Rangers GM Chris Younger said earlier this week that Evan Carter’s recurring again issues would possible finish his 2024 season, and Carter confirmed as a lot when talking with Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning Information (X hyperlink) and different reporters at present. Carter mentioned he doesn’t assume surgical procedure shall be required to handle the lumbar pressure in his again, and he ought to have a standard offseason and a daily path to the beginning of Spring Coaching as soon as he begins swinging in 9-10 weeks.
Carter’s official rookie season will now finish with 45 video games performed, and a .188/.272/.361 slash line over 162 plate appearances. It was a troublesome follow-up to Carter’s unbelievable run in 2023 after his late-season MLB debut, however hopefully a full offseason of relaxation and restoration can assist him transfer previous the again issues that ruined his 12 months.
Extra from across the AL West…
The Angels intend to activate Anthony Rendon on Tuesday, so the lower-back irritation that sidelined Rendon will lead to only a minimal stint on the 10-day injured listing. Rendon already missed round two and a half months earlier this season as a consequence of a hamstring pressure, so the veteran third baseman has clocked simply 33 video games this season. Hitting solely .227/.289/.273 over 142 PA, Rendon has loads of time to put up extra respectable numbers the remainder of the way in which, however 2024 is trying like one other misplaced 12 months for Rendon within the fifth season of his seven-year, $245MM take care of the Halos. Rendon has hit solely .245/.349/.380 over his 999 PA in an Angels uniform, and a wide range of accidents have restricted him to 233 video games.
Jacob Wilson’s first Main League sport on July 19 was lower quick by a hamstring pressure, and reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt writes (by way of X) that the Athletics don’t but have a concrete timeline on when Wilson would possibly have the ability to return to motion. That mentioned, the shortstop has been participating in baseball actions and has ramped up his working drills, so Wilson seems to be to be making progress. The sixth total decide of the 2023 draft, Wilson earned the short call-up to the Present as a consequence of an enormous .438/.475/.687 slash line in 200 PA at three totally different minor league ranges this season. Returning in comparatively quick order and getting some extra publicity towards huge league pitching would additional assist Wilson set up himself as a cornerstone of the Athletics’ future.
The Astros didn’t add any first base assist on the commerce deadline, and actually subtracted from their depth by shifting Joey Loperfido to the Blue Jays as a part of the Yusei Kikuchi commerce bundle. In an look on the Astros’ pregame radio present at present, GM Dana Brown mentioned that the membership may proceed to look inside to bolster their first base ranks, as Zach Dezenzo and Shay Whitcomb could possibly be referred to as up from the minors to make their MLB debuts. Each are right-handed hitters that would workforce with the left-handed hitting Jon Singleton in a platoon scenario, and Dezenzo is likely to be the popular selection of the 2 prospects as a result of he has extra expertise than Whitcomb as a primary baseman. (Hat tip to Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle.)
