While the Texas Rangers were trying to get a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, which they did on Sunday, the team got some good news about Wyatt Langford.
Langford left Friday night's opener against the Dodgers on Friday night with right quad tightness. But, after getting checked out medically, it appears that Langford is day-to-day right now.
Getting that type of news was a breath of fresh air for Langford, along with the Rangers themselves.
“It’s always a little nerve-wracking, just because sometimes with something like this they want to put you on the IL if it’s going to be five or six days, because it’s hard to be down a guy,” Langford said during a pregame chat on Saturday, according to MLB.com. “So it’s definitely good news not to be going on the IL.”
On Friday night, Langford happened to feel some tightness in his leg. It happened as he was going around the bases after hitting his first home run this season.
“When you have one of your best players dodge an IL, hopefully, that’s a big deal,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said.
“We’ve said it [since the] beginning of Spring Training, keeping these guys healthy is going to be the most important thing of our season," Schumaker added. "We’ve caught a little bit of the injury bug early on with Game 2 with (Jacob) deGrom, and luckily we avoided that."
While Langford didn't have any more time in games against the Dodgers, the team probably looks like they'll have Langford back for the upcoming four-game series in Sacramento, Calif., against the Athletics.
As the Langford injury news has become pretty good, he's among a number of Rangers players that are on the team's injury report.
Injury: Right quad strain. Expected return: Day to day. Status: Felt tightness in right quad while hitting first home run of the season April 10 and exited game. MRI on April 11 showed a "very mild strain," per the club. (Last updated: April 11)
Injury: Left UCL surgery. IL date: March 25 (15-day IL, retroactive to March 22). Expected return: Mid-May. Status: Experienced "not a setback, but he's pushed back," per manager Skip Schumaker. Threw 27 pitches in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Round Rock on April 2. Has not pitched since. (Last updated: April 10)
Injury: Right intercostal strain. IL date: April 5 (15-day IL). Expected return: Late April. Status: Suffered an intercostal strain during a perfect inning of relief on April 4. His outing ended prematurely, as he should have gone another frame. Manager Skip Schumaker said he doesn’t expect the IL stint to last too long. (Last updated: April 5)
Injury: Lumbar stress reaction. IL date: March 25 (15-day IL, retroactive to March 22). Expected return: Late April. Status: Down four to six weeks minimum before re-evaluation. (Last updated: Feb. 21)
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