The Angels have reinstated shortstop Jose Iglesias from the injured list, per Jack Harris of the LA Times (via Twitter). Jose Rojas was optioned to create the open roster spot.
Iglesias went down on May 28th with a left hamstring strain, though by the looks of it, that move was made retroactive to May 25th, the last time Iglesias appeared in a ballgame. Regardless, he’s back and easing back into action as the designated hitter tonight. For the season, he’s hitting .283/.317/.396 with four home runs and two stolen bases over 167 plate appearances.
Rojas, 28, made his Major League debut this season, and he’s seen relatively regular duty for most of the season. Appearing in 43 games, the multi-positional, lefty-swinger has batted .190/.246/.364 across 130 plate appearances. Rojas has started 10 games at second, 11 at third, one game in left and seven in right field while also appearing in two games at first.
With Anthony Rendon healthy, the Angels are hoping they won’t need as much coverage at the hot corner, and Iglesias’ return mitigates their need up the middle. Kean Wong and Phil Gosselin will be the primary backups on the infield, while Taylor Ward has laid claim to a role as a corner outfielder. Gosselin and Wong are also both capable of playing in the grass.
Iglesias is starting at SS and Ohtani is at DH today.
Rojas was given a long leash, he didn’t deliver.
Too bad. Rojas was a monster in AAA; especially in 2019.
Most Angels do well in the minors and stink in the majors. Just a very few make it.
The Angels have produced a lot of good players. Walsh is a great example. Very few Angels are highly ranked, yet it’s surprising how many rookies the have that get rookie of the year votes.
Rojas was a monster in the verrry hitter friendly Pacific Coast League in the high elevation in Salt Lake City. Rojas is also proof why you don’t put too much stock into spring training numbers
Adell out hit Rojas last Spring. People put no stock in Adell’s numbers
We also got to see Adell at the ML level last year. Rojas was a wild card
You saw a player who was not ready. You saw a player that had about 300 ABs above A ball. You saw a player that missed close to half of 2019 with major leg injuries. Ask Ohtani how hard it was to hit without both legs last year.
I’m not really sure why people don’t understand that. People like to form opinions with little or no data on a subject. What Adell did last year was meaningless.
Not to discount you RSox. Last year Adell was a wild card. So you are right.
He still can’t hit a curve ball
Are you watching these minor league games? These pitchers must be really stupid, he has almost twice as many HRs as the next guy in the league.
Rojas is providing as much value as Rendon and he’s making 1/30th the salary. Plus Rojas was playing 2b, LF and RF, Rendon can barely play 3B
Thank you
D_M, it’s the same reason Adell isn’t ready. He hit his 14th HR last night but there are holes. he’s getting closer, he’s striking out less, but he’s not there. The PCL isn’t the show.
By the way, Adell hit another HR today. Two for three, no strikeouts. He’s cutting down his strikeouts. He’s not ready, but I don’t think he’s that far away.
Hit a game-deciding HR on Friday in Anaheim, get a plane ticket to Salt lake on Sunday…
He’ll be back.
He still needs to be able to learn how to hit, field and run the bases,
i turn the game off. they may win it but it’s just so hard to watch it!
The Angels are three outs away from being two games over 500 since Trout went down.
26-31 With all these Great Players from their farm system, Come on this is not a good team and Very few of these call ups ever turn out to be any good.
They keep ignoring the bullpen. Perry is an idiot.
And Halo11, have u been watching the games? The BP has been the lesser of all evils. Sure there ERA is a little bloated, but u would be bloated to shoving down 6 meals a day. That’s what there eating, 6 inning a night.
SP’s! If u want to point any finger, which is not how any ball player’s do. That’s the main problem. We all knew they weren’t special, but come on! They were expose to eat up some innings. I don’t care if it was 5 and 3, or 6 and 4 runs. Which stinks, Who cares, there not even doing that consistently. (Ohtani excluded)
All said and done, the BP is not my worries.
Perfect example in Cobb tonight. Gave up 5 runs, but went 7 innings, stinks right? Not so much, need those innings to win, and save your BP.
The bullpen was responsible for at least 8 losses the first two months of the year.. The Angels are 25fh in bullpen ERA and 24th since May 1st. I’ve been watching, you haven’t been.
The bullpen should be your worries. Right now their 7th and 8th inning guys were both released in March.
Hey swing, looks like the BP, cost us another game. How many times are you going to be wrong about this? You’d think after being wrong for months and months and months you’d learn something.
You need some serious help bro. You’ve been wrong so much, you don’t even know what it feels like to be right. Hahaha! The BP didn’t cost them the last game against the M’s, the hitting did on this one. They were down 4-2 entering the 9th to a struggling rookie starting pitcher. The runs the BP gave up were pointless, if it remained 4-2 in the bottom of the 9th. The M’s would of threw there closer in, and not a scrub BP guy. Still game over. Calculate another 5 runs into the BP’s ugly ERA, but who cares about BP ERA.
The end of the day, the easiest way to get a win is do what the M’s did. Control the game from start to finnish, but that takes scoring some early runs. Which the Angels obviously didn’t do, but since you like being wrong, go ahead and chalk another loss all on the Angels BP. hahaha to funny.
I’ve been wrong.. you’re insane. And you are the one that needs serious help if you think you’ve been right and I’ve been wrong.
You’ve been wrong with virtually every post.
Whatever measurement you use to measure the bullpen, it stinks.
Woody, this Angels team is doing just fine. Absolutely nothing has gone well in all 4 phases of the game, but yet there hovering around .500. Simply put, I’ll take 2 or 3 games under .500 till Trout gets back. Sign me up, let’s go for a second half push. Yes, you nailed something, they are talented. We just need to see them on the same field. That said, nobody thought this team is or was deep, but with health, there as good as any team.
Check out this line-up! You can count it with your fingers how many game they’ve played together, and you won’t even need your toes how many times this line up hit the stage.
1)Fletcher
2)Ohtani
3)Trout
4)Rendon
5)Walsh
6)Up Town
7)Iggy
8)Ward or any RF
9)Stassi
Legit, don’t hate, appreciate. The wins will come, just need that line-up on the field. Oh! With the SP’s pitching 5/7 innings 5 times a week… Not 2..haha
Problem is between Trout, Rendon, and Upton all seemingly being injured at one point or another you are not likely to get that lineup very often.
RSox, yes and no. This is Trouts first serious non-freakish baseball injury. Upton has had one freak baseball injury. Rendon seems to be the risk. He keeps suffering soft tissue injuries and you have every reason to suspect that will continue.
The defense has been horrific. The starting staff has been South of Mediocre. The bullpen has been atrocious. Compared to the other issues that need resolution, the lineup isn’t a concern.