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In Texas, the first-place Rangers are dealing with a significant blow to their infield. Josh Jung heads to the ten-day injured list with a left calf strain, the move backdated to Wednesday, and the club has recalled veteran Josh Smith from Triple-A Round Rock to fill the void at third base.
Meanwhile, the biggest story in baseball right now isn't a trade or a contract — it's a knee. Shohei Ohtani's scheduled bullpen session Saturday was pushed back after manager Dave Roberts cited a regression in the two-way star's knee following his session earlier in the week. Ohtani is still expected to pitch again in twenty twenty-six, but that timeline just got a little murkier.
And over in Los Angeles, not the Dodgers' LA but the soccer world's version of it, Al-Hilal is swinging big again. Fresh off announcing the signing of Crysencio Summerville for sixty-four point five million euros, the Saudi giants are reportedly willing to go up to one hundred fifty million euros to pry Luis Díaz away from Bayern Munich. The twenty-nine-year-old Colombian winger has become the hottest name in the transfer market overnight.
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