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Angels place Logan O’Hoppe on IL with fractured wrist

April 26, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A fracture in a bone the size of a pea is going to keep Logan O’Hoppe out of the lineup.

The Angels catcher fractured his pisiform bone when a foul ball in Saturday’s game struck the tiny bone near his wrist on the pinky side of his left hand.

“I’m annoyed because it’s such a little thing, such a tiny bone,” O’Hoppe said. “Obviously I want to be in there every day.”

There’s no timetable for his return. The Angels called up catcher Sebastian Rivero from Triple-A to take O’Hoppe’s roster spot.

“This one hurt more than most,” O’Hoppe said on Sunday. “It felt more direct than other hits. If there wasn’t (a fracture), I wasn’t going to be surprised. If there was, I wasn’t going to be shocked either.”

O’Hoppe had been enduring a slow start to his season. He was hitting .205 with a .579 OPS. However, he was feeling encouraged in recent days that he was headed in the right direction. He had three hits and a walk in the games on Wednesday and Friday. On Saturday, he threw out two runners trying to steal.

“That’s what I’m pissed off about,” O’Hoppe said. “Things started to really feel like they were aligned behind the plate too. But we’ll take this time to keep polishing that off and go from there.”

In the meantime, the Angels have Travis d’Arnaud, a 37-year-old veteran, and the 27-year-old Rivero to handle the work behind the plate.

“I talked to Trav already and I told him, ‘Be ready to play,’ but I’m not going to kill him,” manager Kurt Suzuki said. “He’s definitely going to play some and Rivero’s going to play some. We’ll play matchups. We’ll do those type of things. But they’re going to play.”

D’Arnaud was hitting .125 in 19 plate appearances so far this season. Rivero was hitting .239 with a .557 OPS at Triple-A. Both are right-handed hitters.

“The guy’s a pro,” manager Kurt Suzuki said of Rivero. “He’s a veteran. He knows how to handle a staff. He can do some things up with the bat offensively, you know, hit and run, put the ball in play, and all those type of things, so, uh, we feel, uh, confident with him coming up.”

ROMANO OUT

A short start from Walbert Ureña on Saturday, combined with the chance of a rain-interrupted game on Sunday, led to a shuffling of the pitching staff that spelled the end of Jordan Romano’s short time with the Angels.

Romano and right-hander Shaun Anderson were both designated for assignment on Sunday. The Angels called up left-hander Joey Lucchesi and right-hander José Fermin.

Romano, 33, had a 10.13 ERA in just eight innings, after signing a one-year, $2-million deal in the winter. He did not allow a run in his first five innings of the season, converting all four of his save opportunities. He then blew two consecutive saves and allowed nine runs in three innings in his last five games. (Four of those runs scored at the end of Saturday’s blowout loss, including two charged to him with infielder Adam Frazier on the mound.)

“Unfortunately with the rain coming, we need arms and obviously he didn’t pitch the way he wanted to the last few times,” Suzuki said. “It was a tough call for us, but we felt like for where we’re at with the arms that we need and he threw a lot of pitches last night, so this was the option that we felt was best for us.”

It was unclear if Romano even was still the Angels’ closer because the Angels didn’t have a save opportunity after Romano’s rough games in New York.

Now, the job seems to be up for grabs.

“We have some options,” Suzuki said. “I don’t want to specifically name one, but ideally, you’d want a closer. I think everybody would say that, but we feel like we have a few options down there that we can mix and match. We can pick our pockets to fire guys. They’ll all be ready.”

Kirby Yates, who is recovering from left knee inflammation, gave up three runs in an inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Saturday night, and his velocity was still down.

Lucchesi has been throwing two innings in his recent Triple-A games. He had a 4.32 ERA at Triple-A since starting the season in the big leagues.

Fermin had a 3.27 ERA at Triple-A, with 16 strikeouts and nine walks in 11 innings.

Fermin is the only one of the players called up who was already on the 40-man roster. Lucchesi and Rivero took the 40-man spots vacated by Romano and Anderson.

NOTES

Suzuki said he didn’t know until about 10:30 on Sunday morning that the game time was being moved from 6:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. in an effort to avoid incoming rain. “It is what it is,” Suzuki said. “It’s better than coming back on your off day. As a player, it’s tough. You’ve got your routine and all that stuff, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to audible sometimes and you’ve gotta make things work.” …

Suzuki dropped first baseman Nolan Schanuel from the No. 3 spot to the No. 5 spot in the lineup. Schanuel had hit third for every previous game the Angels played against a right-handed starter. He’s been slumping for most of the season, which he attributed in part to an ankle injury suffered in early April.

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Angels (RHP Jack Kochanowicz, 2-0, 3.10) at White Sox (LHP Anthony Kay (1-1, 5.57), Monday, 4:40 p.m. PT, FanDuel Sports Network, 830 AM

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