Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton has settled back in with the Texas Rangers, but the five-time All-Star is currently limited by a hamstring injury.

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Josh Hamilton is back where he belongs.

After a bumpy two seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, the former MVP was traded back to the Texas Rangers last month, the team with whom he spent five years and became a star.

In just his second game back in Texas (and fifth game of the season), Hamilton took Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright deep in the bottom of the second for his first home run since last August. 

When the Texas Rangers traded for Josh Hamilton in late April, it was easy to interpret the deal as a low-risk move that, at the least, would help generate interest in an otherwise uninteresting team.

But now, you can't help but wonder if the Rangers will end up getting more than they bargained for.

The Texas Rangers will place outfielder Josh Hamilton on the active roster Monday, per Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Hamilton will join his teammates in Cleveland on Sunday night as they prepare for a three-game series with the Indians.

Wilson provided a comment from Rangers general manager Jon Daniels:

Josh Hamilton's on-field return with the Texas Rangers is inching closer. The 2010 American League MVP has started playing games in extended spring training, with a rehab assignment on the horizon. 

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Outfielder Josh Hamilton held a press conference Monday to discuss being traded from the Los Angeles Angels to the Texas Rangers, his drug and alcohol relapse and his future with the Rangers and beyond baseball.     

After a little over two seasons, Josh Hamilton is no longer a member of the Los Angeles Angels.

The team announced Monday that it has agreed to trade Hamilton to the Texas Rangers:

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal provided more details on the trade:

They say you can't go home again. Josh Hamilton is hoping they're wrong.

In early February, Hamilton underwent shoulder surgery. Then, a few weeks later, he admitted he'd "suffered a relapse in his battle with substance abuse," as Mike DiGiovanna and Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times put it. 

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Josh Hamilton is at the center of trade rumors, as it looks like his tenure with the organization is set to come to a close. 

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Los Angeles Angels All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton is in the process of divorcing his wife, Katie, and filed for the divorce in late February, when reports of his drug relapse began to surface.