Martin Perez was placed on the 10-day disabled list Saturday morning two days after shutting his hotel door on his right/non-throwing thumb, but the Texas Rangers announced that fellow left-hander Cole Hamels would come off the DL on Monday and start at Cleveland.
Perez had hoped to avoid the DL but realized the task ahead of him when he was unable to get his thumb — broken, with the nail torn and heavily protected by a splint — into his glove. He played catch Saturday morning to keep his arm active and hopes to need only the minimum DL stay.