{"id":336301,"date":"2026-06-14T20:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336301\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:22:06","slug":"texas-rangers-place-michael-helman-on-il-call-up-alejandro-osuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336301\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers place Michael Helman on IL, call up Alejandro Osuna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Rangers&#8217;<\/a> razor-thin depth will be tested once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers placed outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/2025\/09\/16\/who-is-michael-helman-things-to-know-texas-rangers\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Michael Helman<\/a> on the 10-day injured list with a right hand fracture and recalled outfielder Alejandro Osuna from Triple-A Round Rock prior to Sunday&#8217;s series finale against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/rangers-michael-helman-miss-time-hand-injury-22304294.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Helman suffered &#8220;multiple fractures&#8221; in his hand<\/a> when he was hit by right-handed pitcher Tyron Guerrero&#8217;s 101 mph sinker in the eighth inning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/rangers\/article\/rangers-offense-remains-abysmal-bases-loaded-22295198.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Saturday&#8217;s loss<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers faced three left-handed starters in eight games while Osuna was in the minor leagues, and given his 3 for 17 career line against southpaws, he would&#8217;ve had fewer opportunities to play. He went 7 for 19 in six games with Round Rock and started a game at first base as the Rangers continue to find ways to best use his versatility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helman slashed .167\/.235\/.300 in 15 games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON \u2014 The Rangers&#8217; razor-thin depth will be tested once again.\u00a0 The Rangers placed outfielder Michael Helman on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-336301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}