Oft-injured Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is having hip surgery and is expected to miss a significant amount of time, general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday.
After signing a seven-year, $245 million contract and debuting with the Angels during the pandemic-abbreviated 2020 season, Rendon, 34, has not played more than 58 games in any season. He had a 1.010 OPS with 34 home runs and a major-league-leading 126 RBIs with the Nationals in 2019, but his OPS over five years with the Angels is just .717.
Rendon has played in only 205 games and missed 438 -- with 12 stints on the injured list -- since the start of the 2021 season.