Josh Hamilton is one of a handful of Rangers in line for pay raises in 2012.

This doesn’t mean the Rangers can’t improve or even that an upgrade is unlikely, it simply means that the club could conceivably open camp with essentially the same group that has been so successful in the past two seasons. If they do look to improve the offense, they will likely focus their efforts toward first base, where Mitch Moreland saw the bulk of duty in 2011. The Rangers have been linked to both Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder as possible fits, but given the contract demands of each and the decided right handed bias of the Texas lineup, Fielder is probably the better fit should they pursue either player.

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