Is it time for Rangers fans to worry about Josh Jung?

With another disappointing early season injury, Josh Jung has been added to the injury list again. When healthy, he is incredibly productive but being healthy has been a major issue.

Dating back to his time in the minor leagues, injuries have almost been a given for every season of Jung's career. In just 3 three major league seasons, he has been listed with five different injuries.

Most of these injuries have been flukes. Fans will remember that Jung missed significant time last year just due to a pitch that hit him in the wrist in just the fourth game of the year.

When he is on the field, he has displayed incredible offensive and defensive talent. There is no doubt in the talent he shows. His role is unquestioned on the team when healthy.

The only problem now is that the Rangers have a phenom coming up that needs a position inSebastian Walcott that will end up creating some uncomfortable conversations among the clubhouse.

There is a severe influx of infielders currently in the Rangers clubhouse as well with Jung, Josh Smith, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Ezequiel Durán. This makes the short term easy to know he has a place here in Texas. Once you get past this year, maybe even the trade deadline, does he fit on the team?

He has so much control left on his contract with all three arbitration years available. The decision to keep him all of those years may be difficult to weigh against the ability to get trade assets for him as well.

The easy answer is to let him get healthy and just make sure there is depth available for when he spends time on the IL. The hard decision is how long can the Rangers put up with this?

Allowing Walcott to flourish in Triple-A for the year is the best option for his young career this year. If the Rangers end up needing somebody for the postseason run, Evan Carter's call up should prove they aren't afraid to push someone fast.

If Walcott ends up proving he is worthy and deserving of a call up, Jung's position is the most likely one to contend for. This will be the development to monitor for Jung's future along with his health.

I think it is too early for Rangers fans to worry about Josh Jung, but things can change quickly based on how the young players develop for the Rangers.