Rangers’ All-Star Seager out of lineup with sprained thumb, team awaits MRI results
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — All-Star shortstop Corey Seager was not within the beginning lineup Saturday for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers whereas the crew waited for outcomes from an MRI on his sprained proper thumb.
Manager Bruce Bochy mentioned he was attempting to be optimistic. Seager bought harm when his hand jammed awkwardly into the bottom when reaching on a head-first slide to beat out a double within the eighth inning of Friday evening’s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, his former crew.
“We know what it means to us, so we’re hoping for the best news we can get,” Bochy mentioned earlier than Saturday’s recreation.
Seager is hitting .350 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 66 video games. His batting common would lead the American League if he certified, however he missed 31 video games with a left hamstring pressure early within the season.
Bochy mentioned the crew anticipated to have an replace earlier than the sport. That would permit for roster strikes if Seager goes on the injured listing for the second time this season.
X-rays taken Friday evening have been unfavorable. Bochy mentioned Seager was sore as can be anticipated and would want a while to get better regardless.
“We’ll just find out how much time he needs soon,” Bochy mentioned.
Seager was additionally harm operating the bases earlier than he went on the IL simply two weeks into the season. He was operating out an opposite-field double into the left-field nook towards Kansas City on April 11, and he appeared to make the flip round first base cleanly earlier than pulling up after a number of steps and gingerly going to second base.
The Rangers went 19-12 with out the shortstop, who’s within the second season of his $325 million, 10-year deal in Texas.
“That’s a great message to the club that how well they played when he went down before,” Bochy mentioned. “These guys really, you know, showed a lot of resolve last time it happened. And that’s what we have to do now. Like I’ve said many times, you’ve got now choice, so here we are.”
Seager was initially known as out Friday evening on proper fielder Mookie Betts’ throw from the right-center subject hole. The Rangers challenged the play, however Seager was already headed again to the dugout together with his proper arm hanging low and clearly in discomfort as he flexed his hand.
The out name was overturned on replay. Josh Smith then got here in to run for Seager, who hit his fifteenth homer within the sixth to place the AL West-leading Rangers forward 5-4. They misplaced 11-5.
Ezequiel Duran was within the beginning lineup at shortstop Saturday.
Seager was the MVP of each the 2020 World Series and NL Championship Series when the Dodgers gained at Globe Life Field in the course of the neutral-site playoffs in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the final time Los Angeles had performed there earlier than Friday evening’s sequence opener.
