Bruce Bochy sounds off on Rangers collapse: 'No way' we should’ve missed playoffs

Now that the Texas Rangers' season is over, Bruce Bochy has one big regret for how 2025 went.

"No way, absolutley no way (would I think we would miss the playoffs) with our pitching. You looked at the numbers, there's no way I would have. With this pitching, I felt like we should have won this division," manager Bruce Bochy told Kennedi Landry of MLB.com.

Bruce Bochy frustrated by Texas Rangers missing playoffs with elite rotation

There's another reason why Bochy is more than a little bummed that the Rangers couldn't take advantage of a rotation that was the best in the Bigs. It's unlikely to stick together for 2026.

Jacob deGrom and Nathan Eovaldi, former free agent signings, are both over 35. Tyler Mahle is 30 and an upcoming free agent. Merrill Kelly is 36 and will likely leave in free agency, plus the likelihood of 35-year-old Patrick Corbin returning is not great.

Eovaldi had his best season ever, posting a 1.73 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 130 innings before hurting his rotator cuff. Jacob deGrom had his first fully healthy season since 2019 with 172.2 innings, but he is going to be 38 next season.

Bochy knows that the team he was handed should have been better than 81-81. It was a strange season that offered more questions than answers. Even with a Texas Rangers team that suffered more than its fair share of significant injuries, the team should have built itself a playoff spot before the injuries hampered them. How did they manage to squander the pitching performance they got is a question the team needs to answer this offseason.