The exodus continues. Since this disappointing season ended, the Rangers have lost a future Hall of Fame manager in Bruce Bochy, a future Hall of Fame pitching coach in Mike Maddux, and three more coaches.

Beloved third base coach Tony Beasley is not returning to the Rangers. Neither is hitting coach Brett Boone. Nor is catching coordinator Bobby Wilson.

Beasley joined the Rangers in 2015, hired by then manager Jeff Banister to be the Rangers third base coach. He ended up being more than that. He was a cancer survivor, who became a source inspiration. He was a father figure to so many players, a mentor beyond just coaching. He was also the Rangers interim manager when they let Chris Woodward go toward the end of the 2022 season, before hitting Bochy.

Brett Boone had the thankless, impossible job of being hired hitting coach mid-year in a season the Rangers hitting was dreadful. He didn’t make much of an impact, but then again, he wasn’t the one who constructed a roster of swing and miss, undisciplined hitters. The Rangers were one of the bottom three offenses in baseball when he was hired to replace Donny Ecker. The Rangers were one of the bottom three offenses baseball at the end of the season. You cannot teach a blind man to see. You cannot teach a Texas Rangers hitter to make contact. Seeing the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series, you realize how far from good this team is. That wasn’t Boone’s fault.

Bobby Wilson was with the Rangers for six seasons, including their World Series winning year of 2023, which seems decades ago. According The Dallas Morning News, “Wilson was seen as a formidable defensive coach, and helped turn Jonah Heim and Jose Trento into elite receivers behind the plate.”

The Rangers will have a new look in the dugout to be sure next year. What they need is this level of dismantling to the roster so that next season, the hitting coach won’t be set up to fail, the the third base coach has runners to actually wave home.