Rangers general manager Jon Daniels has maintained contact with Josh Hamilton’s agent, and said Thursday that the slugger’s free agency process has gone as expected so far.

‘‘I think the interest has been consistent,’’ Daniels said. ‘‘The process that we agreed to really back in the spring, when we tabled negotiations at that point, was that Josh was going to test the market and once he had a sense of that would circle with us, and I think he’s still in that process.’’