At long last! The Halos’ big-thumping offseason acquisition Anthony Rendon will officially join the lineup tonight. Arguably baseball’s best third baseman at the most stacked position, Rendon will man the hot corner as the Angels take on the Seattle Mariners.
Our home opener and Rendon's #Angels debut. 🤩
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) July 28, 2020
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Rendon was nursing an oblique injury and missed the club’s opening series at Oakland.
In a not-corresponding move, it appears that the Angels will call up middle infielder Luis Rengifo and potentially send Matt Thaiss to their alternate practice facility in Long Beach. They could also designate Andrelton Simmons (ankle) to the IL, who may miss a substantial portion of the season.
Luis Rengifo will be part of a roster move that’ll be official later today, Joe Maddon said.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) July 28, 2020
no official roster move but Luis Rengifo is at Angel Stadium, there are unconfirmed reports that Matt Thaiss is with AÌ·AÌ·AÌ· Ì·SÌ·aÌ·lÌ·tÌ· Ì·LÌ·aÌ·kÌ·eÌ· (Long Beach) #Angels
— Taylor Blake Ward (@TaylorBlakeWard) July 28, 2020
I believe home cooking (and feeling safe) will make a difference this series.
When is it Jo Addel time? Stoked to have Rendon in there though.
I believe after 8-10 games the service time doesn’t start for this year. So more than likely he will be called up once Trout goes on paternity leave making it not so obvious Billy is doing service time manipulation.
After we start 6-14 😎
I’m so ready. Let’s bang out the hits and runs tonight!
That’s great but is there any explanation for Taylor Ward getting so much playing time?
The beat guys are saying he’s better in the outfield than before, so perhaps giving the bat a chance to play? Other than that, I can’t say. One would think Goodwin is clearly the better option, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I got nothing else.
This does put a smile on my face.