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Corey Seager, the Texas Rangers shortstop, lands on the injured list due to lower back inflammation. The move is retroactive to Friday, leaving him out since then. Seager, in a slump, had gone hitless in twenty-seven at-bats and struck out eleven times. Despite his struggles, hes in the fifth year of a $325 million contract. This season, his batting average is at .179 with seven home runs and twenty runs batted in. Utility player Michael Helman, making his major league debut, joins the Rangers from Triple-A to fill Seagers spot. Helman, who played for the Rangers last year, hit .232 with five home runs and twenty runs batted in. Seager is expected to return as early as next Monday, when the Rangers start a seven-game home stretch.

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