ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have already gone with out star shortstop Corey Seager for a month this season, they usually must go a pair extra weeks as soon as once more.

Seager landed on the 10-day injured listing for the second time in 2023, this time with a proper thumb sprain, the membership introduced on Saturday. He was faraway from Friday night time’s loss to the Dodgers within the eighth inning after jamming his thumb on a slide into second base.

“It was painful,” Seager stated. “It’s just unfortunate. … Obviously, you don't want anything too bad, and it could have [been] a lot worse than it was.”

“I'm sore and I'm swollen, but it's kind of to be expected,” Seager stated. “Sorry, I don't have any answers because I don't know where I'm at. So we'll kind of see as it goes.”

This season, Seager is hitting .350 with 15 dwelling runs, 58 RBIs and a 1.044 OPS in 66 video games whereas rating amongst AL leaders in doubles (T-2nd, 29), extra-base hits (fifth, 44) and RBIs (T-Twelfth, 58). He missed 31 video games from April 12-May 17 with a left hamstring pressure, however hadn’t missed a step since returning. In 55 video games since coming off the IL, Seager slashed .348/.402/.647 with 14 dwelling runs, 25 doubles and 54 RBIs.

But the Rangers ought to as soon as once more be in good palms with out him.

In Seager’s absence earlier this season, utilityman Ezequiel Duran began the majority of the video games at shortstop. In 29 video games (26 begins) when Seager was on the IL, Duran slashed .303/.339/.532 with six dwelling runs and 21 RBIs. Duran began at shortstop on Saturday for the second recreation in opposition to the Dodgers.

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