<p>DUNEDIN, Fla. — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Dexter Fowler has a torn ACL in his left knee that requires season-ending surgery.</p>
<p>A date for the procedure has not been set. Recovery time is expected to be six to nine months.</p>
<p>“Comeback season has commenced,” Fowler said Sunday. “The cards I’ve been dealt, so you’ve got to deal with them and go at it like that.”</p>
<p>Fowler was hurt when he took an awkward step on second base in <a href="0570048d1db2d9769dc9a6a23854a4fa">Friday night’s game against Toronto</a>. At first he thought he was hit by a thrown ball.</p>
<p>The Angels initially thought Fowler had avoided a serious injury but an MRI exam on Saturday found the tear.</p>
<p>“The preliminary tests were fine,” Fowler said. “Thought the ACL and everything was fine, and then woke up the next morning and it was kind of sore. … Went and got an MRI and the doc told me that I tore my ACL and my medial meniscus and strained my MCL.”</p>
<p>Fowler doesn’t think the injury is career-ending.</p>
<p>“I want to continue to play,” the 35-year-old said. “I think I’ve still got a lot left in the tank. Right now I just want to get the knee back right and get going again.”</p>
<p>Los Angeles manager Joe Maddon talked with Fowler on Sunday and said he took the situation as well as can be expected.</p>
<p>“We’re going to miss him,” Maddon said. </p>
<p>He said José Rojas and Juan Lagares will play in right field in the near future. It is possible that Jared Walsh could see some playing time there as well.</p>
<p>Third baseman Anthony Rendon was not in Sunday’s lineup against the Blue Jays. Maddon said Rendon felt something in his groin while making a throw Saturday night.</p>
<p>“I don’t know if he’s going to be more than one day,” he said.</p>
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