Athletics' Shea Langeliers, top MLB trade deadline target, could be out for season after devastating injury
One of MLB’s top trade candidates ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline might be out for the remainder of the season.Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers, who was enjoying a career year behind the dish and in the batter’s box, suffered a torn meniscus that could force him to miss the rest of the season, per ESPN.The 28-year-old hurt his knee while running on the basepaths, and now he and the team are deliberating over whether he should undergo surgery to repair the tear in the knee.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIf surgery is the decision, ESPN reports it would be the end of Langeliers’ 2026 campaign.But either way, teams that were interested in potentially trading for the All-Star catcher are very likely out of the running now.
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One of MLB’s top trade candidates ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline might be out for the remainder of the season.Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers, who was enjoying a career year behind the dish and in the batter’s box, suffered a torn meniscus that could force him to miss the rest of the season, per ESPN.The 28-year-old hurt his knee while running on the basepaths, and now he and the team are deliberating over whether he should undergo surgery to repair the tear in the knee.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIf surgery is the decision, ESPN reports it would be the end of Langeliers’ 2026 campaign.But either way, teams that were interested in potentially trading for the All-Star catcher are very likely out of the running now. Langeliers is considered one of the best at his position in MLB, which is why the A’s had no plan to move him despite a 44-60 record on the year that puts them on the outside looking in at playoffs.REDS' DANE MYERS CARTED OFF FIELD AFTER CRASHING INTO WALL MAKING ACROBATIC CATCH VS BREWERSLangeliers has been the team’s top player, representing them at his first-ever All-Star Game earlier this month. And he’s doing so while others like Nick Kurtz, Brent Rooker and Jacob Wilson are dealing with injuries themselves.Langeliers is slashing .263/.332/.497 this season with a .829 OPS, 23 home runs and 51 RBI.
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- One of MLB’s top trade candidates ahead of the Aug. 3 deadline might be out for the remainder of the season.Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers, who was enjoying a career year behind the dish and in the batter’s box, suffered a torn meniscus that could force him to miss the rest of the season, per ESPN.The 28-year-old hurt his knee while running on the basepaths, and now he and the team are deliberating over whether he should undergo surgery to repair the tear in the knee.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIf surgery is the decision, ESPN reports it would be the end of Langeliers’ 2026 campaign.But either way, teams that were interested in potentially trading for the All-Star catcher are very likely out of the running now.
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