Jan 28
From Hardball Talk Now that Prince Fielder is officially a member of the Detroit Tigers, many have assumed that the Rangers will step up their efforts to sign Josh Hamilton to a contract extension. While contract talks are expected to continue leading into spring training, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said during an appearance yesterday …
Jan 24
From Hardball Talk: It’s being reported by multiple sources that Prince Fielder is “very close” to a nine-year, $214 million deal with the Detroit Tigers. Tim Brown of Yahoo! had it first. This is really off-the-wall. Partially because (a) the Tigers just last week said they weren’t going to go down that road; (b) the …
Jan 15
Free agent first baseman Prince Fielder has been travelling around the baseball world with his agent, Scott Boras, visiting teams who have expressed interest — mild or serious — in signing him. The 27-year-old met with Rangers executives on Friday in Dallas, and it apparently went swimmingly. Here’s the tweet from ESPN’s Jim Bowden: Rangers president Nolan …
Jan 13
From Hardball Talk Most of the recent reports about Prince Fielder center around various teams not being interested in paying his asking price, but now Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Rangers are meeting with the free agent first baseman at a Dallas hotel today. That doesn’t necessarily mean a deal is close, but …
Aug 22
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder will be one of the biggest off-season prizes during free agency this season and a national baseball writer speculated Saturday that the Rangers could be a “sleeper” team when it comes to landing the power hitter. Joining the Brewers in the sweepstakes for the 27-year-old will likely be …
May 27
It’s always interesting to recap who is hitting homeruns in Major League Baseball. The obvious question then, is who has hit the farthest long ball of the year so far? From MLB: Today’s game may have few players, if any who haven’t already done it, who can hit as many as Killebrew’s 573 home runs, …
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