Angels' Ron Washington Will Miss Remainder of 2025 MLB Season on Medical Leave

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington will remain on medical leave for the rest of the 2025 season, the club announced on Friday.

Ray Montgomery will serve as the club's interim manager while Ryan Goins will be promoted to bench coach in Washington's absence, per Angels reporter Erica Weston.

General manager Perry Minasian told reporters last Friday that Washington would be stepping away indefinitely due to a health concern.

Washington, 73, is in his second season with the Angels.

“The fortunate part is he knows what he needs to do, and from a health standpoint, he knows how to get better," Minasian said on Friday Washington, per Benjamin Royer of the Los Angeles Times.

Minasian added: "In my opinion, and I think a lot of people’s opinion, the game of baseball is 1,000 times better when Ron Washington’s part of it on a daily basis.”

The Angels general manager said last week that Washington would be around the team, but he "won't be in the dugout" after undergoing medical tests last Friday (h/t The Sporting Tribune's Zach Cavanagh.)

Those tests took place after the Angels played a four-game road series against the New York Yankees between Monday and Thursday last week.

The Orange County Register's Mike DiGiovanna reported that Washington had "experienced shortness of breath and appeared fatigued toward the end" of that series.

The Angels hired Washington, who previously led the Texas Rangers between 2007 and 2014, on a two-year deal ahead of the 2024 season. The club holds an option for the 2026 campaign, per Royer.

After setting a franchise record for losses in a single season with a 63-99 campaign in 2024, the Angels had recorded a 36-38 start to the 2025 season before Washington stepped away from the team.

The club has gone 4-2 since Montgomery, 55, took over on an interim basis last week. Montgomery had served as bench coach since the 2022 season.

Goins joined the Angels in 2023 when he was hired by Washington as an infield coach shortly after the end of his playing career.

The Angels are set to play the Washington Nationals at home on Friday night. The club sits third in the AL West, 7.5 games of the division-leading Houston Astros, with a 40-40 record heading into the weekend.