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Los Angeles Angels announced that manager Ron Washington will remain on medical leave for the rest of the 2025 season with an unspecified medical problem.
Washington, 73, has been sidelined in the last week after experiencing breathing of breath at the end of the Angels series against New York Yankees, which ended on June 19.
After this series, Washington flew back to southern California and was placed on medical leave after he underwent a series of tests. Washington is currently the oldest manager of MLB.
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Los Angeles Angels Manager Ron Washington (37) sits in Dugout before the game against New York Yankees at Angel Stadium on May 26, 2025 in Anaheim, California. (Jayne Kamin-Concea-Published Pictures)
“We are starting to see the team’s personality take the personality of (Ron Washington),” Angels General Manager Perry Minasian said in a statement. “There is some elasticity that is some toughness and that is exactly what Ron is.
“(The players) will go out there and play as hard as they play for Ron, day out and day out.”
Angels Bench -coach Ray Montgomery, who filled Washington when he was originally placed on medical leave, was appointed temporary manager.
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Los Angeles Angels Manager Ron Washington (37) draws Relief Pitcher Shaun Anderson (64) in the ninth round after giving up a two-run home driving to Athletics Center Fielder JJ Bleday (33) at Angel Stadium on June 9, 2025 in Anaheim, California. (Jayne Kamin-Concea-Published Pictures)
Washington was hired by the angels before the 2024 season and is 103-140 in 243 games with the team. He was the manager of Texas Rangers for eight seasons (2007-2014) and had a 664-611 record with them.
He led Rangers to Back-to-Back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011, before suddenly stepping down in September 2014.
The angels are 40-41 on the season and have a 7-4 record with Montgomery at the helm.
Los Angeles Angels Manager Ron Washington (37) looks at Batting practice from a dugout before the game against Houston Astros at Angel Stadium. Washington steps away from the team indefinitely due to health reasons on June 21, 2025 in Anaheim, California. (Kiyoshi MIO-prescribed images)
This is Montgomery’s first time as a MLB manager in his coaching career. He joined the angels as their director of player staff in the 2020 season and became the team’s bench coach in 2021.
The angels lost 15-9 to Washington Nationals on Friday and seem to rebound when playing nationals in the second game in their three-game series at 1 p.m. 21.38 one on Saturday.
