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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I will have some different ideas from how we've done things in the past. I will have some creative ways that we will look at things. But we are not going to stray from the good things we've built here.
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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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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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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.
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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'm ecstatic about this. This is what I've aspired to be for a long time.
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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.
We are going to take a look at him. He wanted to be re-evaluated.
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He was converted from third base to second because he doesn't have big power but our scouts say he can hit. He has good makeup.
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I feel comfortable he made a decision in the best interest of his season and our season. I know it was difficult for him.
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Phil has come in to camp in great shape, and seems committed to staying there. We've got a commitment there, and we're going to give him every opportunity to make the best of it.
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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,