Athletics All-Star Shea Langeliers goes on injured list with torn meniscus, rest of season in doubt

MINNEAPOLIS — The Athletics person placed All-Star catcher Shea Langeliers connected the 10-day injured database with a torn meniscus successful his close knee.

The A’s recalled catcher Brian Serven from Triple-A Las Vegas connected Sunday to instrumentality Langeliers’ spot connected the roster.

The squad has not said if Langeliers volition necessitate surgery.

The 28-year-old was hitting .263 with 23 homers and 51 RBIs successful 93 games earlier the injury. He became the archetypal A’s catcher to commencement an All-Star Game since Terry Steinbach successful 1989.

Langeliers had been the taxable of commercialized rumors arsenic the A’s conflict done different disappointing season. The Athletics (44-60) had mislaid 16 of 22 games heading into Sunday and person not made the playoffs since 2010.