Angels' Anthony Rendon facing lengthy recovery from hamstring tear

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Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon said Friday that he has a high-grade partial tear of his left hamstring, with the update coming five days after he was placed on the injured list with a "strain."

It is expected to be a lengthy recovery for Rendon, who has yet to play more than 58 games in any of his previous four seasons since signing a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Angels, although one of those was the shortened 2020 pandemic season.

"I'm definitely not going to be back in the 10-day window," Rendon said. "It's been four years running now. So I was angry for a few days, frustrated, mad, everything you could imagine because…