Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that Prince Fielder’s career is over after spending three seasons in Texas.
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Update (2:26 PM EDT): Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News also hears from a source that Fielder’s career is indeed over.
The former seventh-overall pick of the Milwaukee Brewers has had quite the career for himself.
In 2007, Fielder hit 50 home runs and the most RBI he had in a season was 141 in 2009.
Fielder still has four years and $96 million remaining on the nine-year, $214-million deal he signed with Detroit in 2012.
Fielder joined the Rangers in November of 2013 from Detroit for Ian Kinsler.
Fielder first had surgery in 2014 to fuse two herniated disks in his neck.
Besides A-Rod and Fielder, the Los Angeles Dodgers cut outfielder Carl Crawford with him owed $33.6 million through the end of next season.
If Fielder does indeed retire, he will have played 12 season in the big leagues and will finish with a lifetime.283 average, 319 home runs and 1,028 RBI.
Wearing a neck brace and joined by his two young sons and Rangers team mates, the six-time All Star Fielder said his body would no longer allow him to play. According to Rosenthal, he’s still guaranteed $24 million a year through 2020.
A press conference is expected to be held Wednesday by the Rangers to make the announcement. Doctors were already recommending that he quit playing before the second surgery July 29. He has noted this season, that he’s been suffering from symptoms that he had prior to his first neck surgery in 2014. He ends his career with 319 career home runs, coincidentally the same number as his father, Cecil, who played from 1985-98. Just the fact that you can come out here again and do this for your job, and be in the clubhouse with your second family.
From 2006 to 2013, Fielder ranked fourth in the majors in both home runs and RBIs and first in games played.
All of Fielder’s teammates, along with Texas Rangers coaches and staff, filled the interview room to support him.
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Fielder, who has named after the late Minnesota singer, walks away with a successful career that spanned 12 seasons.
