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The Angels are paying Josh Hamilton $63 million to go away

josh hamilton
josh hamilton

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The break-up of the Los Angeles Angels and Josh Hamilton is now official.

The former MVP has been traded to his former team, the Texas Rangers.

Hamilton's five-year, $125 million contract was already a problem for the Angels due to lack of production in his first two seasons with the club. But the contract became a nightmare this offseason when Hamilton had a drug relapse and an arbitrator ruled that Major League Baseball could not suspend him, making the Angels obligated to pay his 2015 salary of $23 million.

Instead of hoping to salvage some value out of the contract, Angels owner Arte Moreno seemed to make it clear that the Angels did not want Hamilton back and now we know just how far they were willing to go to make Hamilton go away.

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Of the roughly $80 million left on Hamilton's contract for this season and the next two, the Rangers will only pay ~$7 million according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.

Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register says the Rangers will pay "about $6 million" and that Hamilton reworked his contract to save the Angels a little bit more. In exchange, Hamilton was traded to the team of his choice.

In the end, the Angels will pay Hamilton about $63 million over the next three seasons to play for their division rival.

That will also bring the amount paid to Hamilton by the Angels to $93 million for 240 games over two seasons that produced a total of 31 home runs.

Josh Hamilton
Josh Hamilton

(Getty Images) It is unclear if Josh Hamilton will ever play for the Angels again.

Hamilton was officially traded for cash or a player to be named later. However, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the wording is just a formality and that the Rangers "aren't giving up anything." Fletcher reports that the amount going back to the Angels could be as little as $1.

Hamilton, who has been suspended several times from MLB for drug violations, is returning to the team he enjoyed his most success with. Hamilton averaged 28 home runs per year in five seasons with the Rangers and won the 2010 American League MVP award.

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