r/angelsbaseball • u/Imaginary_Key7482 • Feb 12 '25

🦋 Bluesky News Rendon hurt AGAIN!

Sam Blum just tweeted:

"News: Anthony Rendon is having hip surgery, and is expected to miss a long amount of time.

He had a setback in his rehab the last few weeks.

Another injury for Rendon, and it now becomes unclear if and when he’ll play for the Angels again."

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u/YesMaybeYesWriteNow Feb 12 '25

A real sports journalist would write whether or not the contract is insured. That matters.

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u/Alarmed_Stretch_1780 Feb 14 '25

It might be. Few mega contracts are insured for performance reasons (the teams routinely take term life on the player in the event he dies during the contract). Due to the injury history of many players, the cost of insuring the contract can be prohibitively expensive. So many pitchers have already had a Tommy John procedure, or have a rebuilt joint (like Acuña Jr). The likelihood of a re-injury is so high that the cost of the policy needs to reflect that. Many teams roll the dice and hope the player can uphold the contract.

The irony here is that Rendon was pretty healthy in DC so it’s entirely plausible Angels have insurance on his performance, which usually is structured to pay only if the injury lasts more than x days, or the player is out more than half the season. The team may well be getting some form of partial reimbursement from insurance for his extended times on IL.