DALLAS (AP)—Free representative slugger Prince Fielder was in Texas on Friday to
talk with a two-time American League champion Rangers.
The revisit by Fielder comes during a same time a Rangers are in a closing
stages of their 30-day negotiating window with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish.
Fielder’s revisit to Texas on Friday was initial reported by USA Today.
Fielder was there to accommodate with Rangers officials, according to a person
familiar with his conditions who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of
anonymity given a discussions weren’t meant to be public.
The 27-year-old initial baseman done $15.55 million final deteriorate with
Milwaukee, including a $50,000 reward for starting a All-Star game, after
signing a record single-year understanding for an arbitration-eligible actor last
January. He strike .299 with 38 homers and 120 RBIs as a Brewers won a NL
Central for a initial multiplication pretension given 1982, when they were still in a AL.
A first-round collect by a Brewers in 2002, Fielder became a youngest
player in large joining story to strike 50 homers in a deteriorate when he did it in
2007, and he’s seemed in all though one of Milwaukee’s games over a final three
years.
Mitch Moreland, who also played in a outfield, started 99 games during first
base for Texas final season, his second with a Rangers. He strike .259 with 16
homers in 134 games altogether while traffic with right wrist tenderness that
required offseason surgery. Michael Young started 36 games during initial bottom and
Mike Napoli 35.
The Rangers final month bid a record $51.7 million underneath a posting system
to win a right to negotiate with a 25-year-old Darvish. Their negotiating
period ends Wednesday during 4 p.m. CST. The Rangers compensate a posting price usually if
they pointer a 6-foot-5 pitcher.
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Rangers President and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan pronounced Thursday night
that he was tender by his initial assembly with Darvish, when a pitcher
visited Texas final week. Ryan also voiced confidence of removing a agreement done
by a deadline.
Ryan gave no denote of any tentative meetings with Fielder and his agent,
Scott Boras.
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AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum contributed to this news from New York.
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