Shortstop Elvis Andrus said that he will begin to push his running program next week as he continues his recovery from a sports hernia, and he hopes to begin playing in Texas Rangers spring games the following week.
The Rangers were to play their first Cactus League game Saturday.
Andrus said that he hasn’t had any setbacks since the Nov. 1 surgery and that he is able to do all baseball activities except running the bases at full effort.
“I’ve run the bases, but it was only 50 percent,” Andrus said on Saturday. “You can’t play with that.