ANAHEIM — The path to Anthony Rendon’s return is as muddled as ever.
Angels manager Joe Maddon said on Sunday morning that the third baseman still isn’t doing any baseball activity. He has been on the injured list since July 6 with a strained left hamstring, an injury that was supposed to sideline him for just a couple of days.
“I spoke with him yesterday and he wasn’t highly optimistic about things,” Maddon said. “That’s what I’ve got.”
Rendon’s second season under a seven-year, $245 million deal with the Angels has been miserable. He’s been on the injured list three times, each time with a different injury. He has been out with a left groin strain and a left knee contusion. Each time the injury kept him out for more time than expected.
When he’s been healthy, he’s hit .240 with six home runs and a .712 OPS. He has a career .854 OPS, and over the previous four seasons he averaged .949.
There isn’t much more clarity with center fielder Mike Trout’s strained left calf, although doctors have told the three-time American League MVP he’s free to do more work when he no longer feels discomfort.
First baseman Jared Walsh, who is out with a right intercostal strain, has been doing better. He has been able to hit and throw.
Maddon said he expects Walsh to be back before Trout or Rendon. Walsh is eligible to come off the injured list on Friday.
OHTANI UPDATE
Shohei Ohtani’s next start on the mound will not be for at least a few more days, Maddon said.
Ohtani was scheduled to pitch on Sunday, but it was pushed back because he was hit in the right thumb by a foul ball while sitting in the dugout on Wednesday.
Maddon said the Angels are targeting “the end of (the Texas series), at best, or the beginning of L.A., at best.”
The Angels play four games in Texas, Monday through Thursday, and then a three-game series at Dodger Stadium starting on Friday.Maddon said if they are on the fence between Thursday in Texas and Friday at Dodger Stadium, they would take into consideration that the Angels have a bigger advantage when they use Ohtani in a National League park. In those games, the Angels essentially start the game with nine hitters while the opponent has eight.
DRAFT NEWS
On the deadline for signing picks from the 2021 draft, the Angels announced that they signed 19 of their 20 picks. The only one they didn’t sign was 20th-round pick Marcelo Perez, a right-hander from TCU.
The Angels on Sunday reportedly signed 11th-round pick Chase Silseth, a right-hander from Arizona, for $485,000, which is about four times what players in the 11th round usually receive.
UP NEXT
Angels (TBD) at Rangers (RHP Dane Dunning, 4-7, 4.20), Monday, 5:05 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM
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