Travis

d'Arnaud

The 36-year-old backstop was hit on a backswing during Thursday’s ballgame. He’ll be shelved until he can work his way through the concussion protocol. Chad Wallach was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to take his place on the Halos’ active roster.

The 36-year-old backstop made the most of his only at-bat in the ballgame, delivering an RBI double off of Osvaldo Bido that broke a 3-3 tie and proved to be the difference in the ballgame. On the season, he’s hitting .201/.260/.349 with six homers and 21 RBI in 227 plate appearances.

Both Angels catchers had brutal months of August, with O’Hoppe’s .363 OPS actually topping d’Arnaud’s .337 mark. O’Hoppe still figures to finish out the year as the Angels’ starting catcher, but he’s been enough of a disappointment offensively and defensively this year that it’s worth questioning whether he should be handed the job in 2026.

With the score tied at 5-5 in the ninth inning, d’Arnaud singled to left to give the Angels the win after coming off the bench. The 36-year-old is hitting a disappointing .234/.279/.423 on the year, but he’ll be thought of fondly for at least a day after the walk-off knock.

In a battle of players who don’t capitalize the first letters of their last names, d’Arnaud took Jacob deGrom deep in the second inning to give the Angels a 3-2 lead. He also doubled in a run in the sixth to tie the game at 4-4. The first season with the Halos for d’Arnaud has been a mixed bag at best, as he’s slashing .220/.268/.394 with five homers and 15 RBI.

O’Hoppe gets a breather for the series finale in Anaheim against the Orioles. Travis d’Arnaud will begin the contest behind the plate and hit sixth while O’Hoppe rests.

With the Angels down in a 1-0 game in the eighth inning, d’Arnaud pinch hit to lead off the inning and took T.J. McFarland deep for a game-tying solo homer. The 36-year-old backstop has played sparingly, hitting .234/.287/.394 with three homers and seven RBI across 101 plate appearances.

With the Angels trailing 3-1, d’Arnaud smoked a two-run homer into the left-field bleachers off Bryce Miller to tie things up. The 36-year-old veteran backstop has homered just twice with six RBI in 2025, but that’s over a relatively small sample of 90 at-bats. It seems likely d’Arnaud will be in the lineup more often than not going forward, and that makes him worth consideration if only because of his positional eligibility.

No surprise here following O’Hoppe’s precautionary exit from Monday’s game against the Yankees after being struck in the head by a backswing. Angels manager Ron Washington told reporters the 25-year-old was cleared for a potential concussion, which is encouraging news. It’ll be veteran Travis d’Arnaud behind the plate in his absence. We’re anticipating the Angels will proceed with an abundance of caution with one of their emerging stars, but it sounds like he’s managed to avoid serious injury. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

The 36-year-old backstop accounted for the Angels’ only extra-base hit of the ballgame with his two-out ground-rule double off of Cabrera in the second inning. As a team, the Halos were only able to muster three total hits in the pitiful offensive performance. On the season, d’Arnaud is now hitting .200/.263/.314 with one homer and four RBI in his first 76 plate appearances.