Jake Burger Goes on 10-Day Injured List With Quad Strain
Jake Burger (quadriceps) on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to July 13) with a left-quadriceps strain. Burger injured his quad muscle last Friday and was forced to sit out the final two games of the first half of the season. The 29-year-old right-handed slugger will now be forced to miss the start of the second half as well, and he won't be eligible to come off the IL until July 23. Until Burger is able to return, the Rangers could use some combination of Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran at first base -- basically whoever doesn't start at third. Burger has hit just .228 (62-for-272) on the year, has been on the IL multiple times and has also been demoted, but he also has an xBA of .252 and ranks in the 80th percentile in hard-hit rate. While the former first-rounder's power is still real, he ranks in the 24th percentile in strikeout rate and still isn't much of an asset in average.
Source: Texas Rangers PR
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