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FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton pronounced Monday which he’s full of health as well as focused upon a 2012 season.

Hamilton, who had offseason operation to correct ripped adductors in his left leg as well as a ripped intestinal muscle, pronounced he’s we do full workouts, together with weight light as well as lively drills, as well as is overhanging a bat.

“Everything feels good,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton, who had operation in November, was harm via a postseason for a AL hold up Rangers.

The 2010 AL MVP as well as four-time All-Star is starting in to a final year of his stipulate with Texas. He is set to have $ 13.75 million this deteriorate as partial of a $ twenty-four million, two-year understanding he got prior to final deteriorate to equivocate income arbitration.

Hamilton pronounced he hasn’t listened anything from his representative in regards to a long-term stipulate prolongation with a club. He maintains which a begin of open precision is a deadline for removing a understanding finished so which if it’s not completed, he can concentration upon a 2012 season.

The outfielder, chatting with a media prior to signing autographs as well as responding questions from fans as partial of a Rangers Winter Caravan during Academy Sports as well as Outdoors in Fort Worth upon Monday, pronounced he’s listened a air blower as well as media plead about either a Rangers should pointer him or Prince Fielder to a prolonged contract.

Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson pronounced Friday which personally, he’d similar to to see Hamilton re-signed over obtaining Fielder, though concurred which it was something a bar would have to plead if Fielder even became a possibility.

“I’ve seen a small bit of it,” Hamilton said. “I consider it comes down to what we want. When we see these guys comparing us, I’m like, ‘Stick him in a outfield as well as see how prolonged he lasts. Stick me during initial bottom as well as see how prolonged we last.’ You never can discuss it about a player. He’s played 160 games a lot. we haven’t. So there’s pros as well as cons [on] both sides. It’s flattering droll to watch these guys review us as well as share their thoughts. It’s regularly been guileless in a Lord to have me where he wants to have me as well as not highlight about it. we haven’t stressed about it as well as I’m not starting to highlight about it.”

He reiterated he’d similar to to get all a stipulate speak out of a approach prior to open precision begins.

“It kind of helps both sides,” Hamilton said. “It puts a little coercion upon removing something finished as well as additionally if it doesn’t get done, we can concentration upon what we need to do as well as not be concerned about it. It’s really critical to have a transparent thoughts as well as be focused upon what we need to do to assistance a group win.”

Hamilton pronounced which even if he doesn’t strech a understanding with a Rangers by a commencement of open training, he wants to stay.

“We’ve already told a Rangers which if it doesn’t occur prior to a deteriorate which they have been a initial ones we’ll come to after a deteriorate is over,” Hamilton said.

The Rangers voiced this month which Hamilton’s father-in-law had been hired as a staff special partner to fill a await purpose as an burden partner for a slugger, who had problems with drug as well as ethanol in a past. But Michael Dean Chadwick has given motionless opposite usurpation which upon all sides due to “family considerations.”

Hamilton pronounced he has “a man in mind” to fill which purpose though a chairman hasn’t nonetheless met with a Rangers.

Johnny Narron filled which purpose prior to he left in Nov to turn Milwaukee’s attack coach. Narron assimilated a Rangers when Hamilton was acquired 4 years ago in a traffic from Cincinnati. His first purpose was to await a former No. 1 altogether breeze pick, who rebounded from his substance-abuse problems.

Hamilton pronounced he skeleton to leave for open precision upon Feb. 17, a full week prior to a full-squad stating date in Arizona.

“It’s time to go, baby,” he said.

Richard Durrett covers a Rangers for ESPNDallas.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Follow Richard Durrett upon Twitter: @espn_durrett

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