Texas Rangers transactions: Edinson Volquez has been placed on the 10 day injured list with a sprained elbow, the team announced this evening. Taking Volquez’s place on the active roster is left handed pitcher Kyle Bird, who has been recalled from AAA Nashville.
This is ominous news for Volquez and the Rangers. Volquez missed much of 2017 and all of 2018 with his second Tommy John surgery, and generally speaking an “elbow sprain” means UCL damage, At the age of 35, if Volquez tore his UCL again, one would have to think his career is likely over.