Rangers general manager Jon Daniels recently went on 105.3-FM The Fan's Ben and Skin show. Here are some highlights.

On how the Rangers offense looks when healthy:

"It is fun watching this team now. Just the three games against the Mariners you got a bit of a sneak peak of what this offense is capable of. And there's more in there, too, honestly. You're starting to see some guys come around. Delino (DeShields) didn't really factor in and he can certainly be a catalyst. I like the fact that (Rangers manager Jeff Banister)'s got options to kind of mix and match, different guys that can get us going on a given day. We are a good club. When we were not playing as well, we were still a good club. We just had to get going. You can't wait too long. We're two-and-a-half months into the season, certainly have an opportunity in front of us. Hopefully get Cole (Hamels) back relatively soon which will certainly go a long way. Getting Tyson Ross back and having a strong debut start, the first time he's pitched in the big leagues in a year-and-a-half was exciting. Starting to see some things line up. Certainly have more work to do. We got to keep playing well, keep winning series and get back in this thing."

On rumors that the Rangers won't listen to offers on ace and free-agent-to-be Yu Darvish:

"We really haven't started with trade talks at this point. We've been talking about it internally a little bit. I think where we are, we expect to be in this thing. We expect to contend, expect to win. I think if there were anything we would address externally we would try to potentially look if there's a way to help our bullpen some, a group that I still think is more talented than they've performed. But the facts are the facts and we have not performed great as s unit there. As far as teams calling us and asking on our guys, I really don't see trading from this club. At the same time, if somebody has the mindset to knock you over and make an offer that absolutely makes sense for the team, we'd be silly not to listen. But it's more the mindset that this team is capable of more. We're a .500 club right now and we're capable of more than that. Capable of winning and we believe we will and we're going to operate like that."

On if the team has had talks with Darvish and his camp about keeping him in Texas long-term:

"Kind of the same thing I've said all along. The relationship is a good one and the lines of communication are open. Yu's agent is the same as Tyson Ross and has the same agent group as Hans Crouse, our second-round pick. So even if we're not actively talking about one guy, there's always a reason to be in touch. When the relationships are good between agent, player and club that keeps the windows open to discuss those sort of things. We agreed back in spring training that we're going to keep any talks that may have or will happen private and confidential and I think that's the best way to do it."