The Los Angeles Angels have committed to insuring injured prospect Rio Foster through 2026, Foster’s mother said Friday.

The team will also pay out Foster’s contract in 2026.

Foster suffered a devastating brain injury and facial fractures when he was a passenger in a drunk driving crash in the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2025. An outfielder playing for the Angels’ High-A affiliate in Pasco, Wash., Foster had been named the Northwest League Player of the Month the morning before the wreck.

“Them giving me another year — allowing me to figure some things out, that really, really helped,” said Iris Cleveland, Foster’s mother. “I was starting to feel the pressure. It eases the stress.”

The 22-year-old was flung from the car when the driver, Ashante Sanders-Jackson, didn’t negotiate a roundabout. Sanders-Jackson remains in jail, charged with vehicular assault. Foster still cannot walk, eat on his own or hold a conversation.

Previously, the Angels hadn’t committed to keeping Foster on insurance through his Angels employment. When asked by The Athletic on Jan. 7 if the team planned to keep him on the roster and insured, or if they’d pay out of pocket for medical expenses, the team declined to answer.

“We continue to stay in regular communication with Rio’s family but would prefer to keep those conversations private,” an Angels spokesperson said. Cleveland said the team reached out to her after The Athletic’s inquiry on Jan. 9, but hadn’t engaged in substantive communication before that since November.

After The Athletic’s story on Foster was published Wednesday, Angels assistant general manager Joey Prebynski, who oversees minor league player development, called Cleveland and notified her of the assistance the team was committed to providing.

Cleveland said she’s also had more conversations with the MLB’s Baseball Assistance Team since the article ran, and hopes the service — which is designed to aid people in and around the game during times of need — will also be of help.

Cleveland was concerned that a lack of insurance would force her to cover COBRA costs out of pocket, which she believed would exceed well over $1,000 a month — more than she could afford.

“It puts my mind at ease,” Cleveland said. “I don’t have to think about it for at least a year, and it allows me to move forward and think about his process. I’m thinking about him getting better, as opposed to worrying how the bills get paid.”