Hamilton Out For A Month

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Seven games into his return to the Texas Rangers, outfielder Josh Hamilton is already gone.

The slugger will be sidelined four weeks with a left hamstring injury.

“I feel bad for Josh,” Rangers manager Jeff Bannister said.

Hamilton sat out Tuesday and Wednesday with what was originally reported as hamstring tightness. However, after the Rangers lost 9-2 to the Chicago White Sox, the team announced that Hamilton was diagnosed with a Grade 2 strain.

“It stinks. It’s frustrating,” Hamilton said. “You work your tail off to get here, the guys are doing well when I got here, you’re able to have fun with them, it’s frustrating. There is nothing I can do except work hard to get better. I have had success before getting back early. Hopefully I can do the same.”

Since coming back to the Rangers in an April trade with the Los Angeles Angels and then coming off the disabled list May 25, Hamilton is 6-for-22 (.273) with two doubles, two homers and five RBIs.

Hamilton missed the start of the season while rehabbing from right shoulder surgery in April.

The Angels, upset that Hamilton, a recovering drug and alcohol addict, self-reported a relapse in the offseason, dealt him to Texas on April 27 in exchange for a player to be named or cash. The Rangers reportedly will pay no more than $15 million of the $83 million that remained on Hamilton’s contract, with the Angels paying the rest.

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