The Texas Rangers captain and All-Star second baseman was given the day off Wednesday by manager Bruce Bochy.
"Marcus knows this is a good time to take a day off," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. "It gives him a couple of days. He's been playing banged up. He got in a pretty good collision out there in right field and he knows it's time to try to get this thing cleared up, and freshen up a little bit."will effectively get two complete days off. Bochy told him to leave his spikes in the clubhouse.
"I want him to take a complete day," he said. Travis Jankowski replaced Semien leading off, the first player to lead off other than Semien since Bochy became the manager before the 2023 season. Semien has been playing with soreness in his upper back and neck after colliding with right fielder Adolis Garcia on a fly ball during a game on May 18 at Globe Life Field. Both players stayed in the game. Semien is batting .121 with eight strikeouts in the eight games since the collision.
Bochy discussed taking days off with Semien during spring training. Semien is famously stubborn about wanting to be in the lineup every day. In his nine previous full MLB seasons, he has played in at least 155 games seven times, including 159 games six times.here's that play. definitely looked bad for Marcus Semien, especially around the head/neck area. lucky it wasn't worse for sure.
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