Angels' Anthony Rendon to have season-ending wrist surgery, adding to LA's rough month

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Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon will miss the remainder of the 2022 season after the organization announced that Rendon will undergo season-ending surgery on his right wrist next week. 

Rendon, who signed a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Angels in 2020, suffered the injury in early May, and was on the injured list from May 17 to June 10. 

Anthony Rendon #6 of the Los Angeles Angels returns to the dugout in the first inning during the game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Anaheim, California.  (Katelyn Mulcahy/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"We knew [surgery] was always an option, but we were trying to figure out how to get through each day, but it got to the point where it didn’t get better," Rendon said Friday, according to MLB.com. "Yesterday was the last straw. I tried to go through a new routine to try to see if I could play. And we tried to do some stuff during the game, but it just wouldn’t happen."

Angels head athletic trainer Mike Frostad said that the recovery time for Rendon’s surgery is four-to-six months, and that the third baseman should be ready for next season’s offseason. 

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"More often than not, this injury ends up in surgery and we were expecting this to be the outcome," Frostad said, via ESPN. "We were just trying to get through to the end of the year, and he was trying to get through the end of the year, and he just wasn't able to get there."

Anthony Rendon #6 of the Los Angeles Angels runs to first base against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 14,