Rangers Sign Josh Hamilton –

Josh Hamilton signed a two year contract for $24 million with the Texas Rangers.  The Texas outfielder will receive a $3 miilion dollar signing bonus and earn $7.25 million this year and $13.75 million next season.  Josh Hamilton won the American League Most Valuable Player award last season.  He hit 32 home runs and had 100 RBI’s with a .359 batting average.  The contract helped to avoid arbitration for Hamilton  and the Rangers.

To read a related Bloomberg article, please click here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-10/texas-rangers-josh-hamilton-avoids-arbitration-with-24-million-contract.html

James Sutliff

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