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Angels Place Brandon Drury On 10-Day Injured List

By Mark Polishuk | July 2, 2023 at 3:30pm CDT

The Angels placed Brandon Drury on the 10-day injured list today, as the veteran is suffering from a left shoulder contusion.  Drury’s placement is retroactive to June 30.  The Angels called up infielder Andrew Velazquez to take Drury’s spot on the roster, and the club also announced that Jake Lamb (who was designated for assignment earlier this week) has been released.

Drury hasn’t played since Thursday, when he hurt his shoulder diving for a ball in Anaheim’s 9-7 loss to the White Sox.  The IL placement seems to be largely precautionary in nature, and Drury told The Athletic’s Sam Blum and other reporters that he expects to be activated when first eligible, which is the Angels’ first game after the All-Star break.

While it doesn’t look like Drury will miss much time, his shoulder issue represents yet another injury for an Angels infielder.  The team recently acquired Eduardo Escobar and Mike Moustakas in trades to add some infield depth, but even while a couple of previously injured players have since returned, the IL’s revolving door has now continued with Drury’s placement.  Drury joins Gio Urshela (whose season might be over due to a pelvic fracture) and Zach Neto on the IL, though Neto’s return from an oblique strain might also come once the All-Star break is over, as Blum reports that Neto has been engaging in baseball activities.

After signing a two-year, $17MM free agent deal with the Angels during the offseason, Drury’s first season in a Halos uniform has been a success to date.  The 30-year-old is hitting .277/.322/.500 with 14 homers over 307 plate appearances, translating to a solid 123 wRC+.  With a .333 BABIP and below-average strikeout and walk rates, there might be some regression in store for Drury in the second half, but the Angels are certainly hoping he can continue being a key bat in their lineup, and a regular at both first and second base.

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  1. brooklyn62

    2 years ago

    LOL…I glanced at the headline and saw “Angels place…injured list”. Thought it was Rendon taking his natural spot again!

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    • HalosHeavenJJ

      2 years ago

      Not yet.

      Although we should start a pool. Pick the day he goes back on the IL and win the pot.

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      • Hemlock

        2 years ago

        > Pick the day he goes back on
        > the IL and win the pot.

        I vote for this pot. If you drop it, it might not break.

        acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/plante…

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      • brooklyn62

        2 years ago

        The pool should be who goes on the IL first; Rendon, Stanton or Paxton.

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    • Omarj

      2 years ago

      He blamed his throwing error to being sore. So why are you playing 3B?

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    • halos2017

      2 years ago

      He’ll get injured in SD series and be day to day and club will put back on the IL headed to All star break

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    • rottenboyfriend

      2 years ago

      At this point Rendon looks like the new Josh Hamilton! We don’t have the finances to be wasting $36M per on a guy who as a free agent today would be signing a 1 year deal for 8M at best! His deal runs through 2027! 90 percent of the free agents who sign huge long term deals never produce much after! Lendor, Bogarts, Hosmer, Rodriguez in Seattle, Brantley in Houston, the list is a mile long! When is ownership gonna wake up and quit doing contracts longer than 4 years! These 8 to 10 year deals are insanity! Even Trout at 31 is starting to regress and his deal has 7 more years to go at 38M per!

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  2. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    2 years ago

    Sorry to hear this, Drury and Renfroe seemed to be a distant hope for LAA this year.
    What is this team going to do once Ohtani takes an uber out of town?

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    • Plugnplay

      2 years ago

      Drury is doing fine, he’s one of the better MLB off-season signs. He’ll be back in a minute. Thanks for stopping by. NOT!

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      • Slow day at work

        2 years ago

        Renfroe is doing pretty well too

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  3. RyÅnWKrol

    2 years ago

    I’d rather have him sit as a precaution than risk losing yet another infield depth piece to a long term injury.

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    • Plugnplay

      2 years ago

      For sure, with the All-star break looming right when he’s due back, there’s an extra 5 days there.

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