A local baseball squad will have a big league voice in the room next season.
On Friday Grapevine Faith baseball announced that it has hired former Texas Rangers catcher Jonathan Lucroy onto its coaching staff. The two-time All-Star will join a Faith team that made a run to the state championship last season.
Grapevine Faith Baseball is honored to announce Jonathan Lucroy as a member of our coaching staff. A 12-year MLB catcher, 2-time All-Star, 2017 WBC Gold Medalist, and 2025 Team USA Development Program coach, he brings a wealth of experience and energy to Faith. Welcome Coach! pic.twitter.com/VTTLOTJW2E
— Grapevine Faith Baseball (@GFCSBSB) August 15, 2025
“Grapevine Faith Baseball is honored to announce Jonathan Lucroy as a member of our coaching staff,“ the school said in a social media post announcing the hire. ”A 12-year MLB catcher, 2-time All-Star, 2017 WBC Gold Medalist, and 2025 Team USA Development Program coach, he brings a wealth of experience and energy to Faith. Welcome Coach!”
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Lucroy, 39, played 12 seasons in the majors, primarily with the Milwaukee Brewers but also spent time with the Rangers, Rockies, Athletics, Angels, Cubs, Red Sox, Nationals and Braves.
Lucroy was acquired by Texas at the 2016 trade deadline in exchange for outfielder Lewis Brinson and pitcher Luis Ortiz. He hit 11 homers and posted an OPS of .885 down the stretch in 2016 to help the Rangers to their second consecutive AL West division championship.
He struggled in 2017, however, as did the Rangers as a whole, leading to the team dealing Lucroy to Colorado at the deadline in 2017.
Lucroy was also a member of the Team USA baseball team that won the gold medal in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He formally retired in 2022. Since then he’s moved into coaching and in July served on the staff for the U.S. national under-18 baseball development program.
Lucroy joins a Grapevine Faith squad led by head coach Robert Vaughn, a group that was one win away from a state championship in 2025. Faith was downed in the TAPPS Div. II state title game, falling 11-0 to Houston Lutheran South.
After the loss, Vaughn predicted that Faith would win a state championship “within the next three years.”
Now Vaughn has a 12-year big leaguer on the staff to help bring that to fruition.
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