As if the Texas Rangers needed anything else to go wrong.
They learned Wednesday afternoon that their co-ace Cole Hamels would be out for the next two months with a strained right oblique. For the body blows the Rangers have been taking, many self-inflicted, the injury to Hamels seems appropriate.
The news means Wednesday night’s starter, Nick Martinez, will remain in the five-man rotation for the foreseeable future, at least until right-hander Tyson Ross is ready to come off the disabled list. Ross, a former No. 1 starter for the Padres, has slowly been building his arm back to game shape since having surgery to repair thoracic outlet syndrome in October.