Rays infielder Gavin Lux will start the season on the injured list with a right shoulder issue

By: The Associated Press Posted: 10:12 AM CDT Monday, Mar. 23, 2026 Last Modified: 12:37 PM CDT Monday, Mar. 23, 2026

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Gavin Lux's debut with the Tampa Bay Rays is going to have to wait.

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Gavin Lux's debut with the Tampa Bay Rays is going to have to wait.

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Gavin Lux’s debut with the Tampa Bay Rays is going to have to wait.

The club is placing the veteran infielder on injured reserve with a right shoulder impingement. The move means Richie Palacios will make the opening day roster for Tampa Bay.

The Rays acquired Lux from Cincinnati in January as part of a three-team deal that sent outfielder Josh Lowe from Tampa Bay to the Los Angeles Angels. Los Angeles sent left-handed reliever Brock Burke to Cincinnati as part of the swap.

FILE - Gavin Lux of the Tampa Bay Rays is pictured during a spring training media day Thursday , Feb. 19, 2026, in Port Charlotte, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Lux, 28, hit .269 with five homers and 53 RBIs last season with the Reds. A career .256 hitter who won a pair of World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lux agreed to a $5.525 million, one-year contract shortly before being sent to Tampa Bay and can become a free agent after this year’s World Series.

Lux struggled a bit in his first spring training with Tampa Bay, hitting .190 in seven games and had been dealing with what manager Kevin Cash described as a “cranky” right shoulder in recent days.