Ron Washington won’t handle the Angels for an indefinite time frame attributable to a well being concern, reports Sam Blum of The Athletic. He’ll attend tonight’s recreation towards the Astros and can watch from the suite. Bench coach Ray Montgomery will handle for nonetheless lengthy Washington is unavailable.
Shortly earlier than reporting the information on Washington, Blum noted that the Angels had been holding a players-only assembly. GM Perry Minasian is predicted to handle the media shortly. Mike DiGiovanna relayed a remark from Minasian that Washington has not felt nicely for the previous few days.
Washington, 73, is in his second season main the Halos. They misplaced a franchise-record 99 video games a 12 months in the past however have been way more aggressive this season. They’re taking a 36-38 file into this weekend’s set towards Houston. They’re in third place within the AL West, 6.5 video games again of the Astros. They’re solely two video games out in what stays a jumbled Wild Card image. Their -60 run differential is fourth-worst within the American League, however solely the White Sox and A’s appear firmly out of the race within the AL.
Montgomery has been the Halos’ bench coach since 2022. He has held the place below every of Joe Maddon, Phil Nevin and Washington. Montgomery spent a while as performing supervisor throughout the ’22 marketing campaign when Nevin was suspended for 10 video games for his position in a benches-clearing brawl towards the Mariners. The 55-year-old has by no means held a full managerial place however has been talked about as a candidate up to now — together with throughout the 2023 hiring course of that ultimately led to Washington. MLBTR sends finest needs to Wash on a speedy restoration.
