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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Shin-Soo Choo will be the leadoff hitter for the Texas Rangers in an offence they feel they have successfully remade this off-season. Choo was formally introduced Friday, nearly a week after agreeing to a $130 million, seven-year deal. "It was a perfect fit," general manager Jon Daniels said. "His skill set, his personality, his personal goals and desires really lineup up perfectly with ours and what our club needed. ... Hes really been one of the most productive offensive players in the game for a period of time now." The 31-year-old South Korean outfielder has a .288 career average and .389 on-base percentage in 853 major league games for Seattle (2005-06), Cleveland (2006-12) and Cincinnati (2013). Choo has at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases three times, including last season when he started 150 games in centre field and was the primary leadoff hitter for the Reds in his only year there. With numerous teams interested during free agency, Choo said he was looking for a winning team and somewhere his wife and three young children would be comfortable. "The Texas Rangers were the best fit for me," Choo said. "It was very easy to pick." Agent Scott Boras called it a "tremendous baseball fit" for both sides. Texas last month acquired five-time All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder from Detroit in a trade for second baseman Ian Kinsler. Only Mike Trout (564) and Miguel Cabrera (562) have reached base more than last two seasons than Choo (556) and Fielder (542). "We talked early on about our desire to remake our offence, both in personnel, but also equally importantly in style," Daniels said. "We feel very good about what weve been able to accomplish to this point." Texas missed the playoffs for the first time in four years and scored only 730 runs, its fewest in a non-strike season since 1992. Choo was presented jersey No. 17, which had been worn by free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz, the 2011 AL championship series MVP who hit 27 home runs with 76 RBIs in 109 games for Texas last season. Cruz was suspended 50 games after Major League Baseballs investigation into a Florida clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs, but returned to play in the AL wild-card tiebreaker game the Rangers lost. The addition of Choo, whose salary will average about $18.6 million per season, also lessens the likelihood of Texas being serious bidders for Japanese star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Rangers co-owner Bob Simpson said the team is comfortable where we are in terms of financial commitment " and that "Tanaka would be a tough thing." The Texas payroll is expected to be over $130 million next season. When the ownership group took over during the 2010 season, the same year the Rangers went to the first of consecutive World Series, the payroll was less than $60 million. Choos deal is the third-richest this off-season, behind only Robinson Cano ($240 million, 10 years from Seattle) and Jacoby Ellsbury ($153 million, seven years from New York Yankees). Choo will make $14 million in 2014 and 2015, $20 million from 2016-18, and $21 million the last two years of the deal. There is also a limited no-trade clause and award bonuses, the largest being $250,000 for being selected AL MVP. Rangers manager Ron Washington plans to play Choo in left field and utilize him at the top of the batting order. He had a .423 OBP with Cincinnati and scored 107 runs last season. "Hell be the kind of guy to come back to the dugout and let everyone know exactly what that pitcher is doing. ... Thats old-school baseball right there," Washington said. "Hes a young man bringing old-school values, and thats what I like the most." Football Jerseys China . - Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte sees the commitment to the handoff and cant help but come away impressed. 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The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami.(SportsNetwork.com) - The free-falling Edmonton Oilers will try to halt their lengthy losing streak and pick up their first win this season against a Western Conference opponent when they visit the Nashville Predators for Thursdays clash at Bridgestone Arena. The Oilers have dropped a season-high seven straight games, and the last five setbacks during the 0-6-1 stretch have come in regulation. Edmonton also is 0-5 against Western Conference clubs during the slide and is 0-11-1 within the conference this season. Nashville already owns a 2-0 record against Edmonton in 2014-15, and the Predators can sweep the season series with another victory tonight. The clubs have split the past six encounters overall, but the Oilers have lost three of their last four tests in Music City. Edmontons current skid actually began with a loss in Nashville, as the Preds posted a 3-2 home victory on Nov. 11. Filip Forsberg and Mike Ribeiro each had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period before holding on for the win. Pekka Rinne turned aside 21 shots for Nashville. The Predators star goaltender has won both games versus Edmonton this season and lifetime is 11-6-1 with a 2.83 goals against average in this series. The Oilers most recent setback came Tuesday in Dallas. Tyler Seguin notched a pair of goals for Dallas and John Klingberg added a goal and an assist to help the Stars beat Edmonton, 3-2. Klingberg opened the scoring in the first period by fooling Edmonton goaltender Viktor Fasth with a rising slap shot from just outside the Oilers zone. Boyd Gordon answered with a short-handed goal later in the first for Edmonton, but Seguin tallied twice in the second period to put Dallas ahead for good. This league is too close to give other teams chances and goals like that, Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins said. The game was there for us. We couldve easily had both ppoints.dddddddddddd Taylor Hall notched the 100th goal of his career in the loss, cutting the deficit to 3-2 less than six minutes into the third period. Fasth stopped 30 shots in the loss, which came one day after the Oilers fired goaltending coach Fred Chabot and replaced him with Dustin Schwartz. Fasth is 2-5-1 with a 3.32 goals against average this season and Ben Scrivens hasnt been any better, going 4-9-1 with a 3.35 GAA. Scrivens could get the start tonight and is 1-3-1 with a 2.39 GAA in five career games against Nashville. Fasth is 4-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA in five lifetime tilts versus the Preds. Edmonton is in 30th place in the NHL by virtue of one more regulation loss than the Columbus and Buffalo. All three teams have 14 points. The Predators, meanwhile, are tied for first atop the Central Division and have a chance to pull ahead of idle St. Louis tonight. Nashville has won four of its last five games and is 2-0 so far on four-game homestand. The Preds are coming off Tuesdays close victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions, downing the visiting Los Angeles Kings after a lengthy shootout battle. James Neal netted the lone goal in the shootout, as Nashville outlasted the Kings, 4-3. None of the first 10 shooters were able to put the puck into the net, but Neal opened up the sixth round by beating Martin Jones between the pads. Rinne then closed off the lane along the ice to deny Dwight Kings chance and end the contest. It felt like a playoff atmosphere here tonight, Preds forward Colin Wilson said. Craig Smith, Ryan Ellis and Eric Nystrom tallied in regulation for the Predators, who have won seven of their last nine overall and four straight on home ice. Rinne ended up with 18 saves and improved to 14-3-1 with a 1.97 GAA this season. Nashville, which completes its homestand Saturday against Columbus, boasts a stellar 8-1-1 record on home ice this season. ' ' '