On Saturday, it was revealed that Texas Rangers left-handed reliever Jalen Beeks will miss the rest of the 2026 MLB season after undergoing surgery to repair a flexor tendon strain.

Texas originally placed Beeks on the 15-day Injured List on June 10 with lower back spasms. But, as he was nearing a potential return, the team discovered the arm injury that would ultimately cost him his season.

Back in March, the Rangers signed Beeks to a Major League contract worth $1.6 million. Despite missing over half of Spring Training, the veteran left-hander made the Opening Day roster and has been with the club since.

In 29 appearances for Texas this season, Beeks posted a solid 3.81 ERA while walking just 7.1% of the batters he faced.

Beeks earned an extra $375.000 in bonus incentives and was just one appearance away from earning another $125,000.

Now, the Rangers are down a left-hander in the bullpen, leaving just Jacob Latz, Robby Ahlstrom, and Tyler Alexander to come from the left side.

Having three left-handers coming out of the bullpen certainly isn’t a small number. But, when you factor in Latz being the closer and Ahlstrom having thrown just 11.2-career MLB innings, it’s not hard to see a world where the Rangers want to add a lefty.

With the Trade Deadline being less than a month away, adding another higher-leverage bullpen arm certainly seems like it would be amongst the Rangers' priorities. Perhaps, losing Beeks could further incentivize the Rangers to make that arm one that throws from the left-hand side.

In the meantime, it seems that a shifted role for Alexander could be in the cards. The DFW native has certainly had no shortage of action in his first season with the Rangers, making 38 appearances this season, but it figures that he could get more of the mid-to-late inning left-handed pockets without Beeks.

Additionally, some of those opportunities could also open up for Ahlstrom, who has been able to pound the strike zone and post 10 scoreless appearances in 14 tries since his call-up earlier this season.

Throughout the course of the entire season so far, the Rangers relievers have stepped up time and time again, no matter which arm is pitching in which situation.

Now, Texas will need that trend to continue as they push towards the postseason without one of their most experienced bullpen arms.

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