After nearly a month on the injured list, the third baseman delivers a blunt assessment about the organization’s playoff drought and the shared burden of trying to end it.
ANAHEIM — After nearly a month on the injured list because of a groin strain, Anthony Rendon was activated Tuesday and ready to bring his no-nonsense approach back to the starting lineup.Rendon opened May at a high level offensively, batting .412 with a 1.041 OPS in the first 10 games of the month before the injury surfaced.
The message within Rendon’s blunt assessment was clear. There is no better time to show a sense of urgency like the present and Rendon wants to lead that charge alongside Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. “We haven’t been playing our best but we’ve hit the bare minimum so I need to push these guys a bit more to get maybe a 16th win or a 17th win. So we just have to keep grinding.”After batting in the leadoff spot the past three games, Ohtani was in the No. 2 spot for Tuesday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs, while Mike Trout was batting third.
“We have a few in there and just kind of splitting those up really and trying to find out what works with the both of them,” Manager Phil Nevin said. “I’m not saying they’re struggling at all, but is it what everybody expects them at?”
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