Yankees doctors to fly home with the team Thursday night and underwent a series of medical tests in Southern California on Friday.

The Angels would not go into detail about Washington’s symptoms, but the manager felt well enough to address his players during a brief team meeting Friday afternoon, and Minasian said Washington would watch Friday night’s game from the GM’s suite. Washington did not address the media.

“Wash has not felt great the last couple of days,” Minasian said. “We want to make sure he’s 100% before he’s back in the dugout and managing. How long it’s going to take, I don’t know. I don’t expect it to be too long.

“We all know how important this is for all of us, but health is more important than anything and, me personally, I’m not letting him back in the dugout until I know he’s 100% OK. I love the guy too much.”

Angels outfielder Taylor Ward said he noticed that Washington didn’t seem to have his normal energy while the Angels were winning three of four games in New York.

“He did seem to be moving a little slow, but he already has kind of a slow pace,” Ward said. “There were a few times, walking to the bus, that you noticed something.”

Washington, who managed the Texas Rangers to back-to-back American League pennants in 2010 and 2011, was hired by Minasian before a 2024 season in which the Angels went 63-99, a franchise-record for losses.

The Angels entered Friday night’s game with a 36-38 record and were 6 1/2 games behind the Astros in the AL West. The Angels are 15-6 in one-run games for a major league-best .714 winning percentage, and they are 5-0 in extra innings.

“He wants to manage — I don’t know if he’s ever missed a game — but at the end of the day, you have to make tough decisions,” Minasian said. “For me, I want to make sure the guy is absolutely healthy, and physically he’s in the right place before we put him back in the dugout.

“We play some close games. You guys watch, they’re not the types of games you can sit back, kick your feet up and just watch. They’re pretty tight games, stressful games, and I want to make sure he’s good to go health-wise before he gets back in the dugout.”

Minasian wouldn’t speculate as to how long Washington will be out, but the GM was confident the manager will return this season. Minasian added that Washington plans to interact with players and coaches and will be around the team until he is cleared to return.

“It’s sad,” Ward said before the game. “We wish the best for him. We want him to get as healthy as possible and get back with us. ... (But) I think we have a good chance of coming together even more (as a team). I’m looking forward to taking the field with these guys tonight and doing it for him.”

SOLER ON IL

Right fielder Jorge Soler was placed on the 10-day injured list because of lower-back inflammation, and outfielder Gustavo Campero was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake before Friday’s game.

Soler, who is batting .207 with a .631 OPS, eight home runs and 26 RBIs and has been sitting on 199 career homers since May 31, said his back has been bothering him for the past week. The slugger, who did not play in the final two games in New York, has also been slowed by a groin injury.

But when asked if the back injury has played a role in his struggles at the plate, Soler, through an interpreter, said, “Nah, I just wasn’t hitting. It has nothing to do with my back.”

STEPHENSON PROGRESSING

Reliever Robert Stephenson, who was diagnosed with a stretched biceps nerve on June 7, said he hopes to resume playing catch by the end of this nine-game homestand.

“I’m very close,” Stephenson said. “They want me to wait until the symptoms are gone completely. There’s still a little bit left in there, and I’m waiting for that to go away.”

Stephenson, who missed all of last season because of Tommy John surgery, returned with an encouraging 12-pitch, perfect inning against the Yankees on May 28. But he was pulled after three pitches from a May 30 appearance because of discomfort and placed on the injured list on June 2. He hopes to return in early July.