Angels will back off using closer Raisel Iglesias before 9th inning

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ANAHEIM — Joe Maddon has enjoyed the luxury of Raisel Iglesias successful the eighth inning each year, but helium won’t anymore.

A time aft Maddon said helium volition nary longer inquire Iglesias to transportation earlier than the ninth inning to prevention games, the Angels manager said the standings and Iglesias’ impending escaped bureau led to the decision.

“With the presumption we’re successful close now, there’s nary consciousness successful truly pushing it,” Maddon said. “Whether it’s hopefully with america successful the aboriginal oregon adjacent if it’s with idiosyncratic else, this young antheral has a bully aboriginal up of him. There’s nary crushed to truly number connected him close present to bash that. …

“I’m precise aware, wary of the subordinate and his household and his career.”

Iglesias, 31, is acceptable to beryllium a escaped cause astatine the extremity of the season, possibly arsenic the apical reliever connected the market. He has demonstrated his worth not lone successful his show – 29 saves successful 34 chances, with a 2.70 ERA – but his durability. Iglesias has 8 saves of 4 outs oregon more, tied with the Chicago White Sox’s Liam Hendricks for the large league lead. No 1 other has much than four.

“It’s unreal,” Maddon said Iglesias’ willingness to beryllium extended that way. “It’s wonderful.”

A NEW MAN

Infielder Luis Rengifo was recalled from Triple-A, taking 1 of the 2 other spots arsenic rosters expanded from 26 to 28 for September.

Maddon said helium hardly recognized Rengifo since helium was past with the squad conscionable much than a period ago, due to the fact that he’s gotten successful amended shape.

“I’m not saying helium wasn’t successful shape,” Maddon said. “That’s not my point. He conscionable needed to tighten it up a bit. He has. If you get truly adjacent to him it’s precise obvious.”

Maddon said General Manager Perry Minasian “challenged him” to get successful amended signifier truthful helium could determination better. Maddon had spoken successful the past astir Rengifo needing to marque improvements successful his intelligence game.

NOTES

Right-handed reliever Oliver Ortega was the 2nd subordinate added to the roster. Ortega, 24, has ne'er appeared successful the majors. He posted a 5.48 ERA this season, astatine Double-A and Triple-A. …

Injured pitchers Patrick Sandoval and Griffin Canning enactment retired together, and some suffered akin little backmost accent fractures, prompting the Angels to measure whether thing they did led to the injuries. “We haven’t recovered immoderate peculiar workout oregon happening that we thought was wherefore it happened,” Sandoval said Wednesday, his archetypal clip speaking to the media since the wounded was diagnosed. Sandoval was moved to the 60-day injured database to make a roster spot for Ortega. …

Pitchers Reid Detmers, Austin Warren and José Marte, who are connected the COVID-related injured list, are inactive successful quarantine connected the East Coast.