Texas Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward as team slogs out 6th straight losing season

The Texas Rangers have ripped off the Band-Aid on another manager.

Chris Woodward was fired Monday before the team hosts the Oakland A’s at Globe Life Field.

The Rangers have been reeling since flirting with .500 at the end of June, although they just took two of three games from the Mariners over the weekend.

The Dallas Morning News was the first to report the news.

Still, the team has struggled to show much improvement in the standings and are headed for their franchise-record sixth consecutive losing season, and fourth under Woodward.

Woodward is 211-287 with the Rangers.

He took over a fledgling team with a bare farm system in 2019. The Rangers lost 102 games a year ago but signed high-priced infielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien to help speed up a dragging rebuilding process.

After slow starts, both have performed adequately, but not strong enough to make up for a struggling starting rotation and a bullpen that has begun to falter more frequently.

“We are where we are in the standings, but that’s not a reflection of any one person or any one group,” Rangers President Jon Daniels said at the trade deadline press conference. “Ultimately, that’s on the two of us [Daniels and Young]. I think Woody and the staff are working tirelessly and do whatever they can to continue to develop this group and push forward.”