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Texas Rangers Shortstop Marcus Semien left today\u2019s game against the Kansas City Royals with a left foot contusion, according to MLB.com\u2019s Kennedi Landry. The shortstop fouled a ball off his foot during a plate appearance in the first inning. Semien woke up on August 16 with a swollen wrist that required X-rays, marking a stretch of bad injury luck over the last few days. How long will he be out?<\/p>\n
From everything being reported, it sounds like this isn\u2019t an injury that will keep Semien out long. He has had back-to-back underwhelming seasons with Texas<\/a> and is far from the player he once was. He has posted back-to-back seasons with an OPS below .700, after having two seasons with a number over .730.\u00a0<\/p>\n He\u2019s 34 years old, so the drop in production is expected, but it still hinders the Texas Rangers when he\u2019s playing at this below-average clip. His best season with Texas was in 2023 when he smacked 29 home runs and drove in 100 runs. He had an .826 OPS that season and led the Rangers to a World Series. Rangers fans will probably be fine with Semien\u2019s lackluster play for the last few years of his deal because of the World Series victory.\u00a0<\/p>\nWhere Are the Texas Rangers Going?\u00a0<\/h2>\n