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

On Joey Gallo's strong start to the season and him becoming a guy Jeff Banister really likes to have in his clubhouse:

"I don't think there's any doubt about that. I don't think there was any point where Banny wasn't a Joe Gallo guy. Sometimes when you get really, really talented guys especially everybody is drawn to them. Scouts and coaches and executives and trainers and agents and mental coaches and everybody that wants to be part of it. Because that's what we all do this for, to win and ultimately big-talent, big-makeup does that. And Joey obviously has that. I guess what I'm trying to say is that he has had at a very young age a lot of people in his ear. A lot in the organization, a lot outside the organization. Sometimes that can be good but sometimes different individuals need different things and not everybody needs 100 people telling them what to do. And even if the advice is sound and even if its good intentions, it's confusing and it can be reactive in nature. I think what we've tried to do as an organization is really just try to minimize the number of voices that Joey's going to hear. Reinforce the positives because there are so many of them. But just Banny and select others really address what needs to be addressed on the baseball side and just let Joey go out and play. And I think that's what you're seeing is him enjoying the game, less stress to worry about, less for him to think about on a day-to-day basis and I give him a lot of credit."

On if Gallo can do anything to stay with Rangers once third baseman Adrian Beltre returns from injury:

"I'm not certain when Adrian will be back. It's a manageable deal. We don't want it lingering into the season. I don't know exactly where we're at. I don't expect that we're going to activate him (Tuesday). I think he needs a little bit more time as far as what we're going to do when he gets back. I almost hate to start speculating on that. Right now the mindset is to just go out there, win tomorrow night's game and Joey's been a big part of our lineup here early on."

The latest on Keone Kela and what he needs to do to make it back to the Major League club:

"He's pitched twice so far for Round Rock, has thrown the ball well. Obviously it's not really about on-the-mound so much as just in the clubhouse. And I think sometimes time is a really good medicine. Time can heal. I think Key has addressed what he needs to address with his teammates. And I think over the course of time and he has time to reflect, I'm hopeful that that will be enough to where he can come back, without getting too much into specifics. But that's the biggest thing. There was no major event or issue that we can't overcome as a group. But sometimes some separation to think through things and then hopefully get to a point where we can bring him back up here. We certainly want to. He's been a big part of the club the last couple years and certainly can be again."

His takeaways from the Rangers' first week of the season:

"Basically we've been in every game. We're 2-4. We could have won those first and third games there against Cleveland but you're going to have those sort of things. I think when you look up and you see strong performances from Martin Perez, from [Rougned Odor], from [Nomar Mazara], as far as the young players sort of stepping up and taking on bigger roles. [Carlos] Gomez has looked very good. Joey Gallo. There's been a lot of our bright spots here early on and I'm looking forward to a good road trip to kick it off."

On closer Sam Dyson's struggles to start the season:

"I hope it ends differently (than other closer issues the past few seasons). And I do believe it is. You go back and look at how well Sam pitched in the [World Baseball Classic] and it really was not just results. You watch those games on TV, he was throwing some bowling ball sinkers and some really good change-ups and swing-and-miss. He was mowing through some really good lineups and he threw well when he came back from spring training. I thought he got a little bit away from what he's so good at, which is just throwing a power sinker so effectively over the lower middle of the plate. Guys have really struggled with that. I thought he got hit a couple times, some soft contact on the sinker, and he went away from it. The first night he didn't really have his good change-up and he got hit. And the second time it was almost like he was trying to be too fine.

"There are some pitchers that are going to go out and they're going to need to hit their spots and dot it up perfectly and are command guys. You have some guys who have a really good pitch or really good pitches and that's Sam. The quality of the sinker is so good. We're just encouraging him to rear back and just throw it literally over the plate and let the light on the pitch do a lot of the work. I thought he got away from that a little bit. [Sunday] was more like it. He got ahead. He did use the change-up once to get a punch out. So you're still seeing that the quality of the stuff is there. I think ultimately that's what you need to make it just a blip on the radar and turn it around there."