ARLINGTON -- Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford was pulled from Tuesday’s game against the Pirates at Globe Life Field before the top of the fifth inning with what team officials described as right forearm tightness. It marked the second time this season that Langford has departed due to injury after starting a game.
Langford left the April 10 game in Los Angeles after the top of the sixth inning with a right quad strain. He missed three games, but had been back in the lineup every game since April 14.
After being named the Rangers’ Rookie of the Year in 2024 and the club’s Player of the Year in 2025, Langford got off to a relatively ordinary start this season, batting .238 with one homer and a .637 OPS. But he was beginning to produce more before the latest setback, reaching base in 11 consecutive games counting Tuesday’s first-inning walk and batting 13-for-40 (.325) during that stretch.
Langford missed the final five games of the 2025 season with a left oblique strain; he also had two stints on the injured list earlier last season, from April 9-20 and June 27-July 5, due to oblique strains.