ARLINGTON -- All signs point toward Skip Schumaker becoming the Rangers’ next manager, but the search process has not been finalized yet, president of baseball operations Chris Young said during an end-of-season news conference Friday at Globe Life Field.

Young and general manager Ross Fenstermaker spent a good portion of the nearly hour-long session discussing the managerial opening after the team mutually parted ways with Bruce Bochy on Monday.

“We have a lead candidate internally that we’re focused on,” Young said during his opening comments. “I really can’t elaborate beyond that in terms of where we are. Hopefully it’ll materialize and we’ll have updates in the coming days.”

Young said the team does not plan to explore external options for its opening as of now. As far as Schumake

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