Laugh at Hamburger's name if you want, but he's put up solid numbers. The 24-year-old is 8-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 82 1/3 innings at Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Round Rock this season. He was moved into the starting rotation on Aug. 12 and has responded. He's 2-0 and has given up two runs on nine hits with 14 strikeouts and three walks. That's in four starts, though one was the 1-inning outing last night (had a K and no hits in that inning).
Hamburger is not on the 40-man roster, so the club would need to make a move (that's not difficult in that someone could go on the 60-day DL or be put on waivers).
Hamburger came to the Rangers when the traded Eddie Guardado to the Twins in August, 2008. Hamburger has a great story, BTW, signing a contract with the Twins on an open tryout. I talked to Hamburger about that before the season started and it's an interesting story.
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Richard Durrett
Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.
Bryan Dolgin
Bryan Dolgin joined ESPNDallas.com in February of 2011. This is his third season as the radio pre/post game show host of the Texas Rangers, and he also hosts Rangers Magazine. He has worked as a broadcaster for three minor league teams and has worked for ESPN 1000 in Chicago.
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UPCOMING GAMES
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| KAN | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
| TEX | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| TEX | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
| KAN | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| TEX | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
| ARI | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
TEAM LEADERS
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Michael Young
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | A. Beltre | 32 | ||||||||||
| RBI | M. Young | 106 | ||||||||||
| R | I. Kinsler | 121 | ||||||||||
| OPS | A. Beltre | .892 | ||||||||||
| W | C. Wilson | 16 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Wilson | 2.94 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Wilson | 206 | ||||||||||
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