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Fielder has new glove in Rangers' camp -- for boxing

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Prince Fielder was the American League's Comeback Player of the Year in 2015, and he's looking to build on that. So he arrived at the Rangers' spring complex in Surprise with a new training technique that brought to mind another comeback kid: Rocky Balboa.

Fielder brought a speed bag and a heavy bag, and he has been doing boxing training while encouraging teammates to do the same. Mitch Moreland, Keone Kela and others have taken him up on the offer.

"It's just a fun way of doing some cardio and footwork," said Fielder, who played in only 42 games in '14 because of neck surgery and rebounded last season with a .