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...
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.
believe others positive realistic teams thirty time
Thirty teams believe they have a chance. Some are more realistic than others but it's a very positive time of the year.
age age-and-aging period sitting somebody stage time
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.
embrace next outing seemed starting step support time
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.
certainly decided expect good time
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.
care encouraged extra health himself issues rather time
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.
asking clear longer meet teams time ultimately
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,
best external hoping internal options preparing
We're hoping for the best and preparing for everything else. We're going to look at our internal options and keep our external conversations going.
active danny last shape trade wrong
We have no active trade discussions going. Danny didn't play last year; we need to see what kind of shape he is in. There's nothing wrong with competition.
batting hits three
Three years with 200 hits and a batting title, and he's not satisfied.
soon
We'd like to get him up here as soon as possible.
beyond decision hope term year
We hope to make the decision at the end of the year that we want to keep him beyond the term of the deal.
fill options
My mind-set right now is if we have a hole, we'll have to fill it. We have a lot of options to consider.
build integral mark player trying
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.