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- Updated: July 31, 2016
ANAHEIM — When the Angels signed Josh Hamilton to a five-year, $125 million deal on in December 2012, it looked like the club was set with one of the game’s best players in left field for years to come.
Two and a half years later, Hamilton is long gone and the Angels are still looking for their left fielder after announcing Thursday they had designated their two offseason acquisitions at the position — Daniel Nava and Craig Gentry — for assignment.
Hamilton, who is still owed $26.41 million from the Angels this season, finds himself in Texas, sitting out the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery. In his two years with the Angels, Hamilton hit .255 with an OPS of .741 to go with 31 home runs and 123 RBIs. He struggled with injuries for much of his second season with the club, but even when his bat was in the lineup he wasn’t playing at the same level that made him the American League MVP in 2010.
The names that have come since have been as numerous as they’ve been unproductive: Raul Ibanez, David Murphy, David DeJesus, Shane Victorino and Matt Joyce, to name a few. While some, like Joyce, have found success since leaving Anaheim, players such as Ibanez, Murphy DeJesus and Victorino have not played in the Majors since …
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