6:31pm: Texas officially announced Seager’s IL placement and brought Fabian up. Jon Gray moved from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list in a procedural move to clear the necessary 40-man roster spot for Fabian. A foot injury ended Gray’s season yesterday.
3:40pm: The Rangers are placing shortstop Corey Seager on the 10-day injured list due to hip discomfort. Manager Chris Young informed members of the club’s beat today, including Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News (X links). Young said it’s too early to tell if Seager is done for the year or if he will require surgery. Outfielder Sandro Fabian will be selected to take Seager’s place on the roster and the club will need to make a corresponding move to open a 40-man spot for Fabian.
There’s not much information about Seager’s injury or how severe it is, but it makes sense for the club to be cautious at this point. At 66-73, the Rangers are 8.5 games back of a playoff spot, making them effectively done for the year. That gives the club little incentive to push Seager through any injury, even if it’s minor. Perhaps he can get into a few more contests before the season is out but it’s also possible that the club just decides to shut him down at some point.
The Rangers will need to cover the shortstop position until Seager returns or possibly for the remainder of the schedule. Josh Smith, Jonathan Ornelas and Ezequiel Durán have each received starts there in the past week as the club has already been backing off Seager’s playing time.
All three of those guys can play the outfield as well, so the club will add to their options on the grass by adding Fabian. The 26-year-old gets added to a major league roster for the first time. He was once a notable prospect in the Giants’ system, as that club gave him a $500K bonus when signing him out of the Dominican Republic in 2014.
He posted some good results at the lower levels of the minors and Baseball America ranked him #8 in the Giants’ system going into 2017. However, he struggled in subsequent seasons and fell off the prospect radar. By the end of 2021, he had topped out at Double-A and qualified for minor league free agency.
He has signed minor league deals with the Rangers in three straight years now and has generally been performing around league average at the Triple-A level. That includes 116 games for Round Rock this year with 17 home runs and a .270/.343/.462 batting line. In the strong offensive environment of the Pacific Coast League, that line translates to a 99 wRC+. He can play all three outfield spots and will be making his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game.
should have been on the DL the first 6 weeks of the season instead of playing through a recently repaired sports hernia. 90 games of his normal mvp level self since may 5th.
but just go get healthy now. put langford on there and jung (back) on there so nothing else can go catastrophically wrong before we get through 162
No, Langford is finally starting to hit. He needs all the ABs he can get.
was kinda a joke about how the season’s gone and would could and probably would with our luck go wrong.. yea he’s one of the only reasons to watch this last month
Yeah you can’t wrap everyone in cellophane. If they have an injury that could possibly get worse, or needs rest to fully heal, then shelve them, but anything that is just preventative because bad year is going to hurt.
I’d rather see them audition new hitting coaches. I know in reality a bunch of cooks making constant changes wouldn’t be good, but in theory finding something, anything, that actually got the bats awake worth it.
They could try sacrificing a live chicken.
Jobu is as good a reason as any for the bats this year.
Rangers missed out on building a powerhouse this season. Should have traded Gray, Heaney, Scherzer, and Adolis. They have a great young core, and could have added to that trading these guys. Oh well, missed opportunity there.
because its so easy right! lmfaooo gotta love internet GMS
“Love internet GMS”….Being an internet “Major League GM” is super easy, since you have total benefit of hindsight. Most internet gms I know have a perfect record when it comes drafing, trading and signing free agents.
I know plenty of Internet GMS who come up with dmbass trade proposals or cry over their teams draft pick as if they know better than the professionals
don’t think you know how trades work…traded them when exactly? for what? 1 and 3-9 in the batting order horrendously underperformed, none of that was expected and there is no way to fix that midseason.
Knoll
“there is no way to fix that midseason.”
I assume they meant for upgrades for next year
maybe, that would have required cashing it in (arguably they should have) and trading eovaldi, yates, robertson, maybe heaney to contenders……with the prices, especially in the orioles trades and the royals trade for hunter harvey, yes maybe in hindsight they should have been dealt at those comically high prices
still tough to do 2.5 games out of the division race and hoping your offense is just in a crazy funk and not just actually terrible as it turned out.
To Rocker:They have a lot of old on the Roster!
Maybe not this year. Looking for 2025.
Scherzer was willing to be on another teams dl.
Who do you see Texas trying to get this winter?
Could try to get Burnes, Fried, Pressly, Flaherty, or idk.
Rocker49
Who would you see Texas going after.
GM Chris Young*
Wow when did the Texas Rangers get a new manager.
Salute! He’s a General one, too…
Gwynning
You have the best username on this website
Thanks JJ!
Going for the three-peat in Fantasy. I was “Leeg Gwynners” last year but now I’m “2x Leeg Gwynners”
I want 3x so bad lol
Good luck. Is this a random league, or a regular league with friends? The older I get, the more I prefer bragging rights over money.
Good luck. I bet big on Carter, Langford, Seags, and Semien to carry me to victory. That didn’t go so well.
12 of the same guys for umpteen years now, JB! 26 Man Keepers, draft to 45 Man roster, IL full at 5. Super fun with good friends… that must bow to me in public. Good fun!
I’ve had fun rolling with Semien the past 6 years or so… don’t think I’m keeping him this year though.
Same as cubs. Hoyer isn’t gm, gets credit/blame for the trades, but he still isn’t gm.
Corey Seager is the definition of a baseball player. HOF quality. Needs to stay healthy
Agreed. Hope Gunnar is taking notes here in Baltimore.
He could easily steal 70 bases per season if he had enough opportunities and was actually given the green light for a change.
Would only need roughly 130 attempts….
80-90.
He’s 18 of 26 for his career attempting in primarily ideal situations. It would easily take him 130 attempts to get 70 in one season.
For sure.
Could easily see him meeting up with Cassian Andor in season 2 of his show…
Sorry for CS! I agree great player! Is you manager coming back next year?. Or, is it time for him t0 again ride into the sunset!
they should bring up the smooth criminal. Blaine Crim has been on fire
I wish Seager could stay healthy for a full season. Such a great player to watch.
Seager has degenerative hips. He probably retires in another year or is moved to DH..