{"id":97549,"date":"2025-03-15T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T22:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=97549"},"modified":"2025-03-15T18:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T22:38:46","slug":"rangers-jon-gray-wrist-fracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/03\/15\/rangers-jon-gray-wrist-fracture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Injury Woes Deepen with Jon Gray Missing Extended Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas Rangers starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grayjo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Gray<\/a> will miss \u201cextended time\u201d after being struck by a line drive and fracturing his wrist. The Rangers&#8217; pitching staff took another hit Friday, as Gray<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hit by a line drive from Rockies first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/toglimi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Toglia<\/a>. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/bochybr01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruce Bochy<\/a> told reporters shortly after Gray was removed from the game that it was \u201cnot good news.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Bochy did not provide specifics on a return timeline, 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=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Young<\/a> told <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kennlandry\/status\/1900962198534664527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLB.com\u2019s Kennedi Landry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Gray will miss \u201cextended time.\u201d According to Young, it will be at least six weeks before Gray is even cleared to start throwing again. The 33-year-old made two trips to the injured list last season. He will likely open this season on the 60-day injured list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jon Gray left the game with a trainer back in Surprise after getting hit with this 106.4 mph comebacker off the bat of Michael Toglia <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HTk6lqEJGh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HTk6lqEJGh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kennedi landry (@kennlandry) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennlandry\/status\/1900732433399771209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rangers Pitcher Jon Gray to Miss &#8220;Extended Time&#8221; with Wrist Fracture<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gray&#8217;s injury is the third setback to hit the Rangers&#8217; starting rotation this week. Texas announced on Thursday that left-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bradfco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Bradford<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will start the season on the injured list with an elbow injury. Bradford\u2019s MRI came back clean, but he will be shut down from throwing for at least the next four weeks. Earlier this week, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mahlety01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Mahle<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was scratched from a start with forearm soreness. However, he returned to pitch in a minor league game on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the final year of a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/11\/28\/texas-rangers-sign-gray\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">four-year, $56 million deal<\/a>, Gray has made seven trips to the injured list since signing with the Rangers in 2021. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After tossing three scoreless innings during Game 3 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/11\/02\/texas-rangers-win-first-world-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2023 World Series<\/a>, he was limited to just 102 2\u20443 innings last season. The veteran right-hander was pitching well all spring. He was scheduled to go five innings in his third start on Friday. Gray had not allowed a run or a walk while striking out five in eight spring innings. He is 21-21 with a 4.16 ERA over three seasons with the Rangers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With both Gray and Bradford sidelined, right-handers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rockeku01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kumar Rocker<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leiteja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Leiter<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would likely slot into the rotation to start the season. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/housead01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-15_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adrian Houser<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who replaced Gray on Friday, could also be an option. He is in camp on a minor league deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Tim Heitman-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Rangers starter Jon Gray will miss \u201cextended time\u201d after being struck by a line drive and fracturing his wrist. The Rangers&#8217; pitching staff took another hit Friday, as Gray was hit by a line drive from Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia. 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