It will leave a mark.
Angels first baseman Nolan Chanuel suffered a “testicular contusion” on Saturday, manager Ron Washington said. told reportersafter a foul ball hit him in his at-bat in the top of the third inning when the team lost to the Red Sox in Boston.
Washington said Chanuel, 22, will not play in Sunday’s series finale but is not expected to be placed on injured reserve.
Mr. Washington was transfixed by the words when revealing Mr. Chanuel’s diagnosis, but he laughed a little before the reporter said it wasn’t funny.
“It’s not funny, but he’s fine,” Washington said.
Chanuel, who left the game in the bottom of the third inning, said Sunday morning that he was feeling much better. According to the Orange County Registerbut he was certainly out of the Angels’ lineup.
Chanuel, a 2023 first-round pick by FAU, made his MLB debut last August and reached base in all 29 games he played.
His on-base streak to start his career looked like it would be extended to 36 games this season, but MLB’s retroactive scoring change changed the single to an error, and the streak ended at 30. It was the third-longest streak for a starting pitcher to stop pitching in a game. career.
The scoring change infuriated Wayne Randazzo, a former Mets radio broadcaster and current Angels TV voice.
“Negative story after negative story, scandal after scandal,” Randazzo said on the broadcast after the score change. “It was a big mistake in Oakland. He’s wearing a funny-looking jersey.” Today, the MLBPA is challenging the league about pitch clocks because of the constant injuries to pitchers, not to mention world-class superstars. there is no [Shohei Ohtani] embroiled in a gambling scandal. But on top of that, there are young players who are trying to make their mark. He reached base and reached base safely in every game he played. And the league will allow this scoring change to end his winning streak and kill this story going on in Major League Baseball. That’s absurd. ”
