ARLINGTON, Texas-Josh Hamilton will have another surgery on his left knee and not play a game this season for the Texas Rangers.
The 2010 AL MVP and five-time All-Star slugger has already had surgery twice on his left knee the last nine months, along with cortisone shots and even a stem cell and platelet-rich plasma injection during spring training. He played in one game for Double-A Frisco on April 30 before being recalled from his rehab assignment.
Hamilton, on the disabled list all season, got another opinion from Dr. Walt Lowe in Houston. The knee specialist is scheduled to perform another surgery June 8.
General manager Jon Daniels said Monday that the season-ending surgery will be different than the previous procedures.
"Physically, he can't play," Daniels said. "He's frustrated."
The news about Hamilton came on the same day the Rangers put outfielders Shin-Soo Choo (strained left hamstring) and Drew Stubbs (sprained left little toe) on the 15-day disabled list. Choo was back on the disabled list after playing only one game Friday in his return from a previous DL stint, while Stubbs got hurt running the bases Sunday.
Choo had been out since April 9 because of a strained right calf when he was activated before a game Friday at Houston. He walked twice in his only at-bats before leaving the game with the hamstring issue. He didn't play the rest of the series, so the DL move was retroactive to Saturday.
Texas called up outfielder Jared Hoying from Triple-A Round Rock, and he was in the lineup Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels to make his major league debut. The Rangers also recalled infielder Joey Gallo, who started 15 games in the outfield for them last season, from Round Rock.
Hamilton, who turned 35 on Saturday, is signed through next season. Daniels said Hamilton is fully committed to coming back in 2017.
Daniels said the loss of Hamilton for the season was "not totally unexpected."
Hamilton had surgery twice on the knee last year. The first was in September, and then he had another operation in October after returning for the end of the regular season and the playoffs.
While he felt better after a cortisone shot in January, Hamilton was bothered by swelling in the knee after getting to Arizona for spring training. He later had the plasma injection.
