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Angels To Place David Fletcher On Injured List

By Darragh McDonald | September 17, 2022 at 10:03am CDT

Angels interim manager Phil Nevin told reporters, including Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register, that infielder David Fletcher will be going on the 10-day injured list. The corresponding move is not yet known.

Fletcher, 28, was hit on the hand by a pitch a week ago and has been clearly hurt since then. Despite a diminished swinging ability, he has continued taking the field but it seems the ailment will finally put him out of action for a spell. Sam Blum of The Athletic relays that scans on the hand came back negative, which is encouraging. Nevertheless, the club will keep him out of action for 10 days and hope to have him back for the final week of the season. The club is well out of contention, making it fairly logical to let him heal up and get some healthy at-bats before the winter arrives.

Regardless of how things play out from here, it will surely go down as a frustrating campaign for the infielder. This will be his third trip to the IL on the season, having already twice landed on the shelf due to a hip strain. With all that missed time, he’s only been able to get into 54 games on the season so far, producing a .259/.296/.349 batting line that’s been 18% below league average by measure of wRC+.

Fletcher has always provided strong defensive marks at multiple positions, which allows him to be a valuable player even if his bat is a bit below average. The shortened 2020 season is the only time he’s produced a wRC+ above 96, but he’s still produced 7.3 fWAR in 494 career games thanks to his glovework.

Despite having two superstars in Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani on the same team, the Angels have still struggled for years due to subpar performances elsewhere on the roster. MLBTR’s Steve Adams recently took a look at how the starting pitching may be in a better position than it has been in quite some time. With 2023 being Ohtani’s last season before becoming a free agent, it could be argued that the middle infield is the biggest weakness for next year’s club.

This year’s breakout of Luis Rengifo is an encouraging development in that department, but getting Fletcher healthy and productive could be another boost. In 2019, Fletcher played 154 games and produced a wRC+ of 96 but was still worth 3.1 fWAR thanks to his glovework at second base, third base, shortstop and the outfield corners. Rengifo can also play those positions but not as well, though he has hit .275/.305/.443 for a wRC+ of 110 this year. Anthony Rendon and Jared Walsh are expected to be on the corners, though each of those comes with question marks after injury-plagued seasons of their own. Rendon has missed most of this year due to a wrist injury that required surgery while Walsh underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome a few weeks ago. Both are expected to be ready for Spring Training, and Rendon could even return this season, though there’s a great deal of uncertainty hanging over the club’s infield mix for a very crucial season.

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19 Comments

  1. Halo11Fan

    3 years ago

    What took so long?

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    • Samuel

      3 years ago

      His wrist was so bad he couldn’t even swing the bat (let alone what would have happened had he done so and connected). The guy was standing there hoping to get a walk and bunting.

      No excuse for this.

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  2. User 2976510776

    3 years ago

    I disagree that the middle infield is the biggest weakness. I don’t envision Adell, Ward,Stassi,and Walsh all having great seasons in unison. The bench is still thin. A possible lame duck manager and gm as the team transitions ownership. And there won’t be any major investments in the off-season.

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    • Samuel

      3 years ago

      The Angels making “major investments in the off-season” hasn’t worked for 15-20 years.

      Baseball Ops has to make their players under contract better or get other people. They’ve done a great job with their pitchers this year. Next year they have to clean up the position players.

      They do not need a new FO, nor do they need to turn over ,ost of their roster.

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      • .

        3 years ago

        Bring in the King Fish, bring in Erstad, they’ll help square up some of these guys. If they really wanna do damage, bring in Jose Mota. That man knows baseball as well as anyone I’ve ever met. Probably #1 in my book.

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        • Samuel

          3 years ago

          TrumboJumbo;

          A couple of the minor league coaches have fixed players.

          This happened with the Orioles. When Elias took over he sent a few of his top coaches to the minors to work with and create a relationship with some of the young players he and others were bringing in.

          As those players were promoted he moved those coaches up to teh parent team.

          Perhaps Minasian is doing something similar.

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        • .

          3 years ago

          I figure there is room enough for any of the old blood to make an impact if they want. I think it was Scioscia who got rid of Rod Carew right? There are old timers from better Angels seasons past that would love to help some of these guys but they have been kept at a distance for years.

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        • Dodger Dogg

          3 years ago

          I was always a fan of Erstad. He played balls out every game. He was a gamer. The Angels would fare well if they brought him into the fold. He was an integral part of that ’02 championship season. That team was a blast to watch.

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        • .

          3 years ago

          That’s what I’m talkin about Dodger Dogg, 110%!!!!!!

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        • GeoKaplan

          3 years ago

          Erstad quit his job as Baseball coach at Nebraska to take the time to watch his girls grow up. He won’t be kicking tires on pro jobs for probably 5-7 years. Financially he doesn’t need the work and is placing his family first. One more reason to love him.

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  3. Monkey’s Uncle

    3 years ago

    Your name?
    “Fletch”
    Your full name?
    “Fletch F. Fletch”
    What do you do , Mr. Fletch?
    “I’m a shepherd”

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    • .

      3 years ago

      Like Gubie would say, Fletch LIVES!!

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  4. User 2079935927

    3 years ago

    It’s all ball bearings now a days what’s with all this gook?

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    • .

      3 years ago

      Who?

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    • prov356

      3 years ago

      “Somebody’s bucking for a promotion…probably that pederast Hanrahan.”

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      • .

        3 years ago

        Who?

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        • prov356

          3 years ago

          It’s a quote from Fletch.

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        • .

          3 years ago

          Haha Ok I will definitely look into it

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        • prov356

          3 years ago

          Yeah, gotta see Fletch. Then the sequel, Fletch Lives.

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