Jo Adell ends up on IL after Angels expected him to return quickly

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CHICAGO — It happened again.

Jo Adell was placed connected the injured database connected Wednesday with a near abdominal strain, and Manager Joe Maddon said he’s not expecting the outfielder to play again successful the last two-plus weeks of the season.

Adell is the latest successful a drawstring of Angels players to upwind up missing much clip with an wounded than the nine primitively predicted.

Maddon explained connected Wednesday day that the accusation helium was fixed changed successful the days aft Adell was wounded crashing into the outfield obstruction successful the ninth inning of Saturday’s crippled successful Houston.

Maddon said adjacent up until Tuesday day helium didn’t judge Adell would request to spell connected the injured list, but soon earlier Tuesday’s game, the aesculapian unit “told maine thing different. They were acrophobic that it’s thing much than that and it’s going to instrumentality longer. … That each happened comparatively fast.”

Adell would beryllium eligible to travel backmost connected Sept. 22, which would permission conscionable 11 games successful the season.

“Those injuries are benignant of weird, arsenic you cognize and they tin instrumentality longer,” Maddon said. “We person 2 weeks left. It’d beryllium hard to ideate that (Adell could play again). If I had to accidental anticipate, I would expect that helium wouldn’t, but we’ll see.”

If this is the extremity of Adell’s season, it was an upgrade from his disappointing rookie twelvemonth successful 2020. Adell, 22, lifted his batting mean from .161 to .246 and his OPS from .478 to .703. He chopped his strikeout complaint from 41.7 percent to 22.9 percent. His defence was besides markedly better.

“I deliberation you’d person to springiness him positive grades astatine everything implicit past year,” Maddon said.

The Angels recalled inferior subordinate Jose Rojas to instrumentality Adell’s roster spot.

TROUT TOO?

It’s been evident for immoderate clip present that Mike Trout was not going to person capable clip to return, but the Angels are reluctant to marque that authoritative due to the fact that the three-time American League MVP inactive is rehabbing successful hopes of playing.

Trout, who has been retired since May with a strained calf, is with the squad successful Chicago and moving out, though helium isn’t doing shot activity.

Maddon conceded the evident connected Wednesday, saying that helium “would beryllium precise surprised” if Trout played this season. Maddon said it’s up to Trout to marque that official, though.

General Manager Perry Minasian, who joined the squad successful Chicago connected Wednesday, said they won’t halt Trout from continuing to effort if helium wants to.

“I similar the information that helium wants to play,” Minasian said. “Playing is important to him. The instrumentality basal is important to him. He’s built to play baseball. I’m not going to beryllium the 1 to accidental no, particularly if helium wants to. If we felt helium could truly injure himself doing what he’s doing, it’s a antithetic story. We would ne'er enactment anybody successful harm’s way.”

RENGIFO REMAINS

Luis Rengifo was successful the Angels’ lineup connected Wednesday, a time aft reports surfaced that there’s a warrant for his apprehension successful Venezuela due to the fact that of a complaint that helium falsified divorcement documents and sold spot without cognition of his wife. Rengifo’s father, sister and lawyer are presently detained successful Venezuela, according to the reports.

Rengifo declined to remark done a squad spokesperson connected Wednesday. Minasian besides said helium couldn’t remark connected the ineligible case, but that Rengifo would stay an progressive subordinate “unless we find retired thing other oregon drastically different. It’s a idiosyncratic thing, truthful I can’t speech astir it.”

Maddon said helium would support putting Rengifo successful the lineup.

“Until I’m told otherwise, he’ll beryllium successful there,” Maddon said.

NOTES

Shohei Ohtani was included successful Time Magazine’s database of the “100 astir influential people,” with Alex Rodriguez penning the abbreviated statement of what makes Ohtani special. “I was precise pleased for him connected a idiosyncratic level,” Maddon said of Ohtani’s inclusion. “And I thought from the Angels’ perspective, I similar the thought that the Angels are retired determination with that benignant of affirmative notoriety.” …

Infielder Mike Stefanic has not been called up to the large leagues, contempt a .336 batting mean and a .920 OPS astatine Triple-A. “There’s much than conscionable hitting,” Minasian said. “There’s antithetic facets of the game, and he’s not determination yet.” …

Alex Cobb (wrist) volition beryllium activated from the injured database to commencement connected Thursday. Cobb is not expected to transportation much than 4 oregon 5 innings, astatine best.