{"id":595775,"date":"2026-02-27T08:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/595775\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:57:03","slug":"top-rangers-prospect-sebastian-walcott-has-elbow-surgery-could-return-before-end-of-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/595775\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Rangers prospect Sebastian Walcott has elbow surgery, could return before end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

Walcott is the No. 7 prospect in baseball, 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

He was a non-roster invitee<\/a> to spring training before reporting elbow discomfort that led to the surgery.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Texas Rangers shortstop prospect Sebastian Walcott had elbow surgery on Monday and could return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2393],"tags":[146,653,5,2125,4,256,149,23573,185,7826,1567,69,3240,5099],"class_list":{"0":"post-595775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas-rangers","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-az-state-wire","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-minor-league-baseball","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-mlb-baseball","14":"tag-rangers","15":"tag-sebastian-walcott","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-surgery","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-texas-rangers","20":"tag-texasrangers","21":"tag-tx-state-wire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116141768337963626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595775","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=595775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}