Josh Hamilton was still under contract with the Los Angeles Angels as of last weekend, but it sounds like he has felt like a free agent for quite some time.
On Tuesday, Hamilton told reporters that he sent the Texas Rangers a video of himself hitting back in March.
Josh Hamilton said that he sent video of him hitting in Houston to the #Rangers way back on March 9.
— Jeff Wilson (@JeffWilson_FWST) April 28, 2015
That would have been while Hamilton was rehabbing from a shoulder injury and several weeks after he reportedly confessed to a drug relapse, so it sounds like he knew he had played his last game with the Angels.