Texas Rangers’ Corey Seager hits an RBI double against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Jackson, center, walks to the mound after getting hit by a line drive during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager reaches for a single by Seattle Mariners’ Leo Rivas during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Jackson (77) leaves after getting hit by a line drive during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Rangers place Corey Seager on 10-day injured list with right hamstring strain
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Corey Seager was placed on the 10-day injured list again Tuesday by the Texas Rangers after the two-time World Series MVP shortstop had already missed four of their previous five games because of right hamstring soreness.
Texas Rangers’ Corey Seager hits an RBI double against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥 Corey Seager was placed on the 10-day injured list again Tuesday by the Texas Rangers after the two-time World Series MVP shortstop had already missed four of their previous five games because of right hamstring soreness.
Seager is on the IL for the second time this season, with the latest move retroactive to Sunday. He had played in only five games since being activated May 3 after missing 10 games with a right hamstring strain. at Detroit.
鈥淥bviously it鈥檚 frustrating, but at the same time we know he鈥檒l be back,鈥 manager Bruce Bochy said, then acknowledging it could be longer than just a 10-day IL stint this time. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to make sure this thing is healed up. We don鈥檛 want him playing at 75, 80%.鈥
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There was no immediate move for right-handed closer Luke Jackson, on the only pitch he threw after coming into the ninth inning of their 2-1 win over Colorado on Monday night.
Jackson still had some swelling Tuesday, but X-rays and a CT scan showed no broken bones. He was in the clubhouse squeezing a squishy stress ball in his right hand in an effort to help relieve what swelling remained on the top of his hand and the wrist area where the ball struck him.
Bochy said Jackson would be evaluated Wednesday.
鈥淗e could be ready four or five days, we think,鈥 Bochy said. 鈥淚f it doesn鈥檛 look like that鈥檚 happening, then we鈥檒l make a move.鈥
The Rangers activated catcher Kyle Higashioka from the 10-day IL after he missed 12 games because of a mild left intercostal strain.
Seager, in the fourth season of his $325 million, 10-year contract with the Rangers, is hitting .300 with six homers and 12 RBIs in 26 games this season.
The five-time All-Star missed the end of last season after his second hernia surgery in less than eight months. That operation in September was a right sports hernia repair, on the opposite side of his abdomen from a procedure the previous January.
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He dealt with the left hernia issue at the end of 2023, when he still hit .318 with six homers, 12 RBIs and 15 walks in 17 postseason games as the . He was on the IL twice that season (left hamstring issue and right thumb sprain).
Ryan McMahon was leading off the ninth for Colorado in the series opener when his sharp liner struck Jackson’s hand and popped up in the air before falling to the ground for an infield single.
Jackson, 0-3 with eight saves and a 5.54 ERA since signing with the Rangers as a free agent in February, said that had 鈥渢o be the hardest ball鈥 to ever hit him.
鈥淭he second it hit my hand. I didn鈥檛 know, like, how bad it was. You know, adrenaline,鈥 he said. 鈥淭hen my hand swelled up so fast I couldn鈥檛 even, like, think about holding the ball ... It wasn鈥檛 comfortable last night. But this morning I woke up, felt pretty good.鈥
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