Even Derek Holland will admit he pitched below expectations in 2015. After coming back from injury, the Rangers pitcher started regular season games and posted a 4.91 earned run average, well above his career high.

But Holland is getting some help this offseason from a pitcher who has seen extreme highs and lows throughout his career: Rangers ace Cole Hamels.

Holland told media at the Texas Rangers Winter Caravan in Austin that working with Hamels this offseason has helped him in preparation for the 2016 season.

"We've talked back-and-forth, different programs, trying to fix mine up a little bit," Holland told the gathered media. "Obviously I've done something in the past that just wasn't working so I've changed up a little bit. Nothing drastic. Like I've said, the staff's done a great job of getting me where I need to be."

But Holland is still learning a lot from Hamels in how to prepare his body for the grind of a full regular season.

"We're close. We talk quite a bit. The main thing is just going with his throwing program, trying to see what he does, comparing it to what I've done in the past and update myself that way," Holland said. "And also his work ethic. What he does to help with running, conditioning, getting himself ready to go, all that. So kinda just bump back and forth with ideas of what we do."

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