Rangers reliever underwent surgery to repair a fractured metacarpal in his right (non-throwing) hand on Thursday, the team announced ( via Kennedy Landry of MLB.com). Its unclear precisely how long hell be out of action. Texas placed Burke on the 60-day injured list this week, ruling him out until at least the middle of June. Burke suffered the injury last week when he punched a dugout wall in frustration. That came on the heels of another poor outing in what had been a rough start to the season. The southpaw has given up five runs through his first three innings. Burke had been searching for a rebound after a pedestrian 2023 campaign. In 59 2/3 innings a year ago, he pitched to a 4.37 ERA while allowing nearly two home runs Kareem Martin Jersey per nine. As recently as 2022, Burke looked like a potential building block. He led MLB with 82 1/3 relief innings, managing a sub-2.00 ERA with a 27.4% strikeout rate. The former Rays draftee has not managed to repeat that succe s even though his velocity and swing-and-mi s rates havent changed much over the last year-plus. Texas is light on left-handed bullpen options. is the only southpaw currently in the MLB relief group. Hed been excellent over his first nine appearances but took the lo s tonight against the Braves after conceding a grand slam to (his third homer of the game). is on the 40-man roster but has yet to reach the majors. , and are non-roster options with Triple-A Round Rock. Cayleb Jones Jersey