Athletics' Shea Langeliers, top MLB trade deadline target, could be out for season after devastating injury

One of MLB’s apical commercialized candidates up of the Aug. 3 deadline mightiness beryllium retired for the remainder of the season.

Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers, who was enjoying a vocation twelvemonth down the crockery and successful the batter’s box, suffered a torn meniscus that could unit him to miss the remainder of the season, per ESPN.

The 28-year-old wounded his genu portion moving connected the basepaths, and present helium and the squad are deliberating implicit whether helium should acquisition country to repair the teardrop successful the knee.

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Shea Langeliers of the Athletics is seen successful the dugout aft hitting a solo location tally successful the eighth inning during a crippled against the Arizona Diamondbacks astatine Chase Field connected Tuesday, July 21, 2026, successful Phoenix, Ariz. (MLB Photos)

If country is the decision, ESPN reports it would beryllium the extremity of Langeliers’ 2026 campaign.

But either way, teams that were funny successful perchance trading for the All-Star catcher are precise apt retired of the moving now. Langeliers is considered 1 of the champion astatine his presumption successful MLB, which is wherefore the A’s had nary program to determination him contempt a 44-60 grounds connected the twelvemonth that puts them connected the extracurricular looking successful astatine playoffs.

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Langeliers has been the team’s apical player, representing them astatine his first-ever All-Star Game earlier this month. And he’s doing truthful portion others similar Nick Kurtz, Brent Rooker and Jacob Wilson are dealing with injuries themselves.

Langeliers is slashing .263/.332/.497 this play with a .829 OPS, 23 location runs and 51 RBI. These are the numbers the A’s were hoping Langeliers would station this play aft a palmy 2025 run that included 31 homers and a career-high .861 OPS.

Shea Langeliers of the Athletics bats during the 3rd inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks astatine Chase Field connected July 21, 2026, successful Phoenix, Ariz. The Diamondbacks defeated the Athletics 6-5. (Getty Images)

He was connected gait to interruption immoderate much vocation highs, but this wounded puts a damper successful it all.

And those postseason contenders are conscionable arsenic bummed if they were hoping the A’s would alteration their presumption astir moving Langeliers earlier the deadline. The New York Yankees, for one, are a squad that’s expected to beryllium successful the catching marketplace earlier the deadline, and calling the A’s astir Langeliers would apt person occurred.

Now, catchers similar Colorado Rockies’ Hunter Goodman and Baltimore Orioles’ Adley Rutschman could spot an uptick successful involvement among teams hoping to bolster that presumption for a playoff push.

Shea Langeliers #23 of the Athletics gets acceptable successful the batter's container against the Arizona Diamondbacks astatine Chase Field successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected July 20, 2026. (Getty Images)

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The A’s volition person to spell with Jonah Heim moving guardant with Langeliers sidelined, and helium himself has been among commercialized conversations arsenic good owed to his seasoned prowess. He vaults to a starting role, though, and whitethorn not beryllium arsenic available.

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