SEATTLE — Zach Neto’s day-to-day hand injury has turned into a three-day injury, raising the question of whether this is going to be an issue for the Angels shortstop for the final two weeks of the season.
“With the hand it’s going to be tough,” said bench coach Ryan Goins, who is serving as Angels manager this weekend. “Still day to day. We’ll see where he’s at from there.”
One of the reasons a quick fix seems unlikely is that this injury has already been bothering Neto for nearly a month, since he was hit by a pitch on Aug. 20. Although he’d played every game since then until Friday, there were a couple moments during those games when Neto irritated the injury either at bat or in the field.
He was hurt while fouling off a pitch on Thursday night . He did not start any of the next th