TORONTO -- 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.
“It was literally right before the game,” Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said of Langford's injury. “Our trainer came in and let me know. I talked to Wyatt, but I didn't want to risk it.”
Langford recently returned from a separate IL stint in which he missed 39 games from April 22-June 4 with a right forearm strain.
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.
Carter missed 14 games with a right oblique strain that he sustained while making a diving catch on June 12 at Boston. The outfielder went 2-for-2 with a homer and a walk during his one-game rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco.
Carter has hit .176 with six homers and 21 RBIs in 66 games this season, going 10-for-10 in stolen-base attempts.