Rangers place Brock Holt, Drew Anderson, Mike Foltynewicz on COVID IL

The Rangers placed infielder Brock Holt and right-handers Drew Anderson and Mike Foltynewicz on the COVID-19-related injured list, per a club announcement. Lefty Wes Benjamin and first baseman Curtis Terry are up from the taxi squad to fill spots on the active roster, but the Rangers will play Monday’s game with a 25-man active roster. Texas also scratched catcher Jonah Heim due to COVID protocols and will start Jose Trevino behind the dish instead, per an additional announcement. Heim has not yet been placed on the COVID-related injured list.

Monday’s placements come just days after Charlie Culberson was placed on the COVID IL. They’ll leave the Rangers with a rather short-handed bench and likely result in some additional roster machinations in the days to come. However, while the Rangers are down a pair of third basemen — Holt and Culberson — Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News tweets that a promotion of top third base prospect Josh Jung is “not in the plans” for the team. Yonny Hernandez and Andy Ibanez will split time at the hot corner while Holt and Culberson are away from the team.

The Rangers now have four open spots on the 40-man roster and will be able to promote players from Triple-A — even those not on the 40-man roster — as replacements without needing to subsequently pass them through waivers in order to return them to Round Rock once Holt, Anderson, Foltynewicz and Culberson make their returns.