ARLINGTON - Call this “Waiting for Adrian Sampson’s Second Start.’’
The delay is at more than more than 14 months, but it is about to happen.
Sampson, a right-hander, made his major league debut on June 18, 2016, with a start for Seattle at Boston. Five days later, while warming up for the first inning of a start at Detroit, Sampson felt a tingling in the right elbow and walked off the field.
Sampson, 26, is close to going back onto a major league mound for the first time since that fateful day.
Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Sampson, a September call-up, is likely to be used as an “opener’’ or a starter in the final weeks.