The battered Rangers rotation has officially taken another hit with the placement of left-hander Martin Perez on the disabled list with elbow soreness.
The fortunate part is that an MRI had revealed no damage to the ulnar collateral ligament. But the team still decided to shelve him for the time being.
His recent performance indicated a problem. After a string of three consecutive shutout outings, Perez gave up 19 runs on 24 hits in 13 1/3 innings covering four starts. The disastrous stretched raised his ERA from 1.42 to 4.38.