Angels supervisor Ron Washington to overlook remainder of season with unspecified medical problem
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels supervisor Ron Washington will miss the remainder of the season due to an unspecified medical problem, the staff stated Friday.
Washington, the oldest supervisor within the main leagues at 73, has been sidelined for the previous week.
He skilled shortness of breath and appeared fatigued towards the top of a four-game sequence on the New York Yankees that ended on June 19. Washington flew again to Southern California, underwent a sequence of checks and was positioned on medical go away.
Angels bench coach Ray Montgomery, who has crammed in for Washington for the previous week, was named interim supervisor. Infield coach Ryan Goins was promoted to bench coach.
Washington is 664-611 in 10 seasons as a serious league supervisor, eight with Texas and two with Los Angeles.
He led the Rangers to back-to-back World Sequence appearances in 2010 and 2011 earlier than stepping down abruptly in September 2014. Washington returned to the game as a coach with the Athletics and the Atlanta Braves, who gained the World Sequence in 2021, earlier than touchdown a second managerial job in Orange County.
The Angels had been 40-40 coming into Friday night time’s sport towards the visiting Washington Nationals, successful three straight beneath Montgomery and 7 of 10 total. Los Angeles has performed higher than most anticipated from a staff with main league-worst streaks of 9 straight shedding seasons and 10 straight non-playoff seasons.
The 55-year-old Montgomery is getting his first job as a serious league supervisor. The native of New York’s Westchester County is a former Houston Astros outfielder who served because the scouting director for Arizona and Milwaukee earlier than becoming a member of the Angels as their director of participant personnel for the 2020 season.
Montgomery grew to become Los Angeles’ bench coach in 2021 after common supervisor Perry Minasian took over the entrance workplace, and he stayed with the Angels whereas Joe Maddon, Phil Nevin and Washington managed the membership.
Goins performed eight seasons within the main leagues earlier than Washington employed him because the Angels’ infield coach earlier than the 2024 season.