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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Somebody his age and at the stage of his development, we don't want him sitting around for a long period of time and not playing.
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We told him that we support him but it's time to step it up. We're starting to make decisions. He seemed to embrace that. We'll see how his next outing goes.
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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.
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I just encouraged him to take a little extra time now rather than have issues down the road. I just told him to take care of himself because his health is important first.
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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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I certainly expect him to go out and have a good year. But with the things that had transpired in the past, we just decided that it was an appropriate time to go in a different direction.
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The longer this went on, and the more time between when we indicated we'd meet what was ultimately their asking price, it was clear that other teams were involved,
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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.