My first ever Detroit Tigers jersey, was a Prince Fielder's jersey. One of the main reason's I purchased it was because i knew he had a long time on his contract. However with all major league sports, players can be traded away, and that is what happened to Prince Fielder. After only a few years played with the Detroit tigers on a nine year contract worth 214 million dollars, Prince Fielder was traded to the Texas Rangers for second basemen Ian Kinsler. With this trade the Tigers are going to free up a lot of money to spend on Max Scherzer, the 2013 Cy Young winner, and also maybe go out a get a reliable closer. With sending Prince Fielder to the Texan Rangers the Detroit Tigers also sent thirty million dollars with him.
With Prince moving to a new team, new state, new city, he has decided to change his number from twenty eight which he wore at Detroit to eighty four the year he was born.The five time all star, and youngest player to hit fifty home runs in his career is excited ti play for the rangers, and i know Tigers fans will kinda miss him. I was a big fan of Prince Fielder, and feel that not only did he play his heart out every game, but also brought a good vibe to the team. It seemed that he was always smiling on and off the field. However towards the end of the season, and in to the post season, Prince made some dumb decisions on the base paths, and also what he does best is hit the ball, and didn't do that at all.
After a disappointing end to the Tigers season there as been a lot of changes going on with players and coaches. As a Tigers fan I'm really excited to see what they can do next year. With Ian Kinsler at second, and being a true lead off batter, the team will probably move Austin Jackson down on the batting list to let him attack more pitches. Plus with Fielder being a first basemen that moved Miguel Cabrera to third, and now Cabrera can move back to first base. It is sad to see a great man go from the team i like so much, but however it was for the better.
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