DENVER — The Rangers will have to endure yet another blow to their lineup.

On Monday in Colorado, the Rangers announced that shortstop Corey Seager was placed on the 10-day injured list with lower back inflammation. Utilityman Michael Helman was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock in a corresponding move.

“I just didn’t feel like pushing this thing with the back,” said manager Skip Schumaker. “Like we said, backs are tricky. I’m not going to push this thing to where we’ll then miss a significant amount of time. But hopefully it’s pretty quick.”

Seager went back to Arlington to get further testing on his back on Sunday, though he could rejoin the team in Anaheim later this week to begin baseball activities.

Seager missed 60 games last season and has not played more than 123 games in any of the past three seasons with Texas. An appendectomy sidelined him for much of 2025.

Before Friday’s day off, Seager was mired in a seven-game hitless stretch. He is now slashing .179/.286/.353 on the season. Though Schumaker has been known to give players off-days to reset this season — including Josh Jung and Jake Burger — that wasn’t the case with Seager. His scheduled off-day was about keeping him healthy, though it didn’t happen in the long run.

“I don’t think Corey wanted days off,” Schumaker said. “There’s a lot of guys that have a different mind. Corey is one of the best players in the league. He wants to be out there, so this was not something that he wanted. As far as him needing a reset, that’s not who Corey is.”

Schumaker said that Ezequiel Duran will get most of the playing time at shortstop with Seager out. Duran is hitting .270/.336/.443 in 38 games this season, while playing second base, shortstop, left field and right field.

Justin Foscue will get most of the second-base reps with Josh Smith also currently sidelined. Michael Helman will mostly play the outfield, but is also the backup shortstop and could play second base if necessary.