Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien runs home to score on an RBI single hit by Jonah Heim during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Rangers 2B Marcus Semien still hopes to play again this season after foot injury
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Marcus Semien is still hopeful of playing again this season for the playoff-chasing Texas Rangers, even though the second baseman is only three weeks removed from fouling off a pitch that left him with a broken bone and sprained ligament in his left foot.
Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien runs home to score on an RBI single hit by Jonah Heim during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Marcus Semien is still hopeful of playing again this season for the playoff-chasing Texas Rangers, even though the second baseman is only three weeks removed from fouling off a pitch that left him with a broken bone and sprained ligament in his left foot.
Semien is no longer wearing a protective boot on his foot, and he said Wednesday that he has been walking on an in-pool treadmill. The 34-year-old said he has been able to move around without limping while doing lower-body work to get his legs back in shape after his extended time of inactivity.
鈥淧reparing to just get moving again. Talking to the doctors, in a perfect world, I think six weeks is what you probably need. But right now with where we鈥檙e at, just trying to push it,鈥 Semien said. 鈥淚 think once we get to this road trip and get through some checkpoints, come back home and see how we see how running looks, and go from there.鈥
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Texas played the finale of a three-game series at home Wednesday against Milwaukee, which has the best record in the majors. The Rangers, who started the day 2 1/2 games behind AL West-leading Houston and 1 1/2 games behind the final wild-card spot, open a three-game series at the New York Mets on Friday before three games at the Astros next week.
then return for their final homestand, starting Sept. 19 against Miami. At that point, four weeks after Semien got hurt, there will be only nine games left in the regular season.
鈥淎t four weeks, there鈥檚 still some risk. But, you know, I鈥檓 willing to see what I can do and see if there鈥檚 a realistic chance of me getting back on the field,鈥 he said. 鈥淩egardless, I will work as hard as I can to get back as quick as I can. But the team鈥檚 playing great, it鈥檚 been fun to watch. A lot of energy out there and I want to be a part of that.鈥
Semien fouled a pitch off his foot on Aug. 20 at Kansas City and went on the 10-day injured list two days later. It is only the second time in his 13 big league seasons to go on the IL.
Before the injury, Semien had missed only six of the Rangers鈥 615 games since joining them before the 2022 season on a $175 million, seven-year contract. He has hit .230 with 15 homers, 62 RBIs and 62 runs in 127 games this year.
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