Nelson Cruz remains on the market as Opening Day approaches.
The Texas Rangers would like to have Cruz back on reasonable terms, but they are prepared to go into the season with what they have in camp.
"We've touched base every week or so," Jon Daniels said. "Nellie's highly regarded here. We have a good relationship with [agent Adam Katz]. We made our moves [for Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo] and kind of expected [Cruz] to sign elsewhere. But we'll see where it goes. It's a unique situation for him as a free agent.
"When we made our decision to sign Choo [seven years, $130 million], it was with the understanding that [Cruz's] best opportunity would be to sign elsewhere. I don't know what's going on with other teams and Nellie."
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