The injury caused Ardenas’ left hand to overcompensate because the oblique and glute weren’t firing correctly. The LA Angels prospect’s nagging hand injury that greatly cut down his production and caused him to be undrafted upon graduation.
No doctors could figure out what was wrong with D.C. Ardenas. He just knew that he couldn’t swing the way he wanted to and his average suffered. The pain in Ardenas’ hand continued to get worse so he decided to give up baseball in 2016. Ardenas got a job working as an equipment manager and helping with practice plans for the New England Patriots.