More disappointment as Rendon will have season-ending surgery

ARLINGTON, TEXAS >> Anthony Rendon’s forgettable season is over.

The Angels announced on Wednesday that Rendon will undergo surgery to repair a right hip impingement. He is expected to be ready for Opening Day 2022.

Although Rendon was most recently on the injured list with a hamstring injury, the hip injury developed since then, which explains why there had been such little progress in the

month he’s been out.

“He’s kind of upset about it,” manager Joe Maddon said on Wednesday. “I tried to cheer him up as much as I could. When you’re not feeling well, it’s obviously a bad day. So it just never got to the point in conversation that he felt upbeat, that there was the conclusion that ‘I’m

getting better.’ I never got that out of him as I continued to speak with him almost daily within the confines of the clubhouse. I had no idea it would lead to this, but it did.”

Rendon has had three separate stints on the injured list this season, including the past month with a hamstring injury. He also suffered a groin injury in April and a knee contusion in May.

The second year of Rendon’s seven-year, $245 million contract has been a disappointment, with Rendon hitting .240 with six home runs and a .712 OPS around the three injured list stints.

“He never seemed to be able to get any traction,” Maddon said. “Because he gets torrid is the right word. I mean, he gets so hot. And he just was not able to do that this year.”

Now, the Angels can only hope that Rendon will be healthy again in 2022 and they can begin to reap some of the benefits of that contract.

“It’s unfortunate,” Maddon said. “We’ve been missing some very major pieces all year, him as much as anybody obviously. I just want him to be well, want it to get over with, want him to feel better about himself, want him to be ready for next season full-fledged.”