Rangers rookie 3rd baseman Josh Jung fractured his left thumb on Aug. 7 and has been at the injured record since. He had it surgically repaired and has labored his manner all of the long ago. He’ll be activated from the injured record and is hitting 5th for the Rangers on Monday night time towards the Crimson Sox in Globe Future Grassland. He didn’t whisk a minor-league rehab project, so this will probably be his first competition motion in over a future. 

Jung, 25, will have to serve a pleasant spice up to the Rangers as they appear to put together the playoffs for the primary life since 2016. In his 109 video games this season, Jung has strike .274/.323/.489 (118 OPS+) with 24 doubles, 22 homers, 67 RBI, 70 runs and a pair of.2 WAR. He made the All-Megastar workforce. 

The Rangers are locked into more than one battles with simply two weeks to play games. They’re 1.5 video games at the back of the Astros within the AL West race era conserving the 3rd and ultimate AL wild-card spot. The Rangers conserve a one-game govern over the Mariners in each races and path the Blue Jays via a half-game for the second one wild-card spot. Mainly, the Rangers may finally end up the AL West champs (2d seed), 2d wild card (5th), 3rd wild card (6th) or omit the playoffs altogether. 

Later a three-game line at house towards the Crimson Sox, the Rangers play games the Mariners seven in their terminating 10 video games with the useless Angels sitting within the heart for a three-game line. 

Now not that there’s a direct correlation right here, however the Rangers have long gone 15-21 since Jung’s shock. They held a govern as fat as 6.5 video games within the AL West this season and now are combating for his or her playoff lives.