Sebastian Walcott will miss most, if not all, of the 2026 season due to a torn UCL, per the beats.
This sucks, to put it mildly. And puts a damper on our poll yesterday, asking when Walcott will make his major league debut.
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Walcott, a shortstop who doesn’t turn 20 until next month, is the top prospect in the Texas Rangers system and a consensus top 20 prospect in all of baseball. He spent the 2025 season at AA Frisco, and was slated to be in Round Rock for the 2026 season. That isn’t happening now.
Walcott was originally set to play in the Arizona Fall League last year, but appeared in just one game before being shut down with what was described as arm fatigue.
Walcott’s arm has been one of his strengths, and while he has been seen as likely to have to move off of shortstop eventually, his arm strength led prospectphiles to suggest he could land at third baes or right field. Now we will have to see how he recovers.
