"Rangers first baseman Jake Burger will undergo surgery to repair a tendon sheath in his left wrist later this week, he tells Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. The injury originally occurred in mid-August. There's no firm timetable on the recovery process, though Grant likens the forthcoming procedure to the surgery had following the 2024 season, and Jung was ready for spring training."
"Burger, 29, joined the Rangers via trade after president of baseball Chris Young brought him over from the Marlins during last offseason's winter meetings - a swap that sent infielder Maximo Acosta, infielder Echedry Vargas and left-hander Brayan Mendoza back to Miami. The acquisition of Burger, much like the signing of Joc Pederson, was intended to improve the Rangers' teamwide production against fastballs after a down year in that regard in 2024. That didn't pan out, however, despite the slugger's prior excellence against four-seamers."
Jake Burger will undergo surgery to repair a tendon sheath in his left wrist later this week after an injury sustained in mid-August. He received a cortisone injection that helped temporarily, but began feeling his tendon "popping" late in the season and finished in a pronounced slump. Burger joined the Rangers via trade from the Marlins and was expected to improve Texas' production against fastballs, but he hit just .195 with a .416 slugging against four-seam fastballs in his first season with Texas. His overall line of .236/.269/.419 was the worst of his career; exit velocity and homer-to-flyball rate were career lows. He also missed time with a strained left oblique in June and a quadriceps strain.
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