Headlines

  • Tommy John Surgery Recommended For James Paxton
  • MLB Inspecting “Suspicious Baseballs” From Trevor Bauer’s Latest Start
  • Trevor Rosenthal Undergoes Thoracic Outlet Surgery
  • Blue Jays Sign GM Ross Atkins To Five-Year Extension
  • Yankees Acquire Rougned Odor
  • Brewers Trade Orlando Arcia To Braves
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • Last 100 Comments
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Rangers Extend Jon Daniels, Thad Levine

By Steve Adams | November 14, 2014 at 12:32pm CDT

FRIDAY: The Rangers have officially announced both extensions. While specifics weren’t divulged, Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tweets that each received a three-year deal. Anthony Andro of FOX Sports Southwest adds that the deals kick in at the end of their pre-existing contracts, meaning they’re now signed through 2018. In the press release, co-chairmen Ray Davis and Bob Simpson issued the following statement:

“Under Jon’s and Thad’s leadership, the Rangers have created a strong overall organization that has combined major league success with a productive scouting and player development operation over a number of years. Jon and Thad are skilled executives who are well respected around the game and completely committed to once again delivering a winning team for our fans.”

THURSDAY: The Rangers have extended general manager Jon Daniels and assistant GM Thad Levine, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The exact terms of the extensions are unknown to this point, but Daniels’ contract was slated to expire at the end of the 2015 season.

Jon Daniels and Thad Levine

Daniels succeeded John Hart (now the Braves’ president of baseball operations) as GM of the team following the 2005 season at the incredibly young age of 28. He’s been in his role for nearly a decade now, and in that time, the Rangers have made their first two World Series appearances. The team struggled in 2014, finishing with just 67 wins, although a nearly unthinkable list of injuries was largely to blame for that disappointing performance.

The 41-year-old Levine was also appointed to his current post in October 2005 and has been long rumored as a GM candidate himself. He withdrew his name from consideration from the D’Backs GM search prior to the team’s hiring of Dave Stewart. When former Rangers AGM A.J. Preller became GM of the Padres, Levine took on the oversight of the club’s international scouting operations, as Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News wrote back in September.

As can be seen in MLBTR’s Transactions Tracker, Daniels and Levine were behind what is considered one of the best trades in Rangers history — the Mark Teixeira trade to the Braves that netted Texas Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison, Neftali Feliz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and minor leaguer Beau Jones. However, some Rangers fans are likely more focused on last offseason’s Prince Fielder/Ian Kinsler swap, which to this point has certainly not panned out for Texas.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

Share 23 Retweet 27 Send via email1

Jon Daniels Newsstand Texas Rangers Transactions

Free Agent Profile: Russell Martin
Main
Yasmany Tomas Rumors: Friday
14 comments
newest oldest

Comments

  1. Nathan Boley

    6 years ago

    Wow, Jon Daniels is short. He’s like the Ken Rosenthal of GMs.

    Like
    Reply
  2. DippityDoo

    6 years ago

    I would think Volquez and Herra for Hamilton would be his biggest steal. He’s made some slick trades since becoming GM.

    Like
    Reply
  3. Jaysfan1994

    6 years ago

    I’m actually surprised Daniels doesn’t get more heat for taking on Prince Fielder’s contract.

    Like
    Reply
    • PatrickBateman

      6 years ago

      They’ll be crying about it in a few years when his salary keeps going up and his play gets worse

      Like
      Reply
      • Bradley Maravalli

        6 years ago

        Actually, the Rangers get $6 million each year from 2016-2020 for Fielder. $18 million for a power hitting 1B like Fielder isn’t bad at all. Just a shame Fielder got hurt this year, but he wasn’t alone in rehab in Texas.

        Like
        Reply
    • Charlie Burns

      6 years ago

      Probably people are waiting at least another year to start calling it a bad trade since they would hate to have egg all over their faces if Prince has a turnaround year (probably, since there is no way he can be as lost looking at the plate as he was this year) or if Kinsler carries over his last half of the season into 2015.

      Like
      Reply
      • oz10

        6 years ago

        I had the same surgery and am so much stronger and better off now. It explains the couple of years before as well with his power starting to decline. I bet the Rangers come out on top in the long run of this trade. Kins showed the type of player he had started to become and therefore is in the second half.

        Like
        Reply
      • txftw

        6 years ago

        In two more years I will be willing to bash JD for the Prince deal. Not his fault Prince tried to play hurt

        Like
        Reply
    • neoncactus

      6 years ago

      Hopefully Fielder rebounds after having surgery and makes it more even. But when he made the trade, I thought it was great. The talk in Dallas was that they might get a relief pitcher for Kinsler and the Rangers needed more power. The potential offense Fielder can give them was a much better return on Kinsler than I thought they’d get. I’m hoping he’s not a total bust.

      Like
      Reply
  4. talcha32

    6 years ago

    Love this move. JD and Levine have done some great things in Texas.

    Like
    Reply
    • Daniel Morairity

      6 years ago

      Name one thing that they have done

      Like
      Reply
      • Rangerbourne

        6 years ago

        To start, traded Texeria for a boatload of prospects including Andrus, Harrison, and Feliz to name a few. They traded for Hamilton which was a steal of a deal, to name a few. Under their watch built one of the best clubs both at the major and minor levels.

        Like
        Reply
        • Daniel Morairity

          6 years ago

          Is there any way this team can get pitching since they don’t want to deal with Lester scherzer shields

          Like
          Reply
      • talcha32

        6 years ago

        …building the roster that went to back to back WS?

        Like
        Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Tommy John Surgery Recommended For James Paxton

    MLB Inspecting “Suspicious Baseballs” From Trevor Bauer’s Latest Start

    Trevor Rosenthal Undergoes Thoracic Outlet Surgery

    Blue Jays Sign GM Ross Atkins To Five-Year Extension

    Yankees Acquire Rougned Odor

    Brewers Trade Orlando Arcia To Braves

    MLB Moves All-Star Game Out Of Atlanta; Colorado To Host

    Mets, Francisco Lindor Agree On Ten-Year Extension

    Latest On Nationals’ Covid-19 Testing

    Nationals-Mets Series Postponed

    Recent

    Quick Hits: Alex Rodriguez, Odorizzi, Gallen, Sanchez

    Nationals Reinstate Patrick Corbin, Option Kyle McGowin

    COVID Notes: 4/10/21

    Injured List Activations: Ahmed, Stewart, Adams

    Yankees Option Domingo German

    Angels Place Dexter Fowler On Injured List, Call Up Jaime Barria

    Rays Place Chris Archer On Injured List, Call Up Brent Honeywell

    Chris Archer Leaves Game Due To Forearm Tightness

    Tommy John Surgery Recommended For James Paxton

    NL Notes: Tatis, Mets, Lugo, Thor, McCutchen

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Kris Bryant Rumors
    • Francisco Lindor Rumors
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2021-22 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Indians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version