The Rangers are reshaping both the dugout and the front office after coming up just shy of a playoff berth this season.
Assistant hitting coach Alex Cintrón will not return in that role, president of baseball operations Chris Young told reporters Monday, according to Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News. Texas also moved on from assistant pitching coach Dave Bush.
Cintrón isn’t leaving the organization entirely. He’ll stay with the club in an offensive-related role, and Young framed the change as something that came from Cintrón’s side as he tries “to balance what’s best for him at this point.”
Cintrón has spent the last decade coaching after a nine-year playing career, with most of that time coming in Houston. The Astros brought him in as an assistant in 2017, and he worked there as first base coach and then hitting coach through 2025. Texas hired him this past season to work under hitting coach Justin Viele.
Bush had been with the Rangers for three seasons. He first arrived as director of pitching strategy in 2024, then spent the last two years as an assistant on the big-league staff. He worked under pitching coach Jordan Tiegs in 2026, and Young said the team does not plan to replace him.
The pitching staff took a heavy hit from injuries this year, with Jack Leiter and Nathan Eovaldi both missing extended time. Jacob deGrom dealt with nagging issues as well, though he never landed on the injured list. The biggest bright spot in the group was Jacob Latz, who missed out on a rotation job but took over the closer role and turned in an All-Star season.
Texas also announced a series of front-office promotions. Nick Hundley is now vice president of player development, Hamilton Wise has been elevated to vice president of amateur and international scouting, Mike Parnell is now vice president of pro personnel, and Josh Boyd was promoted to a senior advisor role in the amateur and Pacific Rim departments.
Hundley, a former major leaguer with 12 seasons under his belt, has been with Young since 2022 and spent the last two years as a senior advisor to baseball operations. He has also been in the conversation for managerial openings since joining the Rangers’ front office, including multiple connections to the Giants job and a run as a finalist for the Padres vacancy last offseason. Young said Hundley will now be the “top voice” in player development.
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