Rangers place Langford (hamstring strain) on IL, activate Carter

TORONTO -- “Frustration” was the word of the day.

A day after he was a late scratch from Saturday's 7-4 win over the Blue Jays, Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Texas activated outfielder Evan Carter from the IL in a corresponding move.

Langford is expected to be out until after the All-Star break.

“It sucks a lot, especially because the team’s playing well, winning games,” Langford said. “It’s a pretty important part of the season, I feel like coming up to the All-Star break, Trade Deadline, all that stuff. So, I wish I could be out there.”

Manager Skip Schumaker said Langford first felt his hamstring get tight on a hustle double in Friday night’s win over the Blue Jays. He played the rest of the game, but returned on Saturday and felt it took much to play in the day game.

"That's what's so frustrating, he did it on an effort play,” Schumaker said. “He plays hard, he plays the right way. It's what you want from a player, so for that to happen is so tough.”

Langford recently returned from a separate IL stint in which he missed 39 games from April 22-June 4 with a right forearm strain. He also missed three games from April 11-13 with a mild right quad strain sustained on April 10 against the Dodgers.

Since returning from his last IL stint, Langford was hitting .317 (26-for-82) with seven home runs in 20 games. He had reached in 10 straight games and was batting .390 over his last 14 plate appearances to raise his season average from .214 to .278 with a season-high .824 OPS.

This is Langford's sixth IL stint in two-plus MLB seasons. He dealt with a trio of oblique strains in 2025, along with a hamstring strain in his rookie season in ‘24.

“It’s super frustrating, like I said,” Langford said. “I want to be out there, that's why we play the game -- to be out there and play. It's super tough. There's always more you can do, so just try and keep figuring it out.”

“I know it's tough, especially for a young player, too,” Schumaker added. “He's done everything to make sure he stays on the field.

Langford’s injury also comes just as Corey Seager returned to the lineup from a concussion-related IL stint. Seager and Langford have played in 25 games together, in which the Rangers are 13-12.

“All of us want to be out there,” Langford said. “We all want to see each other out there playing and be playing together, it makes it tough when your guys aren't out there. It’s tough on the players, the staff, the front office. It’s all super frustrating, but we gotta keep trying to grind it out and win games.”