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...
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.
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In the short term, this is the first camp where he has been completely healthy and we have a chance to evaluate him. He has taken good care of his back. I'm encouraged with the effort level and how much he has worked on his defense.
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Coco had a good year for us last year. But he had set his own bar so high the year before, that's why some people may have been looking for more.
built creative good ideas stray ways
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.
aspired ecstatic
I'm ecstatic about this. This is what I've aspired to be for a long time.
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He was a candidate to be a fifth starter and he was here late in camp for a reason. I was hoping we wouldn't have to go to our protection starters this early, but that's happened.
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He will be a source of creativity and ideas now and in the future. I am excited about someone with his knowledge and skills joining our baseball operations staff.
cleveland last stretch
He pitched his butt off for Cleveland down the stretch last year.
ballpark focus preferable
It's been a focus. All things being equal, in our ballpark it would be preferable to have a left-hander.
position
Put it this way. We really didn't put him in a position to succeed.
command game manage
He was able to command it better than he has and he was able to manage the game better.
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He's 24 years old, a power pitcher. We look at him as a starter. He has a plus fastball, and had some success in the major leagues last year.
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The last four years have just been a whirlwind learning curve for me, and John has made it a lot easier. It didn't take me long to realize my future wasn't going to be on the field. So this is what I have aspired to for quite a while.
direction
the Marlins are going to go in another direction with their trade.