RANGERS OFFER CONTRACT TO VLAD

The Rangers have offered free agent slugging outfielder Vladimir Guerrero a one year, $7 million contract, ESPNDeportes reported.

Guerrero, who spent six years in the heart of the Angels' order, has been hobbled by injuries and will turn 35 in February.

The Angels signed Hideki Matsui to a $6 million, 1-year contract recently to replace Guerrero as Los Angeles' primary designated hitter. The Angels didn't offer Guerrero salary arbitration and he became a free agent

The Rangers have reportedly been interested in other free agent outfielders, including Jermaine Dye, Gary Sheffield and Xavier Nady.

The Rangers want to add a bat because they recently lost OF Marlon Byrd to the Cubs in free agency.

UPDATE 6:00 pm THURS:
According to a club source, the Rangers have not offered Vladimir Guerrero $7 million and there has been no real movement on Guerrero in several weeks.
The Rangers had between $3 and $5 million to offer Guerrero before and that has not changed. Guerrero had been searching for a multi-year deal, but there have been none tendered. That may force his agents to reconsider the market and start looking more seriously at one year deals. It's also why reports of a $7 million offer may have surfaced; floating such a rumor could set an artificial market for Guerrero.


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