Sebastian Walcott wasted little time making noise again after a brief stay on the injured list.
The Texas Rangers activated their top prospect Wednesday at Double-A Frisco after a 10-day absence caused by a concussion. Walcott had been sidelined after a baseball struck his helmet on a throwback to first base, but the pause barely interrupted the surge he had already started since the All-Star break.
Back in the lineup against San Antonio, Walcott hit second and served as the designated hitter. He finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and a walk, and he was involved in several of Frisco’s biggest moments.
Walcott started slowly, popping out in the first inning and grounding out in the fourth. From there, he got rolling.
He doubled in the sixth and scored on a single from Max Wagner. In the eighth, he singled, moved to third on a hit by Frainyer Chavez, and then came home on Wagner’s fielder’s choice groundout.
Then in the ninth, after Frisco tied the game, Walcott worked a walk off former Rangers closer Jose Leclerc, now pitching for the San Diego Padres’ Double-A affiliate. Wagner capped the rally two batters later with a game-winning grand slam.
Before Wednesday’s game, Walcott was hitting .308/.357/.577 at Frisco with three home runs and nine RBI.
The 20-year-old Bahamas native remains the Rangers’ No. 1 prospect according to MLB Pipeline for the last two seasons. A shortstop by trade, he’s still limited to DH duties while he continues his rehab from elbow surgery in February.
That surgery repaired a right UCL injury that could have required Tommy John surgery. Instead, Rangers team surgeon Dr.
Keith Meister used an internal brace procedure, which sped up Walcott’s recovery. He still isn’t ready to return to the field, and there’s no timetable for when that will change.
Until then, the Rangers are keeping him at designated hitter so he can keep building at the plate.
Several Major League hitters have come back to produce before they were ready to throw, including Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani.
For now, a big league call-up is not expected this season. Even so, if Walcott keeps swinging it like this, a move to Triple-A Round Rock can’t be ruled out.
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