Josh Hamilton

He could run and was outstanding defensively.

Well this can't miss prospect was Josh Hamilton. Hamilton was the #1 draft choice in 1999 by Tampa Bay and received a nearly $4 million signing bonus. The golden boy of baseball in 1999 was out of baseball in 2002, a drug addict and almost broke. Hamilton has since turned his life around, is sober and completed his first full season in the bigs last year (156 games, 32 HR, 130 RBI, .304 BA).

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is younger, a better defender and having a season that's as good as, if not better, than Manny's). Josh Hamilton (with superior offensive numbers) is in center, over the better defender (Grady Sizemore, with only slightly inferior offensive numbers). Jeter’s the starter at short, in spite of being as poor a defender as ever, with Mike Young (better on both sides of the ball) on the bench. Would you take Kevin Youlikis at first over Justin Morneau? Perhaps, or perhaps not—but Terry Francona must, because The Fans Said So.

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hipper, is prone to nagging injuries of late, so it's possible that he might not make it, either.

Josh Hamilton of the Rangers got all the talk going with his strong start to the season, when he shot out of the gate with a .330 average with 6 homers and 32 RBIs. He continued to hit for power, and currently leads the league in homers and RBIs, but his batting average has tapered off to a relatively tepid .315. Even his 17 homers are barely outpacing Carlos Quentin. Hamilton is currently complaining about a virus, so it's possible his decrease in production may be temporary, or it may be a case of statistics reverting to the norms.

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n anemic AL West.

Their reasons for being even this good, of course, is their offense, especially Josh Hamilton, about whom much exuberant ink has been spilled, but their team hitting (.285/.354/.464, which ranks #1/#2/#1 in the AL and #2/#4/#1 in MLB, respectively) is not the problem, nor has it ever been. 

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The Rangers will pin these hopes on Josh Hamilton and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Hamilton had a spectacular comeback year last year for the Reds hitting 19 home runs in only 300 at bats. It’s

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