PT TODAY: Choo closes in on return to TEX

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Rangers | Shin-Soo Choo on rehab stint
Texas Rangers OF Shin-Soo Choo (calf) will begin a rehab stint with Class AAA Round Rock on Sunday, May 15.  Source: The Associated Press
 
BHQ take: Choo might be back in Arlington as soon as Friday, May 20. As we wrote recently in this space, TEX has already demoted Delino DeShields to Triple-A, with Ryan Rua getting starts in left until Choo returns. At that point, Choo likely moves back into RF, with top rookie Nomar Mazara shifting to left (and Rua returning to the bench and spot starting). The question upcoming will be who leaves to make room for Choo; it will...

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