The Texas Rangers placed All-Star catcher Jonah Heim on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a strained tendon in his left wrist.
Heim was injured while swinging at a pitch from Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros in the fourth inning on Wednesday.
According to the Dallas Morning News, season-ending surgery is a possibility. The Rangers are going to have Heim rest the wrist for two or three weeks before making the next treatment decision.
Heim, 28, is batting .280 with 14 homers and a career-best 70 RBIs in 90 games. He is batting .413 with runners in scoring position, third in the majors behind Luis Arraez (.481) of the Miami Marlins and Corey Seager (.439) of the Rangers.
Mitch Garver figures to receive the bulk of the catching work and is batting seventh for Friday night’s game against the host San Diego Padres. The 32-year-old is batting .255 with five homers and 20 RBIs in 33 games.
Texas also activated right-handed reliever Josh Sborz (biceps) from the injured list and recalled outfielder Bubba Thompson from Triple-A Round Rock. Also, the team demoted right-hander Owen White to Round Rock after Wednesday’s game against Houston.
Sborz, 29, is 4-4 with a 4.54 ERA in 29 relief appearances for the Rangers this season.
Thompson, 25, batted .170 with four RBIs in 36 games for Texas earlier this season.
White, 23, was 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in two relief outings with the Rangers. He is rated as the organization’s No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
–Field Level Media