Rangers now tasked with competing for playoff spot without superstar infielder

Adding insult to literally injury, the Texas Rangers will now be without yet another star player down the stretch of the season as they desperately try to sneak into the playoff conversation.

Only 4.5 games back of an American League Wild Card spot, Texas is set to kick off a three-game weekend set in Sacramento against divisional opponent, Athletics. They will though have to do it without shortstop Corey Seager, who was diagnosed with appendicitis on Wednesday.

According to President of Baseball Operation Chris Young, Seager will undergo an appendectomy and will be "out a period of time," but has not been ruled out for the season.

Seager's 2025 season massively shortened with several injuries

Seager has been a saving grace for the Rangers since he signed his big 10-year deal prior to the 2022 season. A year after he helped lead Texas to their first World Series and his second World Series MVP.

But every year in Texas, Seager has missed at least a little bit of time every season while he navigated several injuries. This year was no different. Without this upcoming IL stint included, Seager spent two different stints on the IL in 2025 with a right hamstring strain.

That has led the 31-year-old to only play in 102 games this season but was still highly productive when on the field. In 380 at-bats, he slashed .271/.362/.509 with 21 home runs, 50 RBIs, 19 doubles and an .860 OPS.

His appendicitis news came out of nowhere to fans as well. They'd never know by watching Seager that he was dealing with it. Over his last seven games he was slugging .667 with 2 homers and 4 runs driven in. He was also playing tremendous defense at short.

Seager was playing through the injury and was determined to continue staying on the field but the doctor's insisted he needed the procedure, according to Rangers Sports Network's Jared Sandler,

Add Seager to growing list of late-season injuries for Texas

The Rangers have experienced luckier stretches then these past couple of weeks.

Since Sam Haggerty and Jon Gray went down with injuries on August 17, the Rangers have lost a combined 16.7 WAR worth of players.

Jake Burger hit the IL again on Aug. 18, Cole Winn went down on Aug. 20, Evan Carter was placed on the IL two days later with a right wrist fracture, Marcus Semien fractured his left foot on Aug. 23, Nathan Eovaldi's right rotator cuff strain ended his season earlier this week and now Seager.

This season was never much to really write home about anyway. The Rangers' offense underperformed all season and pretty much put their pitching in an impossible situation. They are 68-67 but have lost 25 one-run games and 40 games on the road.

Sure, they are only 4.5 games back in the AL Wild Card and can make up a lot of ground if they have a successful month of September but all that seems harder with the more offensive weapons they lose, including the All-Star Seager.