1B Prince Fielder was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL on Monday. he underwent successful surgery Friday to repair a herniated disk in his neck.

1B Prince Fielder underwent successful surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck. Fielder will miss the remainder of the season. This is the second time in three years Fielder has had surgery to repair a herniated disk.

DH Prince Fielder will undergo season-ending surgery Friday to repair a herniated disk in his neck.The operation will be performed by Dallas-based orthopedist Drew Dossett. This will be the second season-ending surgery that Fielder will have had to repair a herniated disk in his neck in the last three seasons. Dossett also performed his surgery in May 2014.

1B Prince Fielder will undergo season-ending neck surgery, the team announced on Monday.The surgery will be the second fusion procedure in 27 months for Fielder. His 2014 season ended with neck surgery.Fielder recently was diagnosed with a herniated disk, which might help explain his dismal .212 batting average. He has only eight home runs and 44 RBIs in 89 games.After his 2014 surgery, Fielder bounced back with an All-Star performance in 2015 when he hit .305 with 23 homers and 98 RBIs.He is scheduled to have surgery later this week.

Surgery remains a last-ditch option for Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who was shut down after he experienced a recurrence of soreness in his back last weekend.Kershaw has not pitched since June 26 because of a herniated disk. Manager Dave Roberts said before Wednesday's game that the Dodgers are hoping to avoid surgery.Kershaw tossed a simulated game Saturday at Dodger Stadium, but after 60 pitches his back was sore and the Dodgers' medical staff told him to cease baseball activity. The 28-year-old Kershaw has an 11-2 record with a National League-leading 1.79 ERA this season. His 121 innings pitched, 145 strikeouts, 0.727 WHIP and 0.7 walks per nine innings also lead the league.--Right-handed pitcher Julio Urias was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City and started Thursday's series finale for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Washington Nationals. Urias, who gave up one run in four innings and was expected to be sent back down after the game, made eight starts before... [More]

1B/DH Prince Fielder (herniated neck disk) went on the disabled list, and he would miss the rest of the season if he opts to have surgery.Fielder had an MRI exam Tuesday that revealed the herniation. Surgery was recommended, but Fielder will seek a second opinion later this week. Fielder played in only 42 games in 2014, his first season with the Rangers, because of a herniated disk that was one vertebra below where the herniation is this time. He has been bothered by his neck for a while now but didn't tell the Rangers until Monday. In 89 games this year, he is batting .212/.292/.334 with eight homers and 44 RBIs.

1B/DH Prince Fielder was not in the starting lineup Tuesday against the Angels as he continues to struggle. Fielder is hitting just. .160 (8 for 50) over his past 14 games, lowering his season average to .212. With just eight home runs this season, Fielder is on pace to finish with 14. He's never hit fewer than 23 homers when playing in at least 100 games.

DH Prince Fielder hit a towering two-run homer in the sixth inning. It was the 319th homer of his career, equaling the total run up by his dad, Cecil. The pair ranks behind only the Bonds and Griffeys on the all-time father/son list. "That's pretty cool, man," Prince Fielder said. "It's definitely a cool thing to do (at Fenway Park). I wish we could have won, but it definitely is a good feeling." He added, I love playing here and Wrigley, Yankee Stadium -- all those. It's really cool. There's a lot of people, especially here and Wrigley, there's a lot of great players that played here. It feels cool. I always like playing here for that reason."

DH Prince Fielder had his 11-game hitting streak stopped Thursday. It was his longest hitting streak since also going 11 straight games with a hit May 26-June 6, 2013. Fielder batted .368 during the streak which raised his average to .221 - the highest it's been since he went 1-for-4 opening day - before he finished Thursday at .219.

DH Prince Fielder extended his hitting streak to eight games with his two-run homer off Clay Buchholz in the sixth inning. Fielder has raised his average to .212, the highest it's been since May 15. The eight-game streak is the longest for Fielder since he had an eight-game streak last Aug. 26-Sept. 2.

DH Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. The two-hit night extended his hitting streak to seven games and raised his average to .210. That's the highest it's been since May 5 (.213).

DH Prince Fielder may get a start at first base on Thursday in Oakland to prepare for playing in the field when the Rangers travel to St. Louis for a three-game series where there is no designated hitter.

DH Prince Fielder is starting to provide some offense. His solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning on Saturday tied the score 1-1 and served as his second homer in three games. Fielder has five home runs this season, three of which have come since May 29. He has a four-game hitting streak as well.

1B Prince Fielder was back in the lineup after sitting two straight games and had his first multiple-hit game since May 11, going 2-for-4 with an RBI single in Texas' 6-5 victory over Houston on Monday. Fielder, making only his third start at first this season, is hitting .193 this season.

1B/DH Prince Fielder, who sat out the previous two games while hitting .187, was at first base Monday. The game marked Fielder's third appearance in the field this season.

DH Prince Fielder was out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive day Sunday. Fielder is hitting just .187 this season, but he still wants to have a chance to hit his way out of trouble. "It's his [manager Jeff Banister's] call, I understand it's his call," Fielder said. "You've got to respect that. I'm just going out there, giving what I've got. It is what it is. I've never done this before. It happens. It's baseball."

DH Prince Fielder was out of the lineup Saturday as Jurickson Profar drew the nod at designated hitter. Fielder has been in a season-long slump, batting just .182 with three homers. General manager Jon Daniels said Fielder may get more than just one day to try and get back into the swing. "It's kind of a unique timing with Jurickson [Profar] up here with Rougie [Odor] coming back that kind of led to doing it right now where we have a guy up here who is playing well, in the flow of things," Daniels said. "This kind of presented itself that now would be a good time to try it."

DH Prince Fielder was dropped to fifth in the batting order Tuesday, the first time he's hit that low since 2006, and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. The slumping Fielder came into Tuesday with a .192 average and no home runs since April 19.

1B/DH Prince Fielder was 2-for-4 with an RBI Thursday in the 12-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Fielder has hit safely in five of his past six games. It was his third multi-hit game of the season and his first since April 29.

DH Prince Fielder became the 13th active player with 1,000 career RBIs. Fielder and his father, Cecil, joined Barry and Bobby Bonds as the only father-son combos with 1,000 RBIs each. Fielder still hasn't found his power stroke with two homers and two doubles, but he leads the Rangers with 16 RBIs.