Josh Hamilton Injury Return Update

Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers has yet to play in a game this season after suffering a knee injury at the end of last season.

The Texas Rangers outfielder, Josh Hamilton, spent the offseason dealing with a left knee injury that required surgery and kept him out of offseason activities and Spring Training. Josh Hamilton had surgery on the knee in October of 2015 at the finish of last season. During his recovery, Hamilton started suffering from swelling in the knee while preparing for Spring Training earlier this year. This issue led to him being shutdown from workouts while trying to rehab the knee, keeping him off of the Opening Day roster.

Hamilton’s recovery has shifted towards the end of the process, with him ready to resume full baseball activities. On April 23rd, Hamilton made an extended Spring Training start to get some at-bats. As of April 27th, he had played in another extended Spring Training game before he moves on to rehab games in the minors.

It is expected that the next step for Josh Hamilton, if all goes well, will be a 10-day period with stints with the Double-A Frisco Roughriders and Triple-A Round Rock Express at the end of April. That move will put Hamilton on track to return to the big league club’s active roster between May 10-15 according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News.

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