PT TODAY: Hamels injury puts spotlight on Griffin

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Rangers | Cole Hamels to miss several weeks
Texas Rangers LHP Cole Hamels (oblique) is expected to miss around eight weeks because of his right oblique strain.  Source: The Dallas Morning News - Evan Grant
 
BHQ take: A huge blow for Hamels owners, obviously, this injury buys a big chunk more time in the TEX rotation for A.J. Griffin, who will make his own return from the DL this week. As we wrote just before Griffin went on the shelf with gout-induced ankle inflammation, the right-hander will at times show flashes of his 2012-13 form, as he did in a PQS-dominant start vs. OAK on April 17 (6 IP, 1 H, 8/1...

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