The trade shouldn't cost a whole lot, either.

Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung had a career year in some ways while not being as productive in others. Should he be in Texas' future plans?

One potential trade target as the New York Yankees search for a Ryan McMahon replacement could be Texas Rangers’ infielder Josh Jung. Recently, FanSided.com’s Stephen Parello urges the Yankees to make “seven moves” this offseason to restore their “mystique and aura”, and one of them is trading for Rangers’ All-Star Josh Jung. Simply put, regardless […] The post Yankees Urged to Trade for Rangers’ All-Star Infielder appeared first on HEAVY.

The Texas Rangers had three veterans that they thought would need procedures after the season. As it turns out there were only two.

Josh Jung suffered a right-hand fracture after being hit by a pitch in the Rangers’ loss to the Twins Friday night.

Josh Jung and Corey Seager homered, Kumar Rocker pitched five solid innings and Texas closed out its home schedule with a 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Thursday that kept the Rangers tied for the AL West lead heading into the regular season's final weekend. Texas stopped a three-game losing streak, and Houston won 7-5 later Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series at the Athletics. Texas, which finishes the regular season in Minnesota, went ahead to stay on Jung's two-run homer in the first inning off rookie left-hander Zac Thornton (5-6).

The Mets dropped the final game of their three-game set against the Rangers, 3-1, on Thursday afternoon.