Rangers GM Chris Younger acknowledged earlier this week that Evan Carter’s recurring again issues would probably 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 immediately. Carter mentioned he doesn’t assume surgical procedure can be required to deal with 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 tricky follow-up to Carter’s unbelievable run in 2023 after his late-season MLB debut, however hopefully a full offseason of relaxation and restoration may help him transfer previous the again issues that ruined his yr.
Extra from across the AL West…
- The Angels intend to activate Anthony Rendon on Tuesday, so the lower-back irritation that sidelined Rendon will end in only a minimal stint on the 10-day injured listing. Rendon already missed round two and a half months earlier this season attributable to 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 publish extra respectable numbers the remainder of the best way, however 2024 is trying like one other misplaced yr 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 quite a lot of accidents have restricted him to 233 video games.
- Jacob Wilson’s first Main League recreation on July 19 was minimize quick by a hamstring pressure, and reporter Jessica Kleinschmidt writes (through X) that the Athletics don’t but have a concrete timeline on when Wilson may be capable to return to motion. That mentioned, the shortstop has been participating in baseball actions and has ramped up his operating drills, so Wilson appears to be making progress. The sixth total choose of the 2023 draft, Wilson earned the fast call-up to the Present attributable to 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 massive 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 in reality subtracted from their depth by shifting Joey Loperfido to the Blue Jays as a part of the Yusei Kikuchi commerce package deal. In an look on the Astros’ pregame radio present immediately, GM Dana Brown mentioned that the membership might proceed to look inside to bolster their first base ranks, as Zach Dezenzo and Shay Whitcomb might be known as up from the minors to make their MLB debuts. Each are right-handed hitters that might staff with the left-handed hitting Jon Singleton in a platoon scenario, and Dezenzo may 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.)
