ANAHEIM — Rio Foster, a 22-year-old Angels minor-leaguer, is in critical condition following a “serious car accident,” the team announced on Friday.

The Angels revealed only that Foster was a passenger in the accident and he remains hospitalized in Richland, Washington.

“Obviously it’s way more important than anything we’re doing here today,” Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery said. “Just thinking about him and his family. He’s a great kid.”

Foster was the Angels’ 16th-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, out of Florence Darlington Technical College in Florence, South Carolina. An outfielder, Foster was playing at Class-A Tri-Cities.

The Tri-Cities game on Friday night was canceled.

Foster had been named the Northwest League Player of the Month just a day earlier.

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