Jung’s fractured wrist is structurally fine, though he’s still dealing with some inflammation.
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung throws Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya out at first base during the ninth inning of the season opener, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Arlington. The Rangers won 4-3 in 10 innings.Jung met with Arizona-based hand surgeon Dr. Don Sheridan on Tuesday— was delayed due to tendon inflammation in his wrist, but Jung said that he expects to start swinging a bat again this week.
“I was just going to push it and see if there was light on the other side of it,” Jung said. “It was just getting a little worse, so we finally just backed off.”but had originally expected him to take swings again on Tuesday before a reevaluation. Instead the Rangers sent him back to Arizona for another checkup with Sheridan.
Young classified Jung’s potential return on this road trip as “ambitious” on Tuesday, and said Wednesday that his timeline will be determined “in the next few days.” “This will hopefully respond and calm down with the meds, at which point we’ll evaluate how to ramp up his baseball activity and do it in a responsible way that doesn’t jeopardize him” Young said. “We may have to even ease into it once he’s here ... that’ll be determined in the next few days.”Shawn McFarland
, Texas Rangers reporter. Shawn covers the Texas Rangers and other Dallas-area sports for The News. He joined The Dallas Morning News after covering UConn basketball, football and high school sports for The Hartford Courant. A Boston area native, Shawn graduated from Springfield College in 2018 and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Baseball America.
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