"Yu Darvish has dominated the Texas Rangers' off-season planning the past three weeks, but especially earlier this week when he was in town for a sneak peek at what his future could be.

But general manager Jon Daniels and the front-office staff of the two-time American League champions have done some housekeeping ahead of spring training.

Daniels broke news Thursday -- ranging from significant to standard operating procedure -- in a conference call with local beat writers. Mike Adams, Josh Hamilton and Neftali Feliz were part of the rundown."