The Texas Rangers last week announced the organization's 2026 minor league coordinators and coaching staffs for their four affiliates. The Rangers have brought new leadership to Spartanburg, as Carlos Maldonado takes the helm for the Hub City Spartanburgers’ second season, along with a new staff.
Four members of the 2025 SAL South Division Champion brass have been promoted to Double-A Frisco, including Manager Chad Comer. Bryce Gist will remain in Spartanburg as Hub City's strength and conditioning coach, and Pete Stasio returns for his second season as the Spartanburgers' Clubhouse manager.
The 2026 Spartanburgers staff is as follows:
Carlos Maldonado will be in his first year as the manager of the Hub City Spartanburgers and seventh season as a skipper in the Rangers organization.
Mason Milkey (pitching coach) is set for his fourth season with the Rangers organization and first with Hub City after filling the same role with Arizona Complex League Rangers in 2025.
Brian Pozos (hitting coach) ascends to the High-A ranks for the first time in his Texas tenure – his fifth season with the organization overall – after serving as a hitting coach at the Single-A (2023-25) and ACL (2022) levels.
The Spartanburgers staff will consist of two development coaches: Jorge Cortes, who reprises his role from 2025 in Hickory, and Landon Lassiter, an organizational newcomer who most recently coached in the Baltimore Orioles minor league system (2023-25).
Dakota Fowee (athletic trainer) is entering his second season with the Rangers following a 2025 campaign in which he was the ACL Rangers Athletic Trainer. Fowee previously worked with the Braves and Red Sox organizations prior to joining Texas. Strength and Conditioning Coach Bryce Gist returns for his second season in that role with Hub City. Gist has ties to the Palmetto State; he served as a graduate assistant at Clemson prior to joining the Rangers. Clubhouse Manager Pete Stasio also returns to Spartanburg for his fifth season with Rangers' High-A teams. Stasio won 2024 SAL Clubhouse Manager of the Year honors in his final season in Hickory.
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