This is a discussion on Hamilton Out 4-6 Weeks within the Texas Rangers forum; Josh Hamilton will have surgery on Tuesday to repair a partial tear in his abdominal muscle. He is expected to ...
But the Rangers also wonder about the recovery process. Last season, Hamilton had a stomach ailment that sent him to the hospital; he wound up on the disabled list. “The years of drug abuse tore up my immune system pretty good,” he said at the time.
Hamilton hit 21 home runs and drove in a major league leading 95 runs in the season’s first half; those numbers dropped to 11 and 35 in the second half. The most commonly offered explanation was that Hamilton had never played a full major league season, but maybe there is more involved.
“It’s just so hard to tell with him,” Vazquez said. “His body is not as resilient as a normal person’s. He has brute strength and serious talent, but his ability to heal and his immune system is not there, like it is for a lot of people.”
