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into a corner. I agree the Rangers now will not pursue Fielder unless the market collapses, which it won't.
We don't know whether the Montero trade has so lessened Seattle's urgency for a bat they they have dropped out of prime consideration. If so, then it's between Washington and the bevy of teams sitting on the sideline waiting, any one of which could emerge as a mystery team. But Boras' leverage is crumbling for anything even approaching the years he was demanding. (Edited to add, somehow in my brain there is a distinction between "crumbling" leverage and the market "collapsing," though I'll be doggone if I can explain it, LOL.)
Should be an interesting few days between now and the end of the week.