Minor Angels Leager Rio Foster in critical condition after a serious car accident

Los Angeles Angels prospect Rio Foster was hospitalized after a vehicle accident early Friday morning, the team announced.

“Rio is currently receiving medical care in a local hospital and remains in critical condition”, the angels said in a press release. “We ask that the whole community of angels joins our organization to keep Rio and his family in their hearts during this difficult period.”

Foster, 22, currently plays in minor leagues at the High-A level for the Angels affiliate, the Tri-City Dust Devils. The team was to face Hillsboro on Friday evening, but the match was suspended. The Dust Devils went to social networks to offer goods.

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Detailed view of the Los Angeles Angels logo on a hat in the canoe in a spring training match in Camelback Ranch-Glendale on February 28, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas / Imagn Images)

“The thoughts and prayers of the entire organization Dust Devils are with Rio Foster who was a passenger in a car accident early this morning and suffered serious injuries,” said the minor league team.

Foster was selected during the 16th round of the 2023 recovery after its visit to Florence-Darlington Technical College in South Carolina.

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He strikes. 267 with 10 circuits and 40 points produced this season and received the honors of the player of the month of the Northwest League after his performance in August outside competition.

Rio Foster # 90 of Los Angeles Angels Battes in the sixth round of a spring spring match against the Chicago Cubs in Sloan Park on March 15, 2025, in Mesa, Arizona. (Images David Durochik / Diamond via Getty Images)

Ray Montgomery, who was appointed acting director of the Angels after Ron Washington moved away for health reasons, said that the team “prayed for the best”.

“We pray for the best; that’s all we can do,” said Ray Montgomery, Angels acting director, before Friday evening match against athletics. “Unfortunately, I work on Limited (information). … What I know is obviously more important than anything we do here today.

Rio Foster # 90 of the Los Angeles Angels Battes in the ninth round of a spring spring match against the Chicago Cubs in Sloan Park on March 15, 2025, in Mesa, Arizona. (Images David Durochik / Diamond via Getty Images)

“I just think of him and his family. He is a big child. We did it in spring training. He was a bit of a choice of draft later, and he did good things. We saw him in spring training, and he was appointed player of the month (Northwest League) recently, so his career is in a good place.”

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Athletics beat the angels on Friday. The second match in the three -game series between athletics and the Angels is scheduled for Saturday evening.

The angels enter the action of Saturday in fourth place in the western division of the American League.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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