MLB Rumors: Texas Rangers catcher/DH Mitch Garver will have season-ending surgery on Monday, per, among others, Levi Weaver of the Athletic, who says that the Rangers are letting Garver play against his former team, the Minnesota Twins, this weekend before undergoing flexor tendon surgery.
We have known for a while that Garver would need surgery at some point, and that it was going to have be fairly soon if he was going to be ready to start the 2023 season. The Rangers acquired Garver from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Ronny Henriquez soon after the lockout ended, with Garver envisioned as the team’s starting catcher.