I love this move from Nolan and he's right, Hamilton is best served as a RFer. It gives him better chances at avoiding injury plus he has a RF cannon. Byrd can play CF with Cruz and Murphy can stay in LF. I think that gives them a better OF than last year. Now if they only went out and signed some pitching, they could possibly compete someday.Rangers president Nolan Ryan said last week that he plans on moving Josh Hamilton to right field this season.
"Hamilton has got to go to right [field]," said Ryan. "He’s too big to be a center fielder. It’s too demanding on him... We put him in right to help save him. Then we put [Nelson] Cruz or [Marlon] Byrd in center." Hey, anything to keep the big man fresh. He hit .306 last season with 32 homers and 130 RBI.