Texas Rangers' Corey Seager Moved to Injured List With Right Thumb Sprain
ARLINGTON, Texas —Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager will go on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb, but he struck an optimistic tone with the media before Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
To replace Seager, the Rangers are recalling Sam Huff from Triple-A Round Rock.
Seager’s MRI earlier Saturday revealed no structural damage to his thumb, leaving Friday night’s initial diagnosis intact.
Seager said he’s just dealing with swelling and inflammation as a result of the injury.
“They (trainers) said it would probably be a week or so with just inflammation in general and then it’s pain tolerance from there,” Seager said. “So I’m not overly worried about it.”
Seager doesn’t expect to resume baseball activities until the swelling and inflammation subsides.
Seager suffered the injury on Friday night as he slid into second base to try and leg out a double in the eighth inning. While replay officials were reviewing the play, one in which Seager was ultimately deemed safe, you could see Seager grimace as he slid across the bag. Another replay view showed him grimacing after he got up.
X-rays after the injury were negative.
This is Seager’s second stint on the injured list this season. He missed 31 games with a left hamstring strain that he suffered on a double against the Kansas City Royals on April 12. During that time the Rangers went 19-12 and Ezequiel Duran received regular playing time at shortstop for the first time at the Major League level.
On Saturday Duran took Seager’s place at shortstop and Travis Jankowski took Seager’s No. 2 spot in the batting order.
Entering Saturday’s action, Seager has hits in seven of his last eight games, and 17 of last 19 games, as he’s hitting .365, pushing his season average from .344 to .350. He’s slashing .348/.402/.647/1.049 with 14 home runs, 25 doubles, 54 RBI in 55 games since his return from the injured list on May 17. He reached both 150 career home runs and 500 career RBI in the same game against Cleveland on July 14.
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