Wyatt Langford returns to IL in unfortunate blow to Rangers

Texas Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Wyatt Langford returns to IL in unfortunate blow to Rangers

By Vanessa Serrao | Last updated Jun 28, 2026 1:18 PM ET

Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford can't seem to catch a break this season as he is returning to the IL with a hamstring strain (10-day).

The 24-year-old spent all of May recovering from a Grade 1 flexor strain (right forearm) that he sustained on April 22. Langford was experiencing tightness in his left hamstring and was a late scratch on June 27 against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Since returning from the IL, he has hit seven home runs and boasted a 1.005 OPS in June. With Langford's injury, the Rangers have reinstated outfielder Evan Carter, who was rehabbing an oblique strain, from the IL.

Langford will be able to return in early July, but with his injury history, the Rangers will likely have him come back after the All-Star break. Langford tried to stretch a double earlier in the series, which is how the injury occurred.

The Rangers are placing Wyatt Langford on the injured list with a hamstring strain, per a team announcement.

Langford had 7 homers with a 1.005 OPS this month after returning from a forearm strain that sidelined him for all of May. pic.twitter.com/s6Az8ymSmt
— Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media) June 28, 2026

Wyatt Langford injury is an unfortunate blow

This will be Langford's sixth IL stint in his career and it has unfortunately come during a stretch where he's been the Rangers' most productive hitter.

Across his first 15 games back from the IL, Langford was batting .359 (23-for-64) with six home runs, 15 RBI and an impressive .703 slugging percentage.

The injury also comes at a time when the Rangers have gained momentum, moving into a wild-card Spot in the AL as they took the first three games of the series against the Blue Jays, looking for the sweep.

At this time, all the Rangers can do is hope for a speedy recovery from their left-fielder. Hamstring injuries continue to pile up in MLB as one of the top injuries that players are experiencing this season.

Vanessa Serrao

Serrao is a freelance baseball writer who has covered all MLB teams, with particular expertise on the Toronto Blue Jays. She is a member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America.

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