CLEVELAND -- The Rangers like what they accomplished in 2007, but general manager Jon Daniels is making it clear that the job is far from finished. In fact, Daniels said, it should never stop.

That's the message Daniels has been sending as he has spent the past couple of weeks in and out of the club's Spring Training facility in Surprise, Ariz., meeting with his professional and amateur scouts.

"There is a very positive feeling in the organization, and morale is very high over what we have accomplished," Daniels said. "The message is we want to enjoy it, but we need to have another four or five years in a row like it. I'm not saying we're going to trade the same kind of players or have five top Draft picks every year, but we need to continue to infuse our system with talent every year."

This year was unusual in that the Rangers were able to add pitchers Blake Beaven, Michael Main, Neil Ramirez and Tommy Hunter and center fielder Julio Borbon with their first five picks in the Draft as well as acquire nine young players in three end-of-July trades involving outfielder Kenny Lofton, first baseman Mark Teixeira and pitchers Eric Gagne and Ron Mahay.

That and a third straight active season in Latin American scouting have left the Rangers feeling better about the overall level of talent in their Minor League system.

"But we can't sit back and pat ourselves on the back," Daniels said. "There are different organizations that every year are the hot clubs and have different cycles of success. I told our guys that we're cycling up, but we want to continue to improve and not fall into a trap of being satisfied with the success we have.

"Until the guys we have are in the big leagues and having success up there, we haven't accomplished anything. We're not done. We have to continue to improve."

A's eye Wakamatsu: The Oakland Athletics have asked for and received permission to interview Rangers third-base coach Don Wakamatsu. The A's are looking at him as a possible bench coach, and they will interview him on Friday.

That could mean two openings on Texas manager Ron Washington's staff. The Rangers still have made no progress toward re-signing hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, whose contract expires at the end of October. There are rumors that the New York Mets could pursue Jaramillo.

Arbitration watch: The Rangers have avoided a potential arbitration hearing with reliever Frank Francisco by agreeing to a one-year, $775,000 contract for 2008. ... They have five players still eligible for arbitration: pitchers Akinori Otsuka and Joaquin Benoit, catcher Gerald Laird, infielder Ramon Vazquez and outfielder Marlon Byrd.

Briefly: The Rangers are having Minor League infielder German Duran start working out in the outfield to increase his versatility. He played second base at Double-A Frisco, but he also is working out at shortstop and third base as well. ... The Rangers have talked with some Japanese teams about outfielder Victor Diaz playing over there next year.