Prince Fielder?
In what is quickly turning into a Boston-New York AL West, the Angels and Rangers are in the process of engaging in a high-stakes arms race in an effort to establish themselves as the top dog in the AL West.
Various reports list the Rangers as one of the potential suitors for free-agent slugger Prince Fielder. This on top of the fact that they were recently awarded exclusive negotiating rights with Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish. If they do manage to sign both players (which will probably cost them upwards of $300 million, including the $51 million posting fee for Darvish), then they will have essentially wiped out the gains the Angels made when they signed Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson.
And that would be disastrous for Los Angeles.
The Angels, flush with cash after reportedly inking a 20-year, $3 billion cable deal with Fox Sports and looking to get ...
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