Rangers hire Tommy Joseph as hitting coach

The Texas Rangers on Wednesday announced Tommy Joseph as Major League hitting coach on Manager Skip Schumaker’s staff for 2027.

Joseph brings two years of experience as an MLB assistant hitting coach with the Seattle Mariners (2024) and Baltimore Orioles (2025). The former Major League first baseman began his coaching career as the lead hitting instructor for Single-A St. Lucie (New York-NL) in 2021, also serving as hitting coach for Double-A Binghamton (New York-NL) in 2022 and High-A Eugene (San Francisco) in 2023. Both the 2024 Mariners (1st, 4.00) and 2025 Orioles (5th, 3.92) ranked highly in pitches per plate appearance among American League teams during Joseph's tenure with those respective clubs. In 2023, the Eugene Emeralds slugged 140 home runs in 132 games under Joseph's tutelage, good for second-most in the Northwest League.

The Phoenix, Arizona native appeared in a pair of Major League seasons (2016-17), both with Philadelphia, combining to bat .247 with a .757 OPS, 43 home runs, and 116 RBI across 249 career games. Originally a 2nd-round pick by the San Francisco Giants in the 2009 MLB Draft, Joseph was briefly a member of the Texas organization after he was acquired by the Rangers via waivers from the Phillies in March of 2018. While he did not appear for the big league club, Joseph logged 91 games that season with Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock, batting .284/.351/.533/.884 with 21 home runs and 70 RBI. He also spent one season with the LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization (2019) and with Team Texas of the Independent Constellation Energy League (2020) as part of an 11-year professional playing career from 2010-20.