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Adrian Beltre to DL; Chris Davis Recalled

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:30:07 +0000

Well, it looks as though thanks to Adrian Beltre’s hamstring injury from last night’s game will get us more time with Chris Davis in the Major Leagues. Now, I’m not saying that I’m happy Beltre hurt his hamstring because I would choose Beltre over Davis any day; however, I lIke Davis and I know many of you do as well.

Adrian Beltre (AP Photo)

Beltre was placed on the 15-day disabled list today due to a Grade I strain to his left hamstring. Thankfully, this is the lowest level of severity when it comes to strains so that’s a good thing at least. (more…)

Hamilton to Swing Today

Wed, 04 May 2011 17:47:40 +0000

ESPN reported that Josh Hamilton will swing a bat today. The 29-year-old has now been cleared to start swinging at bats off a tee. This coming after he sustained a fracture in the upper part of his right arm after sliding into home in a game against Detroit.

What’s great about this is that it is apparently an entire week early. Therefore, he’s ahead of his rehab schedule, which means he may very well be able to get back to the team sooner than we had initially thought.

However, we’ll have to wait and see how it goes today although there is still no concrete timetable for the outfielder’s return to the team. For now, he remains on the DL and the recovery could still take up to eight weeks.

Josh Hamilton Out for Up to Eight Weeks

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:00:01 +0000

Yesterday’s game against the Detroit Tigers started out with the first injury of the season – well, technically – for the Texas Rangers. After hitting a triple RBI, Josh Hamilton strained his right shoulder either sliding into third base where Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge fell on top of Hamilton or sliding into home where he was tagged out by Tigers catcher Victor Martinez. He got up and came off the field holding his back in discomfort.

Josh Hamilton Sliding into Home (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer for Dallas News)

Hamilton believes the injury came from sliding into home because he says that he heard a couple of pops during that particular play. He headed to the batting cage to see how he could handle a few swings, and that was all he could handle – a few swings.

X-Ray and MRI Results

Hamilton had X-Rays done which ruled out dislocation and separation of his right shoulder. The 2010 AL MVP also had an MRI done and the results weren’t expected until early this morning but apparently came in early yesterday evening as Jon Daniels announced during a conference that Hamilton would indeed be missing six to eight weeks due to a non-displaced, small hairline fracture of his humerus bone. Hamilton should be able to start practicing batting again in about four weeks but he is expected to miss the full eight weeks for recovery. (more…)