Are the Cubs really “front-runners” for Fielder?

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Another day, another rumor surrounding the Cubs and Prince Fielder.

This time, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports believes Fielder is the Cubs' "player to lose."

Rosenthal calls the Cubs front-runners for the big first baseman, but also admits nobody should be scheduling a news conference anytime soon.

According to the national baseball writer, the Rangers and Marlins are out on the bidding for Fielder and it appears to be the Cubs against the Mariners. If that is the case, some think Chicago will emerge as the winners from that.

The Cubs still do not want to give Fielder a 10-year deal and nobody -- including Rosenthal -- is reporting anything different.

However, at the same time, new Cubs manager Dale Sveum says this may just be a lot of talk right now:

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Patrick Mooney Dale Sveum says he hasn't reached out to Prince Fielder.
Dec 16 via webFavoriteRetweetReply

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Patrick Mooney Sveum on Prince and Cubs: "At this point I think it's a lot of media talking more than us doing anything. We haven't had any talks."
Dec 16 via webFavoriteRetweetReply

So more conflicting reports. Though at this point, that should come as no surprise to anybody.

Rosenthal and other national writers do not have the same pulse on the Cubs beat writers like Mooney have here in Chicago.

No idea how this will end up, but again, there will always be rumors tied in with the Cubs and Fielder until the slugger signs a contract.

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