Josh Hamilton won't be disciplined by the MLB for his latest problems involving cocaine and alcohol. 

Team officials responded by saying they were surprised and disappointed.

Jerry Dipoto, general manager of the Los Angeles Angels, said he disagrees with the ruling by an arbitrator appointed under MLB's joint drug program with the players' association. MLB said earlier Friday that it disagreed with the ruling.

Hamilton has played poorly during the first two years of his five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels, who still owe him $83 million in salary over the next three years.

The Angels' public stance supporting punishment of Hamilton is the most visible evidence yet of the club's disenchantment with him.

"Do I agree with the decision that was made by the treatment board? Absolutely not,'' Dipoto said. "But that's not my decision to make."