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Has Jon Daniels Done a Good Job for the Texas Rangers?

By Cody Smith|
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 05: President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Jon Daniels of the Texas Rangers talks with the media after announcing the resignation of Manager Ron Washington at Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 5, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. Ron Washington informed the club that he has chosen to resign in order to turn his full attention to addressing an off-the-field personal matter. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 05: President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Jon Daniels of the Texas Rangers talks with the media after announcing the resignation of Manager Ron Washington at Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 5, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. Ron Washington informed the club that he has chosen to resign in order to turn his full attention to addressing an off-the-field personal matter. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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ARLINGTON, TX – JUNE 16: (L-R) Bubba Thompson from McGill-Toolen High School, Chris Seise out of West Orange High School and right-handed pitcher Hans Crouse out of Dana Hills High School pose for a photo after the Texas Rangers announced the signings of several of the club’s top selections in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft at Globe Life Park in Arlington on June 16, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

The Future

Usually, when a team is in a rebuilding phase, they have quite a few prospects up in the majors for the fans to watch grow. Unfortunately, the Rangers traded their young talent when they were still competing, and don’t really have many young guys ready for the majors, especially on the pitching side.

But 3 years from now, the Rangers seem poised to have quite a few good arms ready or on the cusp of being ready. Hans Crouse, Cole Ragans, Cole Winn, Owen White, and more. With an offense that is already full of young guys 26 and under (Deshields, Mazara, Odor, Guzman, Kiner-Falefa, Gallo, and Calhoun), it seems like this team should be ready to return to the AL West spotlight, as the Astros may have to let some players go, and not every top 100 prospect is going to be an All-Star, or even have good careers.

If this group of talent previously mentioned fails to win anything, then we can talk about replacing JD, but for now, it seems like some people are just getting frustrated with how poorly the team has done, and are making blaming JD for it. It is very hard to consistently win and make the playoffs in baseball, and we are very fortunate to have this great run of winning games from 2009-16. Two years seem to like it’s been forever since we have made the playoffs, but we could be like the Mariners, and have a 17 year (and counting) playoff drought.

With everything being said, Jon Daniels has done a pretty darn good job as the Rangers GM and has helped lead this team to its greatest times in franchise history, and as fans, we should feel confident in our future with him running the show.

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