{"id":260065,"date":"2026-04-09T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260065\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:30:17","slug":"angels-robert-stephenson-out-for-season-with-elbow-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260065\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels&#8217; Robert Stephenson out for season with elbow injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32134\/robert-stephenson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Stephenson<\/a> will miss the 2026 season after having ligament and flexor tendon repair surgery on his right elbow.<\/p>\n<p>It is the continuation of injury woes for Stephenson, who was expected to be one of the team&#8217;s top relievers after signing a three-year, $33 million deal in January 2024. He missed the 2024 season after undergoing an ulnar collateral ligament repair with an internal brace in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Stephenson was limited to 12 games in 2025 after he was diagnosed with a stretched biceps nerve.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48429192\/mlb-2026-power-rankings-week-2-dodgers-yankees-brewers-pirates-red-sox\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mlb_power_rankings_week2_1296x1296.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephenson, 33, had a setback in spring training after attempting to pitch through thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms he experienced in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Angels manager Kurt Suzuki told MLB.com before Wednesday&#8217;s 8-2 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> that Stephenson&#8217;s latest setback was heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This guy wants to pitch, this guy wants to be good,&#8221; Suzuki said. &#8220;Up until he had that setback in spring training, he was in a good spot mentally. He was excited, he was happy to be back on the mound. So this is heartbreaking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stephenson, who made his major league debut with Cincinnati in 2016, has a 4.69 ERA in nine seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. &#8212; Los Angeles Angels right-hander Robert Stephenson will miss the 2026 season after having ligament and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-260065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}