Josh Hamilton

If you haven't heard of Josh Hamilton yet, let me introduce you to him. He is my new favorite Cincinnati Red.

He was the overall number 1 pick in the MLB draft in 1999 out of Highschool by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He is recovering from a cocaine addiction that took him out of baseball from 2003-2005. The Reds picked him up from the Cubs in December giving him the chance to show that he can still play and stay clean.

Currently the Reds are very set in the Outfield with Griffey, Dunn, and Freel, but coach Jerry Narron has said that he wants to get Hamilton as many at bats as he can. He will be able to fill in and give these guys a night off here and there. Freel also has the tendency to get hurt, so we will probably see a lot of Hamilton this year.

He has hit a homerun in each of his last 2 games against the Diamondbacks. It really is the feel good story of the year in baseball and is fascinating to see him playing after everything that he went through a few years ago.