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...
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It would provide us with options and depth. You never want to be in a position where injuries would put us in a bad spot or we didn't have depth to make a move if one presented itself.
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That's the challenge I signed up for, ... I wouldn't expect anything less.
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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.
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It's something our medical staff has assured us is not normally a recurring issue. We don't see any issues there.
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It's not going to be easy. But don't count us out.
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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.
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Absolutely not. Including the Florida trade, at no point were we mentioning Hank's name. I didn't bring it up on any occasion. The Marlins deal was a unique opportunity that we had to consider.
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For anybody to sit back today and say that they forecast he was going to be the player he is now, that's just impossible. If that was the case, there's no way Toronto ever would have dealt him. He's become a superstar. He's unbelievable.
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It's the same as yesterday. We're going to fill it from within unless something presents itself. You never say never, but I don't have anything close.
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Thirty teams believe they have a chance. Some are more realistic than others but it's a very positive time of the year.
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This is a big holiday gift from Tom Hicks to Texas fans today.
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It's been a focus. All things being equal, in our ballpark it would be preferable to have a left-hander.
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There is no trade or pending trade despite reports to the contrary and we expect him to be here this year and at a minimum, next year. Since we acquired him from the Yankees, there has been endless speculation about where he might be headed. We have been consistent in saying that he is a piece of the puzzle we are putting together.
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Put it this way. We really didn't put him in a position to succeed.