Angels’ Andrelton Simmons eyes rapid return from latest ankle sprain

ANAHEIM – Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons missed his ninth consecutive game because of a sprained left ankle Monday. He missed 34 games in May and June with a similar injury, fulfilling his expectation of beating predictions that he would require much longer than a month to recover.
Simmons spouted similar rhetoric Monday. Manager Brad Ausmus recently predicted that Simmons would miss “at least a couple of weeks” this time around. Simmons still hasn’t practiced any bas