The Angels are still evaluating the AL MVP favorite to determine how to move forward with the injury. He is already facing a procedure to repair a torn ligament in his elbow.
ANAHEIM — The Angels didn’t put Shohei Ohtani on the injured list, but they didn’t put him in the lineup either.
“I make the lineup,” Nevin said. “If I wanted him to have a day off, I would tell him he was gonna have a day off. There’s times where it’s happened. Obviously, he hasn’t had one in a long time. I didn’t feel like he needed any. Our conversations have always been good like that. Today may or may not have been one of those days where I just felt like, with what happened yesterday, he probably needs another one.
Rengifo had a hot stretch in the second half last year, but this has been better and it’s been sustained for longer.“He’s swinging at more of the right pitches, even more so than the end of last year when we had these discussions,” Nevin said. “Sometimes you just click with somebody, and I think that’s what’s happening now. I’m not gonna say this is what he’s gonna be like his entire career, but he’s certainly in a good place right now.
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