Angels release shortstop José Iglesias, who had lost his starting job

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ANAHEIM — A week connected the seat turned into a summons retired of municipality for José Iglesias.

The Angels released the seasoned shortstop connected Friday, days aft Manager Joe Maddon had said they would similar to usage players who could beryllium a portion of the team’s future.

Maddon besides suggested that by releasing Iglesias it would let him to motion with different squad and play more.

Iglesias, 31, deed .259 with a .670 OPS and 8 location runs successful 114 games with the Angels, who acquired him successful a commercialized with the Baltimore Orioles past November.

Iglesias had ever been champion known for his defense, but successful 2021 helium made 16 errors, 5 much than his erstwhile vocation high. Advanced metrics besides rated his defence poorly this year.

Last week the Angels decided to play Jack Mayfield, a 30-year-old journeyman, astatine shortstop regularly. Mayfield is inactive acceptable to marque astir the large league minimum adjacent year, and he’s not a escaped cause for astatine slightest 4 much years. Iglesias is acceptable to beryllium a escaped cause astatine the extremity of this season.

The Angels besides recalled utilityman Luis Rengifo, who tin play shortstop among different positions. Maddon said Rengifo volition get the commencement astatine shortstop connected Saturday.

“We conscionable felt it was omniscient to get immoderate different radical accidental close now,” Maddon said. “We besides felt that by letting him spell that he’s going to person opportunity. He’s not the benignant of feline you privation to support connected the seat for a agelong play of clip and person him study each day. He’s conscionable not utilized to that. That’s not who helium is. And truthful by doing it the mode we did it, helium has a accidental to beforehand his vocation also.”

JUNK ARRIVES

The Angels called up right-hander Janson Junk from Double-A to person him start, though Maddon said they’re not definite which time yet. He is simply a campaigner to commencement connected Sunday oregon Monday.

Junk, 25, was 1 of the pitchers the Angels received from the New York Yankees successful the Andrew Heaney trade.

He has a 2.81 ERA successful 93 innings, each astatine Double-A. He took a cleanable crippled into the ninth inning of his past commencement for the Angels’ Double-A affiliate.

“I’ve heard a batch of bully things astir him,” Maddon said. “The guys similar him a lot.”

The Angels besides received right-hander Elvis Peguero successful the trade. Peguero has been up for much than a week.

NOTES

Left-hander Reid Detmers and right-hander José Marte, who had been quarantined successful hotels connected the East Coast portion connected the COVID-related injured list, rejoined the Angels connected Friday. Right-hander Austin Warren, who is besides connected the COVID-related IL, inactive has not travel back. Maddon said he’s not definite however agelong it volition instrumentality Detmers oregon Marte to get acceptable to transportation again, but helium pointed retired that some were stuck for 10 days successful edifice rooms, truthful they volition request immoderate work. …

Alex Cobb (right wrist inflammation) and Dylan Bundy (right enarthrosis strain) are some throwing. Cobb has thrown astatine slightest 2 bullpen sessions. Maddon said helium has nary steadfast timeline for either of them to return, though.