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Rangers Expect Eaton to Miss Month:Posted By: Joshua Boyles SURPRISE, Ariz. - Adam Eaton could be out of the Texas Rangers' rotation for at least a month with a strained tendon in the middle finger on his pitching hand, the same injury that sidelined him last season."I'd be happy if someone said he could come back by May 1," manager Buck Showalter said Thursday. "The trouble is, there is nothing in baseball to compare this injury to." Showalter said team physician Dr. Keith Meister told him rock climbers are the only people who get the kind of injury Eaton sustained while throwing a curveball against his former team, San Diego, in the second inning of a spring training game Wednesday. Eaton was scheduled to meet with a hand specialist, Dr. Don Sheridan, later Thursday. An MRI was taken Wednesday, but Showalter said doctors wanted to compare it with others they have in Arlington before making any judgments. The 28-year-old right-hander, who had been scheduled to start the Rangers' second game of the season against Boston, planned to travel with the team later Thursday as it returned to Texas. The Rangers play an exhibition game against Florida on Friday in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, where their Double-A affiliate is located. "We're still talking about what we should do at this point, but I can tell you every possible option has been considered," Showalter said. "We've talked about using a four-man rotation. I wouldn't rule out anything." The Rangers picked knuckleballer R.A. Dickey for the fifth spot in a rotation that was to feature Kevin Millwood, Eaton, Vicente Padilla and Kameron Loe. "I could pitch the second game if they want me to," Dickey said. "With the knuckleball, I could come back and pitch game five, too." Before initially injuring the finger last June 15 in his first loss in two months and shortest start all season, Eaton was 9-1 with a 3.18 ERA for San Diego. He went on the disabled list twice after that, was 2-4 in his last nine starts and didn't pitch for the Padres in a three-game playoff loss to St. Louis. Eaton came to the Rangers in a six-player trade with San Diego during the offseason. Courtesy Of: Yahoo! News The information reported above is property of Yahoo! inc. and reprinted or modified with legitimate permission. We thank Yahoo! inc. for the kind cooperation with us and other shareholders. |
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