Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported the Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres have spoken to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim about trading for outfielder Josh Hamilton.

Rosenthal says the talks "were exploratory in nature and they did not gain traction."

A Rangers source said the Rangers did speak with the Angels but acquiring Hamilton is out of the question.

Several reasons are at play here:

Money: Hamilton is owed $90.2 million through the 2017 season. If any team decides to trade for him, the Angels would have to take on a significant chunk of the remaining salary. The Rangers are not in the mood to pick up high-ticket items.

Declining play: Hamilton was limited to 89 games last season due to thumb surgery, minor ailments and a self-imposed benching. Hamilton's numbers were .263/.331/.414 in 2014, and you could say those figures are related to his health poor mental state.

It could also be the end of Hamilton as an elite slugging outfielder. In 2008, Hamilton led all of baseball with 130 RBIs, and in his MVP season of 2010, Hamltion hit .359 had a slugging percentage of .633 and an OPS of 1.044. He achieved those numbers with the Rangers and has been on a decline ever since.

Drama: There's never a dull moment with Hamilton, from his eye problems with the Rangers related to too much caffeine, his little bar episode, needing an escort for road games and quitting on the team toward the end of the 2012 season. To go there again would be difficult to handle. However, if a player such as Hamilton is producing big numbers on the field, teams can deal with all the drama because, well, he's a playmaker.

To say the Rangers are remotely interested is a polite way of saying the Angels wanted to give the Rangers a first shot at re-acquiring him because they know him.

When Rangers president/GM Jon Daniels was asked did his phone ring regarding Hamilton he said, ""A little bit, yeah a little bit."