The injuries in the early season to the Texas Rangers’ lineup haven’t received the biggest headlines. That unfortunate honorific would fall to the Diamondbacks, who lost one of the two most important pieces of their lineup in A.J. Pollock and might have to get into the trade market if they still want to contend, and to the Cubs, who lost young phenom Kyle Schwarber for the season but are one of the few teams with a roster that could handle such a loss. But even if the Rangers haven’t gotten the most press, the injuries to catcher Robinson Chirinos and rightfielder Shin-soo Choo over the weekend are certainly big news down in Arlington and could have big ramifications going forward.

Chirinos was hit by a pitch on Saturday and fractured his right forearm. He has been placed on the 60-day DL and is expected to miss 10 to 12 weeks. While Chirinos missed a couple of months last year due to a strained shoulder, he was still able to put up 1.8 bWAR/1.5 fWAR as he hit .232/.325/.438 over 78 games with 10 home runs. Even though he has had a proclivity for strikeouts in the majors, he was walking quite a bit more last year. Defensively above-average catchers with power are always going to be a valuable commodity, especially in home run friendly Arlington.

There is always going to be a dropoff in quality from the starting catcher to the backup catcher, and this holds true for the Rangers as well. With Chris Gimenez already on the DL, Bryan Holaday (a career .243/.313/.349 minor league hitter) and Brett Nicholas (a career .275/.340/.418 minor league hitter). While Nicholas’s numbers are fairly similar to Chirinos’ career minor league numbers (.259/.350/.416), neither he nor Holaday grades out as well defensively as Chirinos. If the Rangers are looking to stay atop the competitive AL West longterm, it wouldn’t be surprising to see them make a move.

While the Rangers are appropriately tight lipped about making a big move, the rumor mill immediately started churning and spitting out “Jonathan Lucroy” over and over again. The “Lucroy to the Rangers” whispers began during the offseason and, with the Brewers rebuilding and Lucroy their biggest asset remaining in the fold, it was inevitable that this was going to happen after Chirinos went down. While the Rangers have previously stated the asking price for Lucroy was too high, that could change quickly depending on how Holaday performs. While Lucroy is certainly the sexiest option (although his disappointing 2015 makes him no sure bet), there are no shortage of other options out there. Texas has been linked to the Padres’ Derek Norris in the past or you can just look around at the NL’s rebuilding teams and find yourself a MLB-ready catcher (the Braves’ A.J. Pierzynski, who spent 2013 in Texas, comes to mind).

While the catcher situation is still definitely up in the air for the Rangers, the rightfielder situation has, for the time being, been addressed internally with the promotion of top prospect Nomar Mazara. Mazara, the youngest player currently in the majors at 20, was called up immediately to address Choo’s removal from the lineup and went 3-for-4 with a home run in his impressive MLB debut. Mazara was a consensus top prospect, although there was some debate over whether to place in him the top ten or the top fifty. While his slash line of .625/.556/1.000 over two games certainly isn’t going anywhere but down, Mazara has the minor league stats to suggest that he’s going to succeed in the big leagues and his ability to adjust to pitchers has been lauded.

Choo’s injury won’t keep him out as long as Chirinos’, as it’s a calf strain that should hopefully see Choo return in 4 to 6 weeks. If Mazara plays as well as the scouts believe he can, the Rangers are going to have some decisions to make. Choo had a great bounceback season last year, putting up 3.5 WAR, but the reason it was a “bounceback season” in the first place is that Choo put up 0.1 WAR and was limited to 123 games in 2014. Choo will be 34 in July and has struggled with injuries throughout his career, so it’s not as if we should necessarily expect Choo to come back at 100%. If he does, the Rangers can decide whether they want to send Mazara back to the minors and have another year of service time or reshuffle the outfield if other players are struggling.

To this point, we haven’t even discussed Josh Hamilton, who is still waiting in the wings although he is a longshot to both get healthy and find his swing again, much less the Rangers’ other top outfield (and third base) prospect, Joey Gallo, who will likely arrive this year and has power for days but needs to work on not striking out. If everything works out, the Rangers outfield could all of a sudden have an embarrassment of riches. If it doesn’t, they’ve got a lot of different options. Depth is always a good thing to have in the grueling 162 game slugfest that is Major League Baseball, especially if you, say, need to go shopping for a catcher.