{"id":87539,"date":"2024-10-11T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=87539"},"modified":"2024-10-11T15:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:09:18","slug":"josh-jung-wrist-injury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/11\/josh-jung-wrist-injury-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Young Slugger Undergoes Wrist Surgery Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Rangers third baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jungjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Jung<\/a>&#8216;s road to staying healthy took another bump. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffWilsonTXR\/status\/1844770945174508015\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Wilson of AllDLLs.com<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alldlls.com\/texas-rangers-josh-jung-evan-carter-garcia-injury-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that the highly touted Jung underwent additional wrist surgery, marking another setback in his quest for a healthy and consistent 2025 season. After a promising debut, Jung&#8217;s wrist issues have persisted, raising concerns about his durability and impact on the field. This latest procedure aims to the lingering problems, but the timeline for his return remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<h2>Surgery Sidelines Josh Jung Indefinitely<\/h2>\n<p>Jung, 26, impressed in his 2023 season with the Rangers, despite injury setbacks. He posted 23 home runs and a .266\/.315\/.467 line in 122 games. However, a wrist fracture limited his playing time, forcing him to miss most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/02\/justin-foscue-texas-rangers-call-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">season&#8217;s first four months<\/a>. After returning in late July, recurring discomfort sent him back to the injured list in late September. In his final 46 games, Jung&#8217;s numbers dipped to .264\/.298\/.421. Following his latest wrist surgery, the expectation is that Jung will have a normal offseason after completing 3-4 weeks of rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After evaluating multiple medical opinions regarding the lingering issue with his wrist, it was collectively decided that Josh should have the release surgery now and be fully ready for spring training,&#8221; Rangers president of baseball operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=youngch04,youngch03&amp;search=Chris+Young&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Young<\/a> said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rangers third baseman Josh Jung had ECU tendon release surgery performed on his right wrist by Dr. Steven Shin in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the club announced.<\/p>\n<p>Statement from POBO Chris Young on Jung\u2019s situation with the wrist going forward. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fL3pvjadn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fL3pvjadn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kennedi landry (@kennlandry) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennlandry\/status\/1844771163660055022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"x1yztbdb\"><span class=\"x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xt4736n x1havqas x1f0sm9e x12qp5cl xzsf02u x1yc453h xudqn12 x3x7a5m\">Meanwhile, highly touted prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carteev01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Carter<\/a> recently underwent a minimally invasive ablation procedure to alleviate a persistent back issue. The procedure, which involved removing problematic tissue, aims to resolve the discomfort that restricted Carter to just 45 games this season. The Rangers are optimistic that this will resolve Carter&#8217;s back problems, paving the way for a healthy 2024 campaign.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garciad02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adolis Garc\u00eda<\/a>, a cornerstone of the Rangers&#8217; lineup, has been diagnosed with a patellar tendon strain in his left knee. Fortunately, Garc\u00eda is already on the road to recovery, having commenced an eight-week rehabilitation program. Garc\u00eda will complete his eight-week rehab and then resume his normal offseason program.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Main Photo: \u00a9 Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung&#8216;s road to staying healthy took another bump. Jeff Wilson of AllDLLs.com reports that the highly touted Jung underwent additional wrist surgery, marking another setback in his quest for a healthy and consistent 2025 season. After a promising debut, Jung&#8217;s wrist issues have persisted, raising concerns about his durability and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":87543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1071,35],"tags":[4831,28242,2624],"class_list":["post-87539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-adolis-garcia","tag-evan-carter","tag-josh-jung"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}