Angels Rangers Complete Trade Sending Josh Hamilton Back To Texas
The trade had to be approved by MLB and the players’ association because of the amount of money involved and because Hamilton would be forfeiting about $6 million of the more than $80 million left on the five-year, $125 million contract he signed in December 2012. MORE: Every team’s worst free-agent signing ever Hamilton hasn’t played this season while recovering from shoulder surgery in February, after which he self-reported a relapse in his drug and alcohol rehab program....