{"id":590649,"date":"2026-02-24T18:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/590649\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:30:23","slug":"top-rangers-prospect-sebastian-walcott-has-elbow-surgery-could-return-before-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/590649\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Rangers prospect Sebastian Walcott has elbow surgery, could return before end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Associated Press;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Associated Press\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"35\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/9b2f0f90-355f-11eb-bef3-afd1c608253f.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Tue, February 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bd139e4af8e5f7bfad28d26a7109b234.jpeg\" alt=\"FILE - Texas Rangers infielder Sebastian Walcott throws while running fielding drills during spring training baseball practice at the team's training facility Feb. 17, 2025, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson, File)\" class=\"w-auto h-full mx-auto\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/69f4dc04b57b4220698dafcbaedbbd2b.jpeg\" alt=\"FILE - This is a 2025 photo of Sebastian Walcott of the Texas Rangers baseball team. This image reflects the Texas Rangers' active roster as of Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, when this image was taken in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster, File)\" class=\"w-auto h-full mx-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 0<\/p>\n<p>Rangers Spring Baseball<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Texas Rangers infielder Sebastian Walcott throws while running fielding drills during spring training baseball practice at the team&#8217;s training facility Feb. 17, 2025, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson, File)<\/p>\n<p> (ASSOCIATED PRESS)<\/p>\n<p>SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Texas Rangers shortstop prospect Sebastian Walcott had elbow surgery on Monday and could return to play before the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The club said the 19-year-old Walcott had an internal brace placed on his right elbow, a procedure considered less severe than a full elbow reconstruction. The Rangers estimate Walcott will be out five-to-six months, leaving the possibility of him being able to play at some point this year.<\/p>\n<p>Walcott is the No. 7 prospect in baseball, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/top100\/sebastian-walcott-806964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to MLB Pipeline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">according to MLB Pipeline<\/a>. He hit .255 with 13 home runs, 59 RBIs and 32 stolen bases at Double-A Frisco last year.<\/p>\n<p>He was a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-rangers-sebastian-walcott-injury-4c500fe5d50cce830d1f9527f6eaa76a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:non-roster invitee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">non-roster invitee<\/a> to spring training before reporting elbow discomfort that led to the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Tue, February 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC 1 \/ 0 Rangers Spring Baseball FILE &#8211; Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2393],"tags":[5,4,991,994,149,77126,23573,1567,69,3240,3825,15080],"class_list":["post-590649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas-rangers","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-pipeline","tag-prospect","tag-rangers","tag-reconstruction","tag-sebastian-walcott","tag-texas","tag-texas-rangers","tag-texasrangers","tag-the-rangers","tag-walcott"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116127035692329348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}