Rangers keep slumping slugger Garcia on bench

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Slumping Rangers slugger Adolis García was held retired of Texas' lineup for the 3rd consecutive time Sunday, with president of shot operations Chris Young saying the nine wants the 2023 ALCS MVP to marque immoderate mechanical changes.

"We request him to benignant of perpetrate to immoderate of these changes that we deliberation volition get him backmost to the '23 mentation of himself and assistance him beryllium the subordinate that we cognize helium tin be," Young said earlier Texas' bid finale against St. Louis.

García is hitting .155 successful the past 20 games with 25 strikeouts. He is hitting .208 overall, with 7 homers and a team-high 27 RBIs for a Rangers nine that has struggled offensively. He ranked 14th successful the majors with 122 location runs implicit the past 4 seasons.

García, who has started 55 of Texas' 60 games successful close tract this season, missed lone 1 different crippled earlier this weekend, with manager Bruce Bochy saying Friday that García was being fixed a intelligence break.

"It's astir the intelligence reset and coming backmost with much energy," García told reporters Saturday. "I'm moving connected immoderate worldly without the unit of having to bash thing up there."

García, 32, is successful the last play of a two-year contract.

The anticipated instrumentality of Evan Carter to the progressive roster Tuesday, joining Wyatt Langford, Alejandro Osuna and Sam Haggerty, further crowds the Rangers outfield arsenic García tries to instrumentality to the lineup.

"It's going to beryllium performance-driven astatine this point," Young said.

Texas besides made 3 roster moves earlier Sunday's game. Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (triceps fatigue) was placed connected the 15-day injured database retroactive to Thursday to let him to commencement precocious this week, catcher Tucker Barnhart was designated for assignment, and right-hander Codi Heuer was selected from Triple-A Round Rock.