ANAHEIM – Johnny Giavotella is out, so Nick Tropeano was headed for the minors on Saturday.
Giavotella was unavailable for the second consecutive day because of a medical condition that Manager Mike Scioscia couldn’t reveal. Scioscia said privacy laws prohibit him from discussing when players have conditions that aren’t baseball related.
He did, however, say that the Angels are still hoping Giavotella can be back in a matter of days.
However, without Giavotella, the Angels needed to bring up another infielder, so they called up Grant Green, who started at second base on Saturday.