http://goo.gl/iTTHhz SURPRISE, Ariz. - Josh Hamilton will open the season on the DL for the second straight year the Rangers said Wednesday after acknowledging that he had an injection of stem cells and platelet rich plasma into his left knee a day earlier. Hamilton underwent the procedure in Alabama on Tuesday and returned to the Rangers complex early Wednesday on crutches. Assistant general manager Thad Levine said Hamilton would be on crutches for seven to 10 days, then begin a rehab program that would last about eight weeks. The Rangers hope to send him on a rehab assignment the third week of April with the possibility of a return in late April or early May. "We are giving him an eight-week program because we don't want to cut any corners," Levine said. "Last year, we may have accelerated things and he suffered the hamstring injury early and it was an issue all year. This way he will get the benefit of a full spring training." Hamilton opened last year on the DL with the Los Angeles Angels while recovering from shoulder surgery and then being trapped in the Angels' freeze-out before being traded to the Rangers. But injuries hampered his return to Texas and he was limited to 50 games. Levine said the news does not greatly change the Rangers' approach to left field. The club could give top prospects Nomar Mazara and Lewis Brinson a longer look this spring. It also opens the possibility that Ryan Rua, last year's opening day left fielder could re-emerge as a factor with a strong spring. The Rangers have been in contact with the agents for David Murphy and Will Venable, a pair of left-handed hitters who could fill in Hamilton's side of the planned outfield platoon for the first month. Venable, however, would seem to have more long-term value because of his ability to also play center field, an area where the Rangers would like some more depth. Murphy would likely offer more offense, though. Hammy左膝又中箭了.... 治疗加上复健预计4月底或五月後回来 或许可以春训时多关注看看Brinson或Mazara 或是去签David Murphy或Will Venable -- ◢█ a █◣ ╮ ╭═◢◆══╮ ╭ ◢█ ◣ ◢█ ◣ ════╮ █▌ █ ╰theanswer3╯☆ █ ◣╰══════╯ █▋ █ █▌ █ ╴◤ ◣ █▌th█e◢█◣ ◣ █◣ ◣ █ ◥█◣ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ◢ ◤ █ ╴─◥▄ ████ █◢█a█n██s█w█er3█ █▌█ ███ ◥ ◣ ◢ ◤˙／＼3 ║ █▌ █ ◥◤◥ ◥ ▌◤ ◥ █ ◥◆ ◥█◤ ◥▌◤ █▌ █ ◢◤ ▄ ╱〈 ║ ◥██ █◤ ════════◆◤══════════ ◥█ ◤ ██ █ ════╯ --

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