Jon Daniels
Jon Daniels
Jon Danielsis the current President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers. Daniels led the Rangers to 2 World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. Under Daniels leadership the Rangers joined the Blue Jaysand the Yankeesas the only franchises to win back-to-back American League pennants in the last 22 years. When hired at age 28, he was the youngest GM in Major League Baseball at the time...
We are going to take a look at him. He wanted to be re-evaluated.
ballpark focus preferable
It's been a focus. All things being equal, in our ballpark it would be preferable to have a left-hander.
hard players relationship strong trade
It was hard to trade David. He has been with us for two years; he has a strong relationship with the players and the community. He was pretty shocked.
core extremely improved perfect saying teams tearing
I'm not saying we have the perfect roster or that we're the favorites. We're in an extremely competitive division, and the other teams have improved themselves, as well. But we were able to (improve) without tearing up the core of our team.
glad spot time
I'm glad we're down to one spot in the rotation, and we've got time to decide. It's time for them to show us something.
aspired ecstatic
I'm ecstatic about this. This is what I've aspired to be for a long time.
count
It's not going to be easy. But don't count us out.
challenge expect signed
That's the challenge I signed up for, ... I wouldn't expect anything less.
difference leader michael second stepped type
That's the difference to me: Michael Young is the type who stepped up before we had to make a decision, when Soriano said he wanted to play second base. That's why Michael is such a leader on this team.
assured issues medical normally recurring staff
It's something our medical staff has assured us is not normally a recurring issue. We don't see any issues there.
either impossible leadership loss quantify
It's impossible to quantify David's leadership with the loss of a No. 2 starter. If I had to choose, I wouldn't want to part with either of them.
cases closer degrees figures round second
We've had varying degrees of negotiation and we are closer in some cases than others. We exchanged figures and we have a second round of negotiations coming.
balance both gone
Both have been very impressive. It's a balance between their development and recognizing they've gone out there and performed.
both bring energy guys
Both guys bring professionalism and energy to our team.