the Year. He spent two years in Miami, combining for a 146-178 record before joining Texas in a front-office role for the 2025 season. Now the Rangers' manager, Schumaker will be charged with leading the club back to the postseason. But what has made him such a popular person in the sport with just two years of experience under his belt? “I think he's a very genuine person,” said Kim Ng, the former Marlins general manager who hired Schumaker to his first managerial position. “What you see is what you get, what you hear is what he believes and thinks. I think that is one of the more disarming elements of his personality.” Schumaker’s ability to form relationships with his players is revered, and it’s something that starts in the offseason. He has already set out to build a culture in which guys want to show up to the ballpark every day. That’s what so many in the game have praised him for. “He's just got such a clarity in the way that he thinks about certain things,” Ng told MLB.com. “It was an easy choice for me when hiring him. … What came through in the interview, for me, was what a really good communicator he is. “He's very measured in how he delivers to players, to staff, to the front office. I think that's a really key ingredient for me as well. I think that's what sort of draws people to Skip, because they're going to hear directly from him, what's on his mind, how he's thinking about issues.” Experience is the best teacher, Ng said. And Schumaker was a student of the game long before he became a manager. His time in Miami as a first-time manager allowed him to learn and grow both off and off the field amid front-office turnover from Year 1 to Year 2. “You always try to grow from every experience,” Schumaker said. “I got to learn how different front offices think. ... So I was very grateful for the first regime in Miami [for hiring me] and the second regime in Miami. They were both different in how they thought. I'm very grateful, even though it didn't end like we wanted it to end. I can take some of those experiences, hopefully, and try to make this place as good as it can be.” “It's the same job to me, because I don't sign up to not win,” he said. “That's what I plan on doing. I signed up to try to do whatever I can to get us into the postseason, and then make long runs into the postseason every single year. That is what I think big leagues should look like. It's what I think all 30 teams should try to do. Luckily, I'm with one right now that has the same goal in mind. It's my goal here, and that doesn't change.”
