Jung, Foscue sidelined with injuries

Texas Rangers infielders Josh Jung and Justin Foscue will each miss about 10 days due to injuries, per manager Skip Schumaker, via the beats. Jung has an adductor strain, and Foscue has a hamstring strain.

Both Jung and Foscue have struggled to stay healthy during their professional careers, and these latest developments aren’t going to help either shake their reputations for being injury prone. In the case of Foscue, the timing is especially bad, as there’s a spot available on the Opening Day roster for a righthanded hitting platoon DH and bench bat, and he’ll be losing opportunities to earn that spot.

Neither player’s ability to be ready for Opening Day would appear to be impacted, which is good news, given the sudden lack of infield depth the Rangers have. After trading Marcus Semien to the New York Mets, the team is expecting Josh Smith to move from a utility role to being the regular second baseman. Ezequiel Duran is currently the utility infielder, with Cody Freeman being out the rest of the spring. Sebastian Walcott, who could have figured into the infield mix at some point in 2026, will miss most of the season after going internal brace surgery to repair the damaged UCL in his elbow.