The Los Angeles Angels placed right-hander Jose Soriano on the 15-day injured list on Thursday, ending his season after he sustained a right forearm contusion from a line drive in Wednesday night’s loss to the host Milwaukee Brewers.
In a corresponding move, Los Angeles recalled rookie left-hander Sam Aldegheri from Triple-A Salt Lake.
The Brewers had runners on first and second with one out in the second inning when Jake Bauers hit a 107-mph scorcher that hit Soriano in his arm. The ball trickled toward the third base line and loaded the bases in a scoreless game. Soriano buckled over in pain, then entered a squatting position.
Interim manager Ray Montgomery and head athletic trainer Mike Frostad went to the mound to evaluate Soriano, who was replaced by reliever Connor Brogdon. All three inherited runners scored in a five-run inning and Milwaukee went on to win 9-2 with Soriano taking the loss.
Soriano, 26, underwent X-rays, which were negative for a fracture.
“I’m good, thank God, it just hit me on the forearm,” Soriano said through interpreter Manny Del Campo after the game. “I was worried, but the X-rays came back negative. Now, I’ll just take it day by day and see how it goes.”
Soriano is 10-11 with a 4.26 ERA and career highs with 78 walks and 152 strikeouts in 169 innings. He entered Thursday tied for major league lead with 31 starts.
He is a career 17-21 with a 3.89 ERA, 146 walks and 305 strikeouts in 324 innings over 91 games (51 starts) since making his major league debut with the Angels in June 2023.
Aldegheri, who turns 24 on Friday, has a 10.38 ERA in 4 1/3 innings for the Angels this season. Ranked the Angels’ No. 14 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Aldegheri was 8-8 with a 3.72 ERA, 58 walks and 110 strikeouts in 128 1/3 innings in 23 games (all starts) for the Angels’ Double-A affiliate Rocket City, and he had a 5.40 ERA for five innings in one start for Triple-A Salt Lake.
