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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.

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14 Comments

  1. Nathan Boley

    11 years ago

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

    Reply
  2. DippityDoo

    11 years ago

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

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  3. Jaysfan1994 2

    11 years ago

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

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    • PatrickBateman

      11 years ago

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

      Reply
      • Bradley Maravalli

        11 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.

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    • Charlie Burns

      11 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.

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      • oz10 2

        11 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.

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      • txftw

        11 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

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    • neoncactus

      11 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.

      Reply
  4. talcha32

    11 years ago

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

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    • Daniel Morairity

      11 years ago

      Name one thing that they have done

      Reply
      • Rangerbourne

        11 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.

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        • Daniel Morairity

          11 years ago

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

          Reply
      • talcha32

        11 years ago

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

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