ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anthony Rendon has been activated from the 10-day injured record and can bat leadoff Monday evening for the Los Angeles Angels towards the Texas Rangers.
“Very long time coming. Able to carry on going and end the second half sturdy,” Rendon stated.
Rendon missed 68 video games after he strained his left hamstring whereas working out an infield hit through the first inning towards the Cincinnati Reds on April 20.
He remained in Southern California final week whereas the Angels have been on a six-game highway journey and confronted reside pitching on Friday and Saturday at Angel Stadium.
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Rendon stated the primary factor he did over the weekend was run the bases, which is one thing he wasn’t capable of do a lot till the previous week.
After speaking to supervisor Ron Washington, Rendon will alternate between third base and designated hitter till he appears like he’s comfy with the ability to play the sphere on consecutive days.
Rendon is hitting. 267 with 3 RBIs in 19 video games. He began the season 0-for-19 earlier than going 20-for-56.
Rendon, 33, is within the fifth season of a $245 million, seven-year contract with the Angels, however has had a string of accidents over the previous 4 seasons. He has performed in solely 167 video games and missed 408 because the begin of the 2021 season.
Rendon and three-time AL MVP Mike Trout have been in the identical lineup in solely 118 video games out of 575 since 2021 (20.5%). Trout had surgical procedure on his left knee on Might 3 and hopes to return to the lineup by late July.
The Angels (37-52) have dropped seven of their final eight video games and path the Seattle Mariners by 10½ video games within the AL West.
With Rendon out of the lineup, the Angels batted .239 within the leadoff spot, the eighth-lowest common within the majors.
“We had a reasonably good June after which the final highway journey did not go in addition to we hoped. Hopefully we will flip issues round and attempt to get the ball rolling for the second half,” Rendon stated.
Infielder Miguel Sanó was designated for task to make room for Rendon.