Torii Hunter sits out for first time this season

Angels outfielder Torii Hunter had appeared in all 76 of the club’s games until sitting out Friday against the Dodgers after he suffered a rib bruise Wednesday.

Manager Mike Scioscia said Hunter, who left Wednesday’s game at Florida in the fifth inning after crashing into the right-field wall as he made a catch, probably will miss a couple of days.

Hunter is listed as day-to-day after X-rays taken Thursday came back negative.

Scioscia also said reliever Fernando Rodney, who was eligible to come off the disabled list Friday, needs more time before returning from upper-back tightness that has sidelined him since June 9.

The right-hander was scheduled to play catch Friday and Scioscia said they hope to have him throwing off the mound early next week. He is 2-3 with a 4.09 earned-run average in 26 games.

Double-A manager quits

Bill Mosiello, the manager of the Angels’ double-A team in Arkansas, has resigned to become an assistant coach at the University of Tennessee, the Angels announced.

Mosiello stepped down after a game Thursday to join the Volunteers, who recently hired former Cal State Fullerton coach Dave Serrano as head coach. The two worked together at Cerritos College in the late 1980s. Mosiello coached at Tennessee in 1994.

Todd Takayoshi, a minor league hitting coordinator, will take over the Angels’ double-A club until July 31 when Bobby Mitchell, a roving outfield, baserunning and bunting coordinator, will become manager.

Cron close to deal

A team spokesman confirmed the Angels are “very close” to coming to terms with first-round pick C.J. Cron, the University of Utah first baseman selected 17th overall in the June 6 draft.

Cron tweeted Thursday night, “Off to Anaheim Monday to sign the contract! I’m going to be an Angel.”

The 6-foot-4, 230-pound Cron is expected to receive a bonus in the $1.7-million range and is not expected to play for an Angels minor league affiliate this season.

Trout in Futures game

Outfielder Mike Trout, the Angels’ top prospect, was selected to play in the MLB Futures game for the second consecutive year.

The game will be held July 10 at Chase Field in Phoenix as part of All-Star weekend. Trout, 19, who played in the game last year at Angel Stadium, will get a chance to play in the outfield alongside fellow top prospect Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals.

Before Friday, Trout was batting .324 through 65 games with double-A Arkansas this season.

Milestone for Abreu

Bobby Abreu recently passed Andres Galarraga on the career hits list for Venezuelan players, a milestone that garnered front-page coverage in his home country.

Abreu, 37, had 2,334 hits before Friday, third among major leaguers from Venezuela behind Luis Aparicio (2,677) and Omar Vizquel (2,826).

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Times staff writer Mike DiGiovanna contributed to this report.