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Rangers Lose Top Prospect, Infielder Sebastian Walcott, to UCL Injury and Surgery
- On Thursday, Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young announced Sebastian Walcott will have surgery to repair a torn UCL in his elbow and miss most of the 2026 season.
- Earlier this season, the team traced Walcott's elbow issue to an injury, and Chris Young said, `'The new diagnostics showed a signal different from where it was in the fall.'`
- A 20-year-old, Walcott produced a.255/.355/.386 stat line with 13 home runs and 32 stolen bases in 124 Double-A games last season and recorded a 115 mph exit velocity.
- That development setback follows the UCL surgery, likely delaying Walcott's arrival until 2027 and complicating plans after the Semien-for-Nimmo trade and five prospects traded last month for Gore.
- If Walcott follows that path, position players typically have shorter rehabs after UCL reconstruction, with a mid-August return timeline mirroring Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story's rehab.
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