Mitch Moreland underwent a minor surgical procedure on Wednesday to remove some bone chips from his left elbow.

The Texas Rangers will be without one of their best hitters for at least two weeks.

This is the second time in the last two weeks that the elbow issue has flared up for Moreland. He missed most of a week after it first "locked up" in Seattle.

After medication and treatment, the chips settled in a less sensitive part of the joint and he was able to play for several days. He dove hard for a ground ball to make a strong defensive play Monday and it's possible that jarred the chips loose again.

"I didn't know if it was going to come back or not," Moreland said. "When I got up [Tuesday] morning it wouldn't straighten out. It was kind of obvious after that. We did what we could do to get it loose. I didn't want to miss two-three days at a time while we kept trying to get it loose."

The 29-year-old is hitting .304/.393/.457 in 56 plate appearances this season.