After the 2013 season, sensing a change was needed, the Rangers traded longtime second baseman Ian Kindler, a fan favorite, to the Detroit Tigers for first baseman Prince Fielder. Fielder had signed an albatross contract with the Tigers just two seasons prior after spending the first seven years of his career with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Last year it didn’t go so well as a neck injury limited Fielder to just 42 games in 2014 and he hit just three homeruns and eight doubles in 150 at bats before being shut down.