Same old story for Kevin Millwood. Troubled by groin problems all year, he's never been the #1 we've needed. That was evident even in his supposedly healthy start in Minnesota. As of now, it's not known what the injury is, but it will likely be some sort of muscular injury involving the groin and/or the hamstring. This really puts the Ranger rotation up in the air for the upcoming schedule. With Millwood having left five starts early now, it's likely the team will at least sit him for the next scheduled start. The big question is who will take his place. Eric Hurley's coming off the DL (if healthy) to pitch on Sunday, Scott Feldman just re-entered the big league rotation, Matt Harrison is still new to the bigs, Luis Mendoza got rocked after a decent start to the game last night, and Vicente is fresh off of a DL stint of his own. If any one of those five guys has a hiccup or injury of his own, then enter Dustin Nippert. In other words, we'll still have more starting pitchers on the DL than in the rotation when Hurley is activated. Maybe we need to start looking into new training techniques.
UPDATE: It's the right groin.
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