Dallas ? Sammy Sosa and the Texas Rangers kept up negotiations on a minor-eague contract Thursday, working their way toward a deal. The Rangers and Sosa’s agent, Adam Katz, have exchanged a couple of proposals. While they could finalize a deal this week, Katz said Thursday that the sides had not yet reached an agreement.

Texas has offered Sosa a deal that would require him to earn his spot on the roster during spring training. The 38-year-old former slugger, 12 short of 600 home runs in a 17-season career that began with the Rangers in 1989, didn’t play in the major leagues last year.