Anaheim, California – – – Los Angeles Angels Manager Ron Washington will be out indefinitely due to health issues, and Bank coach Ray Montgomery will be on Friday night’s series opener against the Houston Astros.

Washington, 73, experienced shortness of breath and equal at the end of a series of four games against the Yankees. Yankees doctors cleaned him to fly home with the team on Thursday night and underwent a series of medical tests on Friday night.

General Manager Perry Minasian announced Washington’s status before the match.

The angels did not specify what symptoms experienced by Washington, but said the driver was able to address the team on Friday with Minasian the team in the clubhouse, and he intended to watch the match of the GM’s Angel Stadium suite. Washington was not made available to the media.

“Wash has not felt good for the last few days,” Minasian said. “We want to make sure he is 100 percent before he is back in the Dugout and managed. How long it will take, I do not know. I don’t expect it to be too long.

“We all know how important it is to all of us, but health is more important than anything, and personally I don’t let him back in the dugout before I know he’s 100 percent, ok. I love the man too much. ‘

Washington, what the Texas Rangers After the back-to-back World Series in 2010 and 2011, Minasian was rented before the 2024 season in which the Angels lost a franchise record 99 games.

The Angels entered Friday night’s game at 36-38-6½ games behind the Astros in the Al West. The angels are 15-6 in one-run games, a big league best .714 winning percentage and 5-0 in extra innings.

“He wants to do it – I don’t know if he ever missed a game – but at the end of the day you have to make difficult decisions,” Minasian said. “For me, I want to make sure that the man is absolutely healthy, and physically he is in the right place before we put him back in the dugout.

“We’re playing a few close games. These are not the types of games you can put back, kick your feet and just watch. These are pretty tight games, stressful games, and I want to make sure he is good to go health -wise before coming back into the dugout.”