{"id":267239,"date":"2026-04-14T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267239\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:54:36","slug":"angels-rookie-george-klassen-leaves-start-with-finger-injury-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267239\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels rookie George Klassen leaves start with finger injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI — Los Angeles Angels<\/a> rookie right-hander George Klassen<\/a> left Saturday’s 7-3 loss<\/a> to Cincinnati<\/a> in the third inning because of a bruised nail on his right index finger.<\/p>\n

Klassen, making just his second big league appearance, exited with the Angels trailing 5-1 after allowing five runs, five hits and five walks and two strikeouts. He threw 72 pitches and allowed a solo homer to Spencer Steer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said pitching coach Mike Maddux noticed during a mound visit that Klassen was looking at the finger.<\/p>\n

“I think he’s going to be OK,” Suzuki said. “It probably doesn’t feel great with the fingernail like that. I don’t think he’s going to miss time for it.”<\/p>\n

Klassen said the nail began bothering him during the first inning. A similar issue occurred last year in the minor leagues.<\/p>\n

“We’re taking care of it in the training room,” he said. “Still pretty inexcusable results. Put the bullpen in a tough spot.”<\/p>\n

Klassen did not get a decision in his major league debut on April 5 against Seattle. He was the first Angels player to debut as a starter since left-hander Mitch Farris<\/a> last Sept. 2 at Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles acquired the former sixth-round pick in the amateur draft choice from Philadelphia<\/a> along with left-hander Sam Aldegheri for right-hander Carlos Est\u00e9vez on July 27, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI — Los Angeles Angels rookie right-hander George Klassen left Saturday’s 7-3 loss to Cincinnati in the third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-267239","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\/267239","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=267239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}