Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager exited Wednesday’s contest in opposition to the Detroit Tigers (GameTracker) within the backside of the second inning due to hamstring tightness that flared up as he ran the bases. Seager was changed by fellow infielder Ezequiel Duran, who was subsequently caught stealing to finish the body.

Seager incurred the damage after singling to left area in opposition to Detroit lefty Joey Wentz, scoring a run within the course of. As he approached first base, he reached again and grabbed in the back of his thigh. This is a have a look at the play in its full-motion image glory:

The official prognosis and severity of Seager’s damage is to be revealed. It is maybe price noting that Seager could possibly be out of motion for a number of weeks if he did certainly pressure his hamstring. Baseball Prospectus’ restoration database suggests gamers are inclined to miss about 4 weeks on common recovering from hamstring strains. Once more, although, it is attainable that Seager suffered a special and/or lesser damage that will not sideline him for near a month.

Seager, 30, entered Wednesday having hit .269/.359/.472 (138 OPS+) with 13 residence runs and 29 runs batted in over his first 56 video games this season. His contributions had been price an estimated 2.4 Wins Above Alternative, per Baseball Reference’s calculations. Seager had been notably efficient as of late, posting a 1.181 OPS over the course of the final 4 weeks.

The Rangers entered play on Wednesday with a 29-32 report on the 12 months, placing them in second place within the AL West by 5 1/2 video games behind the Seattle Mariners. The Rangers are additionally at present with out third baseman Josh Jung, outfielder Evan Carter, and pitchers Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom, Jon Grey and Tyler Mahle due to numerous accidents — the very last thing they want, then, is one other prolonged absence from a star participant.