The Rangers like GM Jon Daniels, and extended his tenure today:

“His track record demonstrates clearly that he is the right person to lead the Rangers back to contending for championships once again,” Rangers co-chairman and managing partner Ray Davis said in a statement. “Our ownership group trusts Jon’s judgment and respects his experience and skill as well as that of his baseball operations leadership team.”

Daniels, from the beginning, showed he understood the process of building a winning club. He’s in a tough division right now, which makes the job much harder.