{"id":6543,"date":"2014-02-26T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=6543"},"modified":"2014-02-26T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T19:12:46","slug":"josh-hamilton-out-two-weeks-with-strained-calf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/02\/26\/josh-hamilton-out-two-weeks-with-strained-calf\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hamilton out two weeks with strained calf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_6544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6544\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/joshhamilton.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/joshhamilton.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/02\/joshhamilton-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLos Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will miss the next two weeks of Spring Training wit a strained left calf.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Hamilton strained his left calf while running the bases on Tuesday. He is currently on crutches to ease the strain on his leg. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Josh Hamilton (strained calf) will be out &quot;minimum&quot; 2 weeks, Scioscia said. Optimistic he&#39;ll still be ready for Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alden Gonzalez (@Alden_Gonzalez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alden_Gonzalez\/statuses\/438722149046419456\">February 26, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not an ideal situation for Hamilton after he arrived at camp with 20 pounds of extra muscle. Hamilton struggled in the first year of a five-year deal worth $125 million hitting just .250\/.307\/.432 with 21 home runs and 79 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Currently Hamilton is not viewed as being in danger of missing Opening Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will miss the next two weeks of Spring Training wit a strained left calf. The 32-year-old Hamilton strained his left calf while running the bases on Tuesday. He is currently on crutches to ease the strain on his leg. Josh Hamilton (strained calf) will be out &quot;minimum&quot; 2 weeks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[78,114],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-6543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-josh-hamilton","9":"tag-los-angeles-angels"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6543"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}