Rengifo injury "doesn't look good," getting tests; Moniak back injury "minor"

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by jsnpritchett

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Tank]

well, would we honestly expect anything less than the worst at this point?

[fan_since79]

One of the hottest hitters in baseball with a freak injury before an at-bat. 

Check. Angels.

See you next year, Luis. You did good.

[TroutField]

2023 was truly the season that broke me as a fan. 
 

it’s like a mariners fan is playing MLB the show in franchise mode and picked the angels just to ruin them and laugh at the suffering. That’s 3 major injuries this year on a run of the mill swing. O’hoppe, Trout, and now Rengifo. All of Neto, Ohtani, and Adell all with prolonged oblique issues. 
 

what’s the issue?? This can’t be a coincidence. 

[Stradling]

Didn’t anyone notice this last night in his final at bat?  I saw him take a second and shake out his hand.  To me when I saw it last night I thought we were looking at another Mike Trout situation with a possible hamate bone issue.  

[Tank]

39 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Didn’t anyone notice this last night in his final at bat?  I saw him take a second and shake out his hand.  To me when I saw it last night I thought we were looking at another Mike Trout situation with a possible hamate bone issue.  

last night it was his right hand. tonight it was his left hand. wouldn't have known this but wayne and gubi showed video of it. 

[Ron Mexico]

It's the Arte affect this MF is the Angels Curse 

 

[HaloOnFire]

Its sad.  Every time we have someone performing well I'm waiting for something awful to happen to them.  This season has been comical.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Truly incredible stuff

[T.G.]

Who knew Claude practiced voo-doo.

[Angelsfan1984]

Incoming Tommy John? 

[DMVol]

34 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Incoming Tommy John? 

Let's hope not....shouldn't read too much in to Nevin's comments but, whatever it is, he had some idea to mention "elbow" and "not good"....although some of the reports describe the injury as "biceps"....I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night so not sure if that is a distinction that matters....and might be less serious than Tommy John....

[jsnpritchett]

If Rengifo is out for more than a few games, I wonder if this opens up the possibility of bringing back David Fletcher for the rest of the season?  Doing so shouldn't add any money to the payroll, and that certainly seems to be a consideration right now.

[DMVol]

13 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

If Rengifo is out for more than a few games, I wonder if this opens up the possibility of bringing back David Fletcher for the rest of the season?  Doing so shouldn't add any money to the payroll, and that certainly seems to be a consideration right now.

It would make sense.....I think things are probably going to be resolved with his contract, one way or another, this winter.....the idea to keep him "stashed" in the minors and not potentially lose him to Free Agency if he gets outrighted again probably has to end at some point....keeping that going for another year seems to be unlikely....

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, DMVol said:

It would make sense.....I think things are probably going to be resolved with his contract, one way or another, this winter.....the idea to keep him "stashed" in the minors and not potentially lose him to Free Agency if he gets outrighted again probably has to end at some point....keeping that going for another year seems to be unlikely....

Yeah, at a certain point, either use him or let him go.  Gotta pay either way, so if they really do now hate him as a player as much as they seem to, just cut bait.

[cals]

It really is kind of funny he stays perfectly healthy through all his suckage and as soon as he starts to figure things out... BOOM.

[BTH]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

If Rengifo is out for more than a few games, I wonder if this opens up the possibility of bringing back David Fletcher for the rest of the season?  Doing so shouldn't add any money to the payroll, and that certainly seems to be a consideration right now.

Or Walsh, even.

Since Walsh can play the OF and they were using Rengifo in the OF some.

[BTH]

14 hours ago, Stradling said:

Didn’t anyone notice this last night in his final at bat?  I saw him take a second and shake out his hand.  To me when I saw it last night I thought we were looking at another Mike Trout situation with a possible hamate bone issue.  

I thought the same thing initially, but didn’t say anything because he continued to play.

Whereas Trout had to come out immediately.

So I figured it wasn’t the same thing.

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

If Rengifo is out for more than a few games, I wonder if this opens up the possibility of bringing back David Fletcher for the rest of the season?  Doing so shouldn't add any money to the payroll, and that certainly seems to be a consideration right now.

We were assured that Fletcher was the worst hitter in baseball history. Absolutely horrible, and doesn't belong near a baseball diamond. So scratch that.

[Jay]

1 hour ago, cals said:

It really is kind of funny he stays perfectly healthy through all his suckage and as soon as he starts to figure things out... BOOM.

It's the Angels Way! 

[jsnpritchett]

11 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We were assured that Fletcher was the worst hitter in baseball history. Absolutely horrible, and doesn't belong near a baseball diamond. So scratch that.

You seem to be missing the point.

[angels1963]

16 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We were assured that Fletcher was the worst hitter in baseball history. Absolutely horrible, and doesn't belong near a baseball diamond. So scratch that.

don't know how you can say that when we have Brett Phillips in the lineup.

[Docwaukee]

what a miserable season this has been.  

[fan_since79]

37 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

what a miserable season this has been.  

These final 21 games, hope there's no more freak injuries. Just stop it already!