The Texas Rangers positioned first baseman Jake Burger on the 10-day injured checklist on Saturday due to a left indirect pressure.
In a corresponding transfer, the Rangers recalled rookie first baseman Justin Foscue from Triple-A Spherical Rock.
Burger, 29, felt tightness on his left facet on a swinging strikeout within the seventh inning of the Rangers’ 6-2 win in Pittsburgh on Friday evening.
“I used to be hopeful going into the scan that it was just a few kind of cramp form of factor,” Burger mentioned Saturday. “I believe, for me, I’ve handled this previously, and it has been fairly fast. My thoughts’s on 11 days. I will let my physique inform me and work with the coaching workers and power workers, however my thoughts’s on that eleventh day, and getting again as quickly as I can.”
Burger is batting .220 with 10 dwelling runs and 29 RBIs in 65 video games. He’s second on the crew with 13 doubles.
For his profession, Burger is a .246 hitter with 82 homers and 214 RBIs in 409 video games for the Chicago White Sox (2021-23), Miami Marlins (2023-24) and Rangers. He was sidelined for about three weeks final season with the Marlins due to a left intercostal pressure. He missed about 10 days with a light indirect pressure whereas taking part in for the White Sox in 2023.
Foscue, 26, performed in 15 video games final season for the Rangers and batted .048 (2-for-42) with one RBI. Texas chosen him 14th general within the 2020 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State. He has hit .269 with 10 homers and 37 RBIs in 50 video games for Spherical Rock.
Rangers infielder Ezequiel Duran, who’s hitting .143 (7-for-49) in 24 video games, might get the nod at first base, supervisor Bruce Bochy mentioned.
“I might like to present Zeke some runway right here,” Bochy mentioned. “I believe he is been swinging higher, and he offers us possibility there at first base. It has been good to see him make some changes.”
–Discipline Stage Media
