The Rangers met with free-agent Prince Fielder on Friday, but executive Nolan Ryan was quick to downplay the development on Saturday. Ryan said at Rangers FanFest that the club's meeting with Fielder and agent Scott Boras was "very preliminary." "We met Prince yesterday and his agent, Scott Boras, to try to get a true feel for where they are at this point in time in his free agency to see if we thought there might be something there that would work for the Texas Rangers," Ryan said. "It's very preliminary and it's very early in any type of negotiation process. It was an initial meeting that we had."