The outfielder has been on the injured list three times in the past two seasons with right oblique problems, which is why the Angels are going to be cautious.
Angels outfielder Josh Lowe poses during media day Feb. 18, 2026, at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Outfielder Josh Lowe is out with tightness in his left oblique. Since Lowe’s breakout season with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023, he has had right oblique problems each of the past two years.
“The other time I got hurt, I couldn’t run to first,” Lowe said Saturday morning. “ I was doing stuff. I was running straightforward, just not doing stuff with the team. Just being precautionary. Obviously, I’ve done my oblique in the past. It’s the other one. If we have to take a couple extra days or however long to make sure it’s OK, that’s what I’m going to do.”“Being February 28, there’s not reason to play superhero right now,” he said. “Everything that’s been portrayed to me is ‘Be ready for the beginning of the season,’ and that’s what I want to do. So if it means taking a couple extra days now, however much time it is, to be ready for the beginning of the year, that’s what I’m going to do.” Lowe, 28, is penciled in to be one of the Angels’ everyday outfielders. He still might wind up in any of the three positions, depending what they do with Mike Trout., Lowe hit .292 with an .835 OPS to go with 20 homers and 32 stolen bases in 2023. Over the past two seasons, he’s had three separate injured list stints because of right oblique problems. Playing around those, he hit .230 with a .670 OPS.“We want to try to get ahead of it and make sure we take care of this early in spring training,” Suzuki said.Third baseman Yoán Moncada will be playing for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic for the second time. Many Cuban players – like Seattle outfielder Randy Arozarena and Boston closer Aroldis Chapman – chose not to represent their country as a political statement. “It’s unfortunate,” Moncada said through an interpreter. “Every player has their own situation of why they can’t play, but I respect everybody’s decision. That’s the way it is.”In 2023, Moncada hit .435 with a 1.258 OPS in six games for Cuba, which lost to Team USA in the semifinals. He was named to the All-Tournament team. He then began the season with the Chicago White Sox hitting .308 with an .889 OPS in his first nine games, before going down with back problems.“You see a lot of pitches and a lot of good pitchers,” Moncada said. “The competition is really good. But then you get into the regular season and you just don’t know how it’s going to turn out.”“It’s early in spring training,” Moncada said. “It does get a little bit frustrating, but I keep telling myself it’s early and eventually things will click.”The Tempe City Council is expected to vote next week to approve the construction of a new scoreboard at Tempe Diablo Stadium, according to stadium manager Jerry Hall. The new board would be in use next spring. The Angels’ spring home is the only one in Arizona that does not have a video board, which means that ABS challenges are relayed directly to the umpire instead of shown on the board.Right-hander Robert Stephenson said he threw all of his pitches in his last bullpen session. Although he’s not sure when he will be able to face hitters, which would be the next step, he remains confident that he’ll be ready by Opening Day. “Absolutely,” he said. …KTLA TV news team talk layoffs: ‘We will get through it together.’KLOS-FM host Uncle Joe Benson, one of L.A. radio’s legendary voices, dies at 762 trans men sue Kansas over a law invalidating their driver’s licenses and about 1,700 others LAFD firefighter testifies he warned that Lachman fire was not fully out when crews were told to pack upMater Dei voices concern after girls basketball player injured at Sierra Canyon
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