Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder is facing the prospect of season-ending neck surgery after an MRI revealed a herniated disk just above an area that was repaired two years ago.Fielder and outfielder Shin-Soo Choo were placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday by the slumping AL West leaders, who had lost 12 of 16 games going into their game at the Los Angeles Angels.Choo got an injection to help relieve lower-back discomfort.General manager Jon Daniels said Fielder on Monday reported having similar symptoms to those he felt before the 2014 surgery that limited him to 42 games his first season with the Rangers. Fielder was feeling weakness and discomfort in his neck and left arm.Dr. Robert Watkins, who examined both players in Los Angeles on Wednesday after MRIs the previous day, recommended surgery for Fielder after seeing the herniation between the C4 and C5 disks.Daniels said Fielder will return to Texas and get a further evaluation Friday from Dr. Drew Dossett, a specialist who performed Fielders previous neck surgery.Fielder had played in 547 consecutive games and hadnt missed consecutive games since August 2007 before a cervical fusion of two disks in his neck in May 2014.The way its been described to me, when you fuse vertebrae, it puts the additional stress either above or below it in that joint, Daniels said. The fusion that he had is intact, there are no issues with that. But apparently somewhere along the line the herniated disk surfaced above that spot in his neck.Both Fielder and Choo are signed through the 2020 season. The Rangers traded second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Detroit Tigers for Fiedler in November 2013, and later that offseason signed free agent Choo to a $130 million, seven-year deal.Fielder is hitting .212 with eight homers and 44 RBI in 89 games this season. Choo is hitting .260, with a .372 on-base percentage, in 33 games.In his short debut in 2014, Fielder hit .247 with three homers and 16 RBI. Fielder rebounded with a .305 average, 23 homers and 98 RBI in 158 games last year.Daniels said he wasnt sure how long Fielder had been feeling the symptoms, but was aware of the teams primary DH commenting to some people that he was trying to fight through the discomfort.Some of the things we were seeing, the struggle for him to get the ball in the air pull side, very similar to some of the things that we were seeing early in 2014, Daniels said. I dont know exactly for how long, but I think its reasonable to say this definitely did have an effect on his performance.Choo missed 54 games this season during two earlier stints on the disabled list. After missing 35 games because of a right calf injury, Choo returned for only one game before going back on the disabled list with a left hamstring issue.With Choo, we have a little more clarity, Daniels said. We expect him back in a couple of weeks.Texas recalled infielder Hanser Alberto and outfielder Delino DeShields from Triple-A Round Rock. St. Louis Cardinals Pro Shop . The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game. Matt Wieters Cardinals Jersey .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. https://www.cheapcardinalsonline.com/1004t-dakota-hudson-jersey-cardinals.html . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Keith Hernandez Jersey . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. Yairo Munoz Jersey .ca! Hi Kerry, Heres an interesting one. I know its common knowledge that all players are responsible for their sticks. We witnessed that when Zack Kassian hit Edmontons Sam Gagner in the face after a missed check. MOSCOW -- The eccentric head of chess global governing body, who is under sanctions in the United States, says he has written to President Barack Obama to request U.S. citizenship in a bid to fight the measures.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the wealthy Russian businessman and former regional governor who has headed the chess federation FIDE since 1995, was sanctioned by Washington last year for allegedly aiding members of Syrian President Bashar Assads circle.Ilyumzhinov was quotedd by the Tass news agency on Sunday as saying he wrote to Obama to protect my rights and asking for U.ddddddddddddS. citizenship, if necessary, for protection of my business reputation and dignity.Ilyumzhinov has attracted attention in the past for claims that he had met extraterrestrials and that chess was brought to Earth from another planet. ' ' '