Texas Rangers left-hander Derek Holland will miss the start of the season after having arthroscopic surgery Friday on his left knee.
Jakub Kindl Red Wings Jersey . Holland injured his knee in a fall on stairs in his home on Tuesday. "I am devastated by
this injury. It was a freak accident at home that resulted in a hard fall on my
knee," Holland said in a statement released by the team. "As upsetting as this
is, my goal is to begin rehab and get back on the mound as quickly as possible."
General manager Jon Daniels said team physician Dr. Keith Meister repaired
cartilage behind Hollands kneecap during the surgery. Daniels said no ligaments
needed to be repaired. Daniels said it was too early to have an exact timetable
for Hollands return, but is that the 27-year-old lefty is "expected to miss some
time into the year." Daniels said for planning purposes, the Rangers are looking
at a midseason return, but are hopeful that it can be earlier than that. The
Rangers said Holland will have only limited activity over the next six weeks.
Holland was 10-9 with a 3.42 ERA in a team-high 33 starts last season. He
pitched a career-high 213 innings. In five major league seasons with the
Rangers, Holland is 49-38 in 141 games (123 starts). He is under contract
through 2016, with club options for two more years after that. Without Holland,
the Rangers still appear to have Yu Darvish, Matt Harrison, Martin Perez and
Alexi Ogando set for the rotation to start the season. Asked about filling
Hollands spot, Daniels said he expected to add some pitching depth, but
clarified that would be "more in the depth category than really replacing
somebody at the front-end of our rotation." Daniels never specifically mentioned
Masahiro Tanaka, the Japanese free agent who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in 27
starts last season. But the GM said it didnt seem realistic that a "big-ticket
item" would be the answer. "This is an opportunity for a number of our guys,"
Daniels said. "Were going to go out and hopefully fortify that group and give
ourselves some additional options and expect Derek will be back midyear."
Daniels, though, has said previously when asked about Tanaka that the team would
do its due diligence with any free agent. After the Rangers signed outfielder
Shin-Soo Choo to a $130 million, seven-year contract last month, team co-owner
Bob Simpson said adding Tanaka "would be a tough thing." The Rangers payroll is
expected to be over $130 million this season, more than double what it was when
the ownership group took over nearly 3 1/2 years ago.
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season.HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have interviewed Penn States Bill OBrien
about their vacant head coaching job and he has emerged as a leading candidate,
according to media reports. Houston team owner Bob McNair told The Houston
Chronicle on Saturday night: "The process has been underway, and it continues.
The process isnt over. We have other candidates to interview next week." The
paper reports OBrien met with McNair and general manager Rick Smith last week,
and also has interviewed former Bears coach Lovie Smith and interim coach Wade
Phillips. ESPN reported, citing unidentified sources, that OBrien is the
"overwhelming favourite" to become the Texans coach. OBrien is 15-9 at Penn
State, guiding the Nitttany Lions through two winning seasons despite severe
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Curtis Joseph Red Wings Jersey Authentic. Before following Joe Paterno at Penn State, he spent five years (2007-11) as an
offensive assistant with the New England Patriots. The 44-year-old OBrien drew
interest from the NFL last year, interviewing with Cleveland and Philadelphia
before deciding to stay at Penn State. His contract was re-worked after last
season and the buyout if he were to leave for an NFL job was lowered to about
$6.5 million. Text and phone messages left for OBrien and Penn State athletic
director David Joyner by The Associated Press were not immediately returned. The
Texans (2-13) fired coach Gary Kubiak this month and have lost 13 straight
games.
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