The Angels announced today that Yunel Escobar would miss 2-3 weeks with a mild grade 1 right oblique strain.
He injured his leg over the weekend, and he did not play last night in the series opener against Baltimore.
For those of you thinking this might open up some time for Cowart, that is still to be determined.
#Angels lineup. No Cowart. Escobar not on the card, so presumably on the DL. Paredes is back. pic.twitter.com/NUjFpm7ESR
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) August 8, 2017
As such, Cowart is not in the lineup tonight, despite Jeff Fletcher reporting this:
Escobar was hitting .