Beloved former Rangers coach finds new home with Pittsburgh Pirates

While it was tough to see Texas Rangers third-base coach Tony Beasley depart Arlington after the 2025 season, it will warm fans' hearts to hear he's found a new-old place to man the third-base coaching box.

Beasley, 58, is reportedly joining Don Kelly's staff with the Pittsburgh Pirates planning to serve in the same role he did with Texas. Beasley was one of two reported hires for the Pirates over the weekend alongside Kristopher Negrón.

Beasley's next stop is one of familiar origins

While Bealsey never did make it to Major League Baseball as a player, he did spent some of his professional playing career in the Pirates farm system. That is just one example of Beasley's connection to the Pirates.

All in all, he's spent 18 years with Pittsburgh, including in player development, a minor league manager and a three year stint as the organization's third base coach from 2008-2010.

While with the Pirates, Beasley managed Low-A Williamsport Crosscutters in 2001 and the team went 46-26 in the regular season and were declared New York-Penn League co-champions. Then in 2002-03, Beasley won consecutive Manager of the Year Awards with Low-A Hickory Crawdads.

Beasley comes to Pittsburgh following a 71-91 season in 2025 which included the firing on manager Derek Shelton after the team began the season 12-26. Kelly took over and the team finished 5-65 under his leadership.

Rangers move on from Beasley with new base coaches

While it was bittersweet to see Beasley go after he spent 10 seasons with Texas, most of those as the team's third base coach, then a brief stint as the Rangers interim manager in 2022 following the mid-season firing of Chris Woodward.

That is a big change of scenery for the Rangers as players have spent most every game from 2015-2025 seeing Beasley's face welcome them to third or wave them home. Thankfully the change won't be that different as the team's previous first base coach Corey Ragsdale takes over for Beasley.

As part of Texas's 2026 coaching staff under Skip Schumaker, former Ranger and World Series hero Travis Jankowski will take over Ragsdale's duties at first base. It's just one example of ushering in the Schumaker era following the departure of Bruce Bochy, who returned to San Francisco in a front office advisory role.