ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitcher Doug Fister was at Kroger in north Arlington on Thursday signing autographs.
He was not at home in Merced, Calif., waiting for the phone to ring like so many other free agents this winter. That has to be a big relief during a winter when the free-agent market has moved far slower than anybody expected.
"Absolutely," Fister said. "That's one of the things … everybody has said since the day we got the phone call. That's a big thing for me. It has allowed me to go to work and not worry about the other business, put in some hard work and time with my trainer and playing catch with my dad every day.