Rangers put SS Corey Seager on IL with sprained right thumb - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop Corey Seager went on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a sprained right thumb.

Seager said an MRI showed no structural issues with the thumb that he hurt in the series opener Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, his former team. X-rays after he exited the game were negative.

«They said probably a week or so with just inflammation in general,» Seager said. «And then kind of pain tolerance from there. So I'm not overly worried about it.»

The AL West-leading Rangers announced the IL move just minutes before Saturday's game. It is the second time this season Seager has gone on the injured list.

Seager got hurt when his hand jammed awkwardly into the base when reaching on a head-first slide to beat out a double in the eighth inning of the series opener against the NL West-leading Dodgers.

He said his thumb was sore and swollen, as would be expected. That is his bottom hand as a left-handed hitter, and his throwing hand since he fields right-handed.

«It could have gotten a lot worse than it was,» Seager said.

The Rangers recalled catcher Sam Huff from Triple-A Round Rock.

Seager is hitting .350 with 15 homers and 58 RBI in 66 games. His batting average would lead the American League if he qualified, but he missed 31 games with a left hamstring strain just two weeks into the season.

He was also hurt running the bases then. Seager was running out an opposite-field double into the left-field corner against Kansas City on April 11, and he appeared to make the turn around first base cleanly before pulling up after a few steps and gingerly going to second base.

The Rangers then went 19-12 without the shortstop, who is in the second season of his $325 million, 10-year