Rangers’ Josh Hamilton is finished for the season
The 2010 AL MVP and five-time All-Star outfielder already has had surgery twice on his left knee the past nine months, along with cortisone shots and even a stem-cell and platelet-rich-plasma injection during spring training.
Texas reacquired Hamilton in a trade last season from the Angels, the team with which the outfielder signed a $125 million, five-year deal after leaving the Rangers in free agency following the 2012 season.
Mets first baseman Lucas Duda is out at least four to six weeks with a stress fracture in his lower back, a significant blow to the defending National League champions.
Kansas City outfielder Alex Gordon is headed to the disabled list because of a broken scaphoid bone in his right hand.
Shin-Soo Choo is back on the DL after the right fielder played only one game in his return to the Rangers.
Jordan Zimmermann is expected to miss at least one start for the Tigers, but Detroit manager Brad Ausmus says he’s more optimistic than he was Sunday, when the right-hander left his start in the sixth inning with a right groin strain. ...