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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Oakland has really improved itself, Seattle has improved itself and Anaheim has a ton of young players coming up ready to help them. It's a really competitive division and we had to take some steps to stay in the mix.
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Mark is an integral part of what we are trying to do here. He's the kind of person and player we want to build around.
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What we had talked about at one point was a deal that would go into his free agent years, but we agreed to disagree and this was the best compromise for us at the time. It was an amicable resolution on both sides. ... With a player of Mark's caliber and how important he is to the club and organization, we certainly didn't want to get into an acrimonious setting with an independent arbitrator.
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Avoiding the arbitration process for the next two years with a core player such as Mark is an important step for both he and the club. We're hopeful the contract is the continuation of a relationship that will last well beyond the term of this agreement.
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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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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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This was a chance to address a need, ... If there are bold moves available that give us an opportunity to take big steps, we'll take them. I'm not sure what this signals other than the fact that we're looking to get better.
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We want to get his pitch count up, stretch him out and get him into the mix. He wants to start and we got him to start.
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We expect him to be a member of the club moving forward this season and next.
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We feel Mark is a long-term fit for us. It is the organization's intention for Mark to start and finish his career here.
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You grow up quick when you're a kid from Queens, riding the subway by yourself, ... You see things. You have an awareness of your surroundings. I think that made me a little more observant than I otherwise would have been.
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We've been clear and consistent that if he decides he does want to play, we'd love for him to be in Arlington.
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We are excited about what it means to our future, both short-term and long-term. He adds something to our club that we sorely needed.
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Fabio is like any other guy on the club. We want to see him contribute and pitch well at a level the club needs him to perform.