Jon Daniels says that he and Theo Epstein have been frequent trade partners because they’re both aggressive and their teams’ competitive windows’ have never overlapped.
The Rangers have hired Luis Ortiz as Chris Woodward’s hitting coach, among 4 other assistant coach hires that have been made.
There was some other shuffling around of staff, as well, with Steve Buechele being named an assistant to the operations department and Jayce Tingler becoming the major league player development field coordinator.
Jamey Newberg says “don’t underestimate the Rule 5 Draft.”