“We’re downsizing”: Texas Rangers abolish President Jon Daniels, GM Chris Young to inherit all duties
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Texas Rangers’ house is definitely under construction as only two days after Jon Daniels announced that manager Chris Woodward was being relieved of his duties, Owner Ray Davis announced the dismissal of Texas Rangers’ President of Baseball Operation Jon Daniels itself. General Manager Chris Young would inherit all the responsibilities following the action.
Jon Daniels was the youngest General Manager appointed ever in the majors when he got the job with the Rangers at age 28 in October 2005. Ray Davis officiated prior to the Texas Rangers loss to the Oakland Athletics, 7-2 on Wednesday.
Texas Rangers’ majority owner Ray Davis said, “It’s something I’ve been contemplating for several months, I guess it was Monday of this week, Jon and Chris [general manager Chris Young] came in and wanted to relieve Woody of his responsibilities. I didn’t want to connect the two and didn’t want [Daniels’ dismissal] to be done at the same time.”
Owner Ray Davis explained Jon Daniels’ termination as Texas Rangers’ President of baseball operations
“Jon’s accomplished a great deal for the 17 years he’s been general manager,” Texas Ranger’s Ray Davis said. “He put together two of our best ever baseball teams, including two World Series appearances, and I personally don’t feel like he got enough credit for doing that.
“The bottom line is we’re not good. And we haven’t been good for six years. The bottom line is to be competitive going forward, I felt that we needed to make a change. … I’m grateful to Jon for the value he’s brought to the Texas Rangers organization, for his honesty, his integrity and dignity that he brought to the job. He always thought first of the Texas Rangers.”
“I take a lot of responsibility for our performance over the last six years, and we haven’t been good enough,” Jon Daniels resppnded on Monday. “As far as my role in the organization, we have made a meaningful change in that endeavor by bringing in C.Y. in his role and as well as others. But ultimately, this is a team effort.
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