Scott Lucas on the update:
The Rangers have hired Chris Young as Executive Vice President and General Manager. Jon Daniels remains President of Baseball Operations but is shedding the GM title.
As a player, Young was drafted by Pittsburgh in the third round of 2000 out of Princeton and traded to Texas in April 2004. In January 2006, he was part of the infamous Adam Eaton trade engineered by Daniels himself. Young lasted 13 seasons in the Majors, posting a 3.95 ERA in 1,297 innings, and was under contract as recently as March 2018. Finally done as a player, he almost immediately moved into the MLB office and most recently served as Senior Vice President for Major League Baseball overseeing on-field operations and umpiring. He'd been under serious consideration for GM job with the Mets but declined the opportunity so as not to upend his family from Dallas. Young is extremely well-regarded, as evidenced by his rapid ascent in both MLB and club executive roles. Young is 41. (Daniels, somehow, is still just 43.)
