The Rangers Report – June 9
June 10, 2009 by Guest Contributor · Leave a Comment
None of the Texas trio is factoring in the NBA finals odds and the Dallas Stars aren’t part of the Stanley Cup Final, which means the main show in Texas in the Rangers.
Season Record: 33-25
AL West Rank: 1
Current World Series odds: 16.5 to 1
THE LINEUP
The Texas Rangers will be without Josh Hamilton for the next four-to-six weeks as he is set to go under the knife. Hamilton has a partial tear in his abdominal muscle, which is better news than some people perceived the injury to be.
The Rangers are just 12-9 without Hamilton in the lineup and just 3-5 in their last eight minus their All-Star.
One player to keep an eye on this week will be Omar Vizquel, who has 2676 career hits. That leaves Vizquel one short of Luis Aparicio, the All-Time leader for Venezuela.
No pundits, handicappers or betting software would have predicted that Vizquel would be hitting .345 this season.
THE ROTATION
After posting the second-best team ERA ever in a month during May, the Rangers have been in some high-scoring affairs in June.
