where oh where?

The Roy Oswalt watch is still on. Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said in an interview with a Dallas radio station that the right-hander’s reported interest in the Rangers is “intriguing” but added that his club’s rotation is basically set. Oswalt, out of Weir and Holmes Community College, supposedly is interested in Texas and St. Louis (Boston, not so much) because they are closer to home. Oswalt had an injury-curtailed season with Philadelphia in 2011 and might not pitch much longer. Still, he is one of the top prizes on the market.
P.S. Former Taylorsville High star Billy Hamilton recently was ranked the No. 4 shortstop prospect in all of the minors by mlb.com. That could be heady stuff for a young player who hasn’t yet reached high-A ball heading into his fourth pro season. (Andrelton Simmons, the Mississippi Braves’ probable shortstop this summer, was rated the No. 9 SS prospect by mlb.com; he is seemingly a much more advanced player than Hamilton.) True, Hamilton’s speed is off the charts — 103 stolen bases in the Midwest League last year — and he was named Cincinnati’s minor league player of the year for 2011. But he has struck out a lot thus far in his career, doesn’t have much power (at least not yet) and is batting just .277 overall. Fully recovered from a broken hand in winter ball, Hamilton will go to the high-A California League this season. It’ll be an interesting test.