If there is one department that the Texas Rangers have really struggled in during the Jon Daniels era, it has been player development. They have really struggled with developing most of their players, regardless of what their expectations are.
Only a handful of the players that will be on the Rangers Opening Day roster in 2020 will have actually been draft club picks. For a team that has missed the playoffs in four of the last six years and has recently been rebuilding, that isn’t a great success rate.
That being said, Jon Daniels may be onto a new method of team-building that is unlike one that teams opt for frequently.