[vincesanity82]

Rangers acquire outfielder Josh Hamilton from the Reds for RHP Edinson Volquez and LHP Daniel Herrera.
Hamilton showed incredible potential after a long absence last season, so this seems like a worthy gamble for the Rangers. Volquez also has plenty of upside, but like Hamilton, his career could go in any direction. Hamilton will step into the Rangers' outfield, probably in center, and could hit somewhere in the middle of the order. He was a threat to reach 30 homers in Cincinnati and he still is in Texas. However, we do worry about his ability to stay healthy. Put the over/under at somewhere around 450 at-bats next season. That's still 100 more than Milton Bradley usually gets. With the trade, the Rangers figure to abandon plans to pursue Mike Cameron, who could now be a target of the Reds, or any other outfielder. They'll likely look to add a starter. Jon Lieber and Jason Jennings are a couple of possibilities

Josh Hamilton

[ThePundit]

There go the Rangers again, trading pitching for hitting.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

There go the Rangers again, trading pitching for hitting.

Yeah, and as much as I like Hamilton, who was once a very high draft pick...he needs to prove he can stay healthy.

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Yeah, and as much as I like Hamilton, who was once a very high draft pick...he needs to prove he can stay healthy.

That is one of the reasons I think they got rid of him. He cam e back strong, but was put on the DL 3 times? I think. The other reason is that he was using Narron's brother as his conditioning coach. They didn't want any part of Narron to interfere with teh team. Narron got him and trained with him at his home. They were close.