ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager and Marcus Semien won't try to return to play this week for the Texas Rangers, ending the fourth season together for middle infielders who have been sidelined since late August.
“They’re done. They’re pretty much shut down,” manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday before the Rangers' 4-1 loss against Minnesota to open their final home series.
Semien has been out since Aug. 22, after the second baseman sustained a broken bone and sprained ligament when fouling a pitch off his left foot. That was a week before shortstop Seager had an appendectomy.
While Seager and Semien are done and the Rangers are out of playoff contention, Bochy said Jacob deGrom (12-8, 3.01 ERA) will make his last scheduled start Wednesday against the Twins. It will be the two-time Cy Young Award winner's 30th start this year after missing most of the past two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery.
DeGrom already has thrown 167 2/3 innings this season, after only 35 starts and 197 1/3 innings combined the past four seasons. That included his final two injury-plagued years with the New York Mets before leaving in free agency and then having surgery after only six starts in his Rangers debut in 2023, the season of their only World Series title.
“He wants to pitch,” Bochy said.
Seager and Semien were a half-billion dollar addition for the Rangers in free agency after the 2021 season, when Seager got a $325 million, 10-year contract, and Semien signed for $175 million over seven seasons. The following offseason, deGrom arrived with a $185 million, five-year deal that included a conditional sixth-year club option worth at least $20 million for 2028 that has been triggered because of the time missed injured.
Both Seager and Semien had indicated that they hoped to get back to play this season, especially when the Rangers made a late push for a playoff spot with a 13-3 run that included a pair of six-game winning streaks. But the eight-game losing streak, their longest of the season, dropped them 5 1/2 games behind Houston for the American League's final playoff spot with five games left in the regular season.
When asked about the possibility of two-time World Series MVP Seager coming back this week, Bochy responded, “It's not worth the risk. He's not quite ready. Same with Marcus.”
Bochy said they possibly could have played had the Rangers made the postseason.
“Yeah, it was a chance,” he said. “Marcus is making a lot of improvement. Corey not quite as fast as we were hoping.”
Seager hit .271 with 21 home runs and 50 RBIs in 102 games this season. He also missed 16 games in May while on the injured list with a right hamstring strain.
Semien will finish at 127 games, his fewest in a full season since 85 with the Athletics in 2017, the only other time in his 13 big league seasons he went on the injured list. He had played at least 159 games every year since, except for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He hit .230 with 15 homers and 62 RBIs this year.
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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — Will Young made a career-best 125 and Matt Henry dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in his first over as New Zealand beat India by 244 runs Friday in the fourth one-day cricket international.
Henry finished with his career-best of 6-27 as India was bowled out for in 89 in 26.4 overs, suffering its second largest in terms of runs in ODIs.
India still leads the series 2-1 ahead of the final match at the same venue on Sunday but New Zealand now has a chance of avoiding its first loss in in ODI series at home in seven years.
Young was dropped twice with his score on five and made India pay, reaching a century from 88 balls as New Zealand made 333 after being sent in.
Henry then took three wickets without conceding a run in the first over of India's innings in a dramatic return from injury. New Zealand had nine players out with injuries and more reassigned to its test squad for the first test which starts in Wellington on Thursday.
Henry bowled Rohit with the first ball of the India innings, squaring up the batter which a sharp delivery that took the shoulder of the bat and flew to Finn Allen who took a diving catch at first slip.
Kohli was out to the fifth ball of the over which seamed back late from outside off and wrecked his stumps as he showed every sign of bewilderment.
Iyer, who took over the captaincy from Shubman Gill after he joined India's squad for the first test on Thursday, was out next ball, trapped lbw by another delivery that cut back sharply from off.
“The wind was so strong and I was keeping things very simple,” Henry said. “It's funny how things work out when you're just trying to have a simple game plan and not getting too carried away.”
Kyle Jamieson joined in, dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad in the sixth over to leave India 9-4 and Nick Kelly dropped Axar Patel next ball, saving the tourists from being 9-5.
Patel went on to make 21 and to share a 44-run partnership with wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan (27) which went a little way to saving India's blushes.
Henry returned to dismiss Kishan with the first ball of his second spell and bowled Kuldeep Yadav (1) to complete his fourth five-wicket bag in ODIs. He then bowled Gurnoor Brar to end the innings.
“There was a huge difference in the first innings and the second innings in terms of the pitch but also credit where it's due, the way Henry bowled in the right areas from ball one was quite sensational,” Iyer said.
Earlier, Young was dropped by Rohit Sharma at first slip off Auqib Nabi in the second over of New Zealand's innings and by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan next ball before going on to make his fifth ODI century, his first against India, from 88 balls.
Young saw New Zealand lose Seifert and newcomers Nick Young (4) and Dean Foxcroft (8) in quick succession, then reestablished New Zealand's command in a partnership of 90 with Finn Allen for the fourth wicket. Allen made 41 from 30 balls in a stand that spanned the 20th to the 30th overs.
India had a new captain as Iyer took over from Shubman Gill but its success with the toss continued as Iyer won its eighth toss from nine matches across the T20 and ODI series and sent New Zealand. For the first time in this series, Friday's match was played in fine, sunny weather.
Rain affected the first match of the series in Auckland, which India won by five wickets, and the second in Wellington, which India won by four runs to take a 2-0 series lead. The third match in Wellington on Tuesday was washed out without a ball being bowled.
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New Zealand's Matt Henry celebrates bowling India's Mayank Yadav during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot against New Zealand during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry bowls against India during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry, left, bowls against India during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Virat Kohli during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Axar Patel celebrates taking the wicket of New Zealand's Nick Kelly during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan catches out New Zealand's Tim Seifert during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Arshdeep Singh fields the ball while bowling to New Zealand during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Will Young plays a shot against India during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's players celebrate during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
India's Shreyas Iyer bats during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
