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Items out of the AL and NL West..

• Much has been made of the Rangers' Josh Hamilton dilemma this offseason, but GM Jon Daniels will also need to re-tool his pitching staff this winter, writes T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. The Rangers will have money to spend, but also have Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz working their way back from injuries. Martin Perez remains an option for the team as well.
• Jim Tracy told Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post that there wasn't one particular issue that led to his resignation from the Rockies, but rather a number of factors.  It would seem that Tracy was irked by some of the club's unconventional ideas and his overall decrease in power.
• Meanwhile, Jason Giambi would retire as a player if he were given consideration for the managerial opening, a source close to the Rockies veteran told Renck and Saunders. 
• Given Hamilton's injury history and age, Richard Durrett of ESPNDallas.com doesn't think that the Rangers should give him more than three guaranteed years in a new contract.  However, Durrett believes that there's at least one team out there that will go beyond that for the outfielder.  A vesting option for a fourth year based on whether Hamilton stays healthy could be a concession the Rangers could comfortably make.
• Dave Cameron of Fangraphs wonders if Hamilton might be the most confusing free agent ever.  Cameron could see the slugger landing a five-year, $125MM deal from a team that chooses to ignore all the risk but can also envision him taking a one-year pact somewhere to prove that his second half wasn't a sign of things to come.

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