SEATTLE — The Angels are limping to the finish line.
On Friday they placed two more players on the injured list and they had two others who were unable to play because of short-term issues.
Catcher Travis d’Arnaud, who has a concussion, and left-hander Andrew Chafin, who has triceps inflammation, both went on the injured list.
The Angels were also without shortstop Zach Neto because of a sore left wrist and outfielder Jo Adell because of vertigo.
They called up catcher Chad Wallach and right-hander Connor Brogdon to replace the players who went on the IL. They opened up 40-man spots for them by designating Niko Kavadas for assignment and moving left-hander Reid Detmers to the 60-day IL.
The Angels still don’t have any news to report on the results of Detmers’ MRI. At this point the move to the 60-day injured list is a formality, because he was not likely to pitch again this season, regardless of the nature of the injury.
As for Neto, he has been dealing with some discomfort in his left hand ever since he was hit by a pitch on Aug. 20. Although he hasn’t missed any significant time since then, he’d had awkward moments during games when he has needed some attention.
Neto felt something on a foul ball in the eighth inning on Thursday night. He remained in the game and got a hit, but in his next plate appearance he bunted. (Interim manager Ray Montgomery said Neto’s hand issue was part of the reason they had him bunt.) He was intentionally walked after that.
“It really is minute to minute, day to day,” Montgomery said. “He only knows how it’s feeling in the moment. So we’re going to give him a minute to let it calm down a little bit.”
Montgomery said Neto did not fight the decision to keep him out of the lineup.
D’Arnaud was hit in the head by Julio Rodriguez’s back swing in the ninth inning on Thursday. He remained in the game for the rest of the inning, but was then removed for a pinch-runner.
“Up until that point he was fine, and then he didn’t feel good,” Montgomery said. “You can’t take any chances with that stuff.”
The Angels already had a catcher on the concussion list, but Logan O’Hoppe has been progressing well and he’s expected to be activated when the Angels begin a series in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Adell missed his fourth game this week because of vertigo. He played on Wednesday, but then had a setback and couldn’t play on Thursday. He said he was doing better on Friday, though. He did some work in the outfield and took batting practice on Friday afternoon.
“I was having a good enough day to get through the game (on Wednesday),” Adell said. “But I got on the flight and it crept back in. Once we landed here, it was just kind of like a miserable 48 hours of trying to get it back right.
“But we’ve got some ideas. We’re working on some things to get me back. My thing is, I don’t like missing games. That’s not my thing. Nobody does. But I’m hoping to be back pretty soon.”
JANSEN IN COLORADO
Closer Kenley Jansen said he is expecting to make himself available to pitch next weekend at Coors Field.
Jansen, who has an atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), has skipped games in Colorado at other points in his career because pitching at high altitude could be an issue for him.
Jansen said on Friday that he feels like he can pitch this year, but not on back-to-back days.
NOTES
Montgomery will be away from the team on Saturday and Sunday because of his father-in-law’s funeral. Bench coach Ryan Goins will manage the games. …
Mike Trout passed the 500-plate appearance threshold on Thursday, the first time since 2019 he’s done so.
UP NEXT
Angels (LHP Mitch Farris, 1-0, 2.45 ERA) at Mariners (RHP Bryan Woo, 13-7, 3.02 ERA), Saturday, 6:40 p.m., FDSN West, 830 AM
