Josh Jung's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung came up clutch for this team during Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers were on the verge of losing until Jung unloaded a three-run home run off right-hander Mason Miller to give his team the victory. This is a nice feeling for Jung who only has three long balls in 28 games since returning from the injured list. He smacked 23 homers last season in his first full season in the big leagues. Sadly, Jung has been forced to miss most of the 2024 season due to injury.

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung (finger) will move over from the hot corner to designated hitter ahead of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Guardians. Rangers' manager Bruce Bochy told reporters that Jung is having issues throwing the ball right now due to a cut on his finger. That being said, Ezequiel Duran will play third base while Robbie Grossman goes from DH to left field. The expectation is that this is a minor injury and Jung should return to third base in a few days. The 26-year-old has missed a good chunk of the 2024 season but is hitting .255 with four home runs and nine RBI in 26 games thus far.

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung is not in the team's starting lineup for Wednesday's series finale at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. Jung will be replaced at the hot corner by Josh Smith, who will hit in the three-hole against Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck. The 26-year-old Jung made the All-Star team in 2023 in his first full season in the big leagues, but 2024 has been a much different story. The right-handed slugger fractured his wrist early in the year, which has limited him to 17 games. In those 17 games, he's hit .265/.296/.471 with a .766 OPS, three homers and seven RBI. Since returning from his wrist injury, he's gone 11-for-51 (.216) with a homer and 19 K's in 13 games since July 30. Smith, on the other hand, is having a career year with 12 homers, 51 RBI and seven steals, and will be a solid low-cost DFS play on Wednesday.