Surprise, AZ (Sports Network)- Texas Rangers starting pitcher Tommy Hunter will be sidelined for at least six weeks with a strained right groin.
Hunter suffered the injury on Thursday in an abbreviated spring training outing against the Reds, and an MRI after the game revealed the damage.
The right-hander was scheduled to be in the Rangers’ rotation this season, having started 41 games for the club over the past two years.
In 2010, Hunter went 13-4 with a 3.73 earned-run average for the American League champions, though he failed to get past the fourth inning in three postseason starts.
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