Official 2011-2012 Texas Rangers' Offseason Thread

[Ninkobei]

Sorry to burst your bubble but,

If Texas signs Darvish, adding Fielder unlikely
The Rangers were willing to meet with Fielder because they wanted to have a backup plan in place in case a deal with Darvish did not get done. There is still a remote possibility that negotiations with Darvish fall through. In that case, Texas might turn its attention to Fielder.

But club officials continued to stress that the Rangers don't plan on signing both Darvish and Fielder. The team has made it clear that its focus is on pitching, and it expects to sign Darvish by Wednesday.

Darvish, who was 18-6 with a 1.44 ERA in 28 games for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2011, visited Arlington earlier this month and has already passed his physical.

The Rangers have also inquired about free-agent pitcher Roy Oswalt, but that is also considered part of the backup plan if the Rangers don't sign Darvish. The club would like to add one more starting pitcher to the staff but doesn't expect to sign both Darvish and Oswalt.

[Kirobaito]

Originally Posted by Ninkobei

Sorry to burst your bubble but,

It's all a game management is playing. I'm sure they want to stress that they don't plan on signing Darvish and Fielder.

[Male30Dan]

Originally Posted by Kirobaito

It's all a game management is playing. I'm sure they want to stress that they don't plan on signing Darvish and Fielder.

Yeah, expecting anyone outside of Texas Rangers' ownership to know what Ninja is doing/planning is just silly. We have the money. Whether we spend it or not is still to be determined, but we have the money to get both guys. We will ABSOLUTELY get one, but I hope we get them both. Given LA's improvements - we need to.