4:48 PM: The Angels are breathing a sigh of relief as X-rays on Trout’s hand have come back negative, per the team. He is being considered day-to-day for now.
3:15 PM: Mike Trout was removed from the Angels game today after being hit on the left hand by an 81 mph slider, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com (via Twitter). Jeff Fletcher of the SoCal News Group provides video of the hit-by-pitch here.
It’s too early to speculate about the severity of the injury, but it does not bode well that Trout had to come out of the game. Needless to say, it would be a devastating blow for the Angels to lose Trout for any significant amount of time this early in the season.
Trout, long considered the best player in baseball, missed most of last season with a calf strain that seemed to worsen the longer he was out. He ultimately played just 36 games, slashing .333/.466/.624 over 146 plate appearances, good for a robust 190 wRC+.
There’s fear enough that Trout might be slowing down now that he’s entered his thirties, and another extended absence would only exacerbate the concern. When healthy, the bottom-line numbers certainly haven’t suffered. The Angels, for their part, would have a difficult time making up for the loss of Trout, even with Brandon Marsh on the roster and capable of stepping in defensively. Offensively, there’s simply no replacing a talent like Trout. Hopefully, the injury turns out to be minor.
For the record the pitcher didn’t intentionally hit him. It was a bad pitch and Trout tried to get out of the way and the ball hit the top of his left hand.
If anything he turned into it. I wonder if the shadows had anything to do with it?
I think he thought it was going to go behind him. Def an awkward way to turn
Trout gets hit, what’s the lure?
Dudes a great catch, keepm’ on the line
Let’s hope he doesn’t get gutted, baseball needs him
Wut
You can’t figure that out? Really?
@cookmeister In the post game, he said he was having issues seeing the ball because of the shadows. He said if he would have turned the other way and took it on the body. if he saw the ball. He said it is very swollen so hopefully he doesn’t miss too many game.
Good thing it was only 81 mph. That was one of the stranger HBP I’ve seen.
At first, I thought it hit him in the cup. It was a strange one.
You don’t intentionally hit someone with a 81mph slider
Ya think?
No one asked you. It didn’t have to be “on the record”
We’re cursed.
Hopefully just a bruise and he’s back.
Are SD and LAA under the same voodoo spell?
If you are signing up to be a fan, don’t sign up to be an Angel fan. Full of heartbreak on the field and tragedy off the field, Lyman Bostock, Donnie Moore, Nick Adenhart, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Skaggs. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Hmmm. Perhaps Wally Joyner is behind this…
I believe the Angels have been cursed since Chico Ruiz.
Long before that. Chico Ruiz was a KC Royal when that happened.
Another freak injury. Why do the baseball gods hate this man
Well he could go the Tom Brady route and sell his soul to Satan (Its the only scientific explaination for Brady having that much success and getting a supermodel wife and better Subway commercials). Maybe that will counteract the Baseball Gods.
It’s almost like cheating literally pays and rich guys land hot chicks.
That or the Satan thing.
Its the Satan thing
Dude hasn’t played more than 140 games since 2016.
People keep saying he’s the best player in the game. Part of being the best player in the game is staying healthy.
Byron Buxton is also one of the best players in the game IF he’s healthy, but the dude is never healthy.
Can’t blame a guy for injuries like this. If it’s nagging muscles and ailments that’s one thing, but a freak bad pitch can happen to anyone
Yes, they can happen to anyone, which typically happens to players in their career, but these haven’t been all freak accidents. He’s had calf issues, wrist injuries, thumb injury, etc.
Thumb wrist and now this are freak broken bones. The calf I’ll give you.
Why is it a freak injury? People get hit like that without ending up injured all the time. Why is everyone here assuming that injury was inevitable?
Getting hit is not a freak injury, but he’s never gone on the DL because of a hit by pitch.
well in 2018 he played 140 and in 2020 it was impossible to play more than 60. so yes he played 134 in 19 and was injured last year.
he missed one year due to injury don’t make it bigger than it is
It’s comments like these that show how easily data and facts can be manipulated to spin a narrative
Well he’s played 477/708 possible games dating back to the start of 2017, or 67% of the time.
That’s pretty bad no matter how you spin it.
Conviently cuts out 140-162 in 2016
Well, we are looking at the last 5 years and when he started having consistent injury issues.
I think he’s getting hurt a lot because he is getting too heavy and isn’t in as good shape as he was early on. He shouldn’t be more than 220, he needs to lose 15 pounds.
@carlos15 LOL Trout is built like a linebacker. They just said Trout sprint speed was the fastest in his career and the fastest measured in MLB this year, so much for him being out of shape
How can one argue what happened last season? The guy missed all but 30 or so games due to a strained calf. How does a strain get worse with rest? Today was not his fault no but let’s see how this newest thing plays out. I’m sure whether it’s a break or a bruise he’s going to spend as much time as possible on the IL that seems to be his thing now. Once again $37 million a year for another bunch of years looks like a crappy deal to me and further proof that long term deals these days are killing the game. To think there are Yankee fans upset that New York won’t give Judge more than seven years when seven years is about three too many.
The calf injury was concerning. The other injuries, including a tumor in his foot and missing three weeks because his brother in law committed suicide should not be looked at as a problem. Had the Angels been in the race, he would have taken much less time.
Last year was the only injury that was concerning.
Even more uncanny is dude’s ability to be around 1.000 OPS every year.
Sad seeing one of the game’s signature stars becoming more injury prone.
This is one instance where the term “injury-prone” doesn’t apply. Getting hit by a pitch says nothing about a player’s physical proneness to injury.
Trout’s fragile and a shell of the player he used to be, simple as that. Regular ‘stomach flu’, calf injury, thumb injury, foot issue, etc. Seemingly always something. No longer steals bases (hasn’t in years) and will now be very cautious in general on the basepaths in an effort to avoid re-injury (in addition to no longer stealing bases), hasn’t been good in the field in years. He will average 3-5 WAR of actual production for the next 3 years and he will also likely continue to refuse to move from CF for the good of the team (not a true team player), as he did this year. Strongly sided with Pujols publicly against the team, even though pujols was a terrible presence and a terrible player on top of that. Whatever.
From 2012 through 2020 only eight players played more games than Trout. His 74.8 fWAR dwarfs Posey’s 47.0 fWAR, the second-highest.
His 2022 sprint speed of 29.9 ft/second is faster than his 2017 sprint speed of 29.4 ft/second.
He’s credited with a positive rating in Outs Above Average every year.
He didn’t refuse to move from center field. He discussed it with Maddon and said he’d be willing to move but preferred to play center field. Maddon never asked him to move. As manager, it’s his call, not Trout’s.
It’s been suggested here that you’re just trolling. Perhaps. In any case, your depreciative appraisal of Trout is way off base. He continues to be among the best players in baseball.
How many games he played 8 years ago or 10 years ago is irrelevant. That’s a huge amount of time in professional sports- what counts in terms of expectation going forward is roughly the last 3-4 years. Again, he will average 3-5 WAR of actual production for the next 3 years. Shell of the player he used to be and has proven with both the pujols situation and his refusal to move from CF (he said he’d be ‘willing to consider it sometime down the road’, so clearly he thinks it’s up to him) that he’s not a true team player.
A foot tumor is fragile. Man you people are morons.
Getting injured by being hit by a pitch CERTAINLY tells you about a players injury prone nature. Players get hit with pitches and escape injury all the time. Why is an injury considered freak because it has a cause? This is how injuries happen and guys like Trout certainly seem more prone than others.
Trout has never gone on the IL due to a hit by pitch
I’m talking about this injury, which if he doesn’t miss any time, certainly that hurts my point. It just seems like we’re all under the assumption that he IS injured right now, but I suppose that might not be the case….. I’m not trying to rag on Trout, I think he’s one of the best ever, but he gets injured a lot and while we don’t KNOW which of his injuries other players would have avoided, we can say he is what is called “injury prone”. Although Nick Johnson may laugh at that notion.
Time for Marsh in center .. finally
What’s been confirmed? Maybe just a bruise? Just like Tatis, if Trout is out, it’s a another “this sucks” for baseball moment.
This is why the Angels invested in pitching for the first time in a long time. This pitching staff and bullpen will keep you in games. Trying to beat team 10 to 9 over the past 7 years hasn’t worked and will never work.
Adell, Marsh and Ward. That’s a good outfield, but none are Trout.
This is Maddon. Rojas will get a lot of ABs.
Are you out of your mind? Good outfield?? LOL! Maybe in bizarro world.
No OF that includes Ward as a starter can be considered good. That’s awful.
I think you you may be proven wrong about Ward. He has improved steadily after his move from catcher. He looks pretty good now and has since the later part of last year. The bat keeps improving, His D too. Since his switch he runs faster and is a stolen base threat. This improvement has been very consistent.
Yea he was pretty ok last year. I just really doubt players suddenly becoming good at his age. I’d bet on major regression to career norms and those numbers are ugly.
Ward definitely appears to be ascending. Perhaps a breakout year like Walsh in 2020? We didn’t see that happening either… stranger things have happened.
Don’t look now but Matt Duffy is carrying the team with his ..389 AVG, 476 OBP and ..921 OPS. Matt Duffy has the team in 1st right now. Just take some time off Mikey, Matty’s got this.
MVP
MVP
MVP
He just can’t play first or second. No one said he wasn’t a capable hitter.
Unfortunately, he is going to be getting a lot of play at 1B. I don’t see any other options to play 1B. Thaiss is left handed so not really an option.
I know you were mad today when Maddon rolled out an infield of Duffy, Wade, Velazquez, and Mayfield. You probably gave them 0 chance of winning.
They were playing the Rangers. The Rangers are not a good team. Also, I’ve been impressed with Vazquez.
I gave them zero chance of playing a good clean game. They did play a clean game.
He’s 28. Walsh was 26 and I do think folks saw it coming. For Ward to be what many around here are claiming, he’d have to become a completely different player at age 28. Incredibly rare. You’re getting excited about a player who’s entire rep is based on a half season of 109 OPS+.
@Cosmo No, no one saw it coming. He was not one of the Angels top prospects. He was a round 39th pick. Guess what? If people know you are going to be a future All Star 1B and end the year with 29HRs, you’re not a round 39th pick. You can mention good 1/2 year, but Walsh had a good month before last year. I don’t think he can repeat Walsh’s year, but if Ward has 450 ABs with 115 to 120 OPS+, I think Angel fans would be happy.
That would be an Epic OF in my Beer League that’s for sure
Yeah!!!! X-rays negative. Day to day!!!
Thank goodness. It didn’t look that bad.
That is good news. Hopefully, he in the lineup soon. With the Astros coming up and Alvarez out with CoVid and the rest of the lineup struggling, I was hoping to get some wins vs the Astros for a change.
ya this is about time trout misses his usual 3 months
guys pathetic.
Seek help.
Oh a Red Sox troll. You have real issues.
Dang so pathetic
Hopefully this is just a small blip in an otherwise healthy year. I love Trout; one of the best to play.
Yeah but he’s shackled to a team, pretty much for life, that’s otherwise horrible. One of the best that will never get a ring.
The team actually seems good on paper. Its sad that the Angels love Merlot Joe and his continued buffoonery. Another 78 win season… has to be frustrating for Trout.
Better get Refsnyder
Trout seems like he lost some weight in the off season. I remember when he purposely added lbs.to try and improve his stamina, as he was beat by the end of the season, in his early years. The injury bug (and the reduction in SBs) seems to have occurred just about the time he put the weight on. I think he looks more fit this year, that in recent past years.
Fragile dude
They don’t make ballplayers like they used to. Modern players are too fragile.
So says Mickey Mantle. You people are nuts.
Great example. He injured himself early in his career to the point they thought he wouldn’t play again but turned in a Hall of Fame performance. Yes, they don’t make players like they used to.
When Mantle was 30 he played 123 games. At 31 he played 65 games. Let me know when Trout can’t match that.
And finished his career playing 144 games. What an iron man. Unlike the pampered players we have today.
When Trout is 36 and can’t play 144 games come back.
I’m back.
You were never here. You are like a fart in the wind.
You haven’t acknowledged it yet, Halo11Fan.
Roberto Clemente should have survived that plane crash.. dang they didn’t make him like they use to
Why would you say that? Hard to survive plane crashes. You have very little control.
lol ya me being a red sox fan CLEARLY is a factor?
you need to accept whats in front of you, hes a great player, hes EXACTLY like griffey, GREAT hitter, great fielder, ALWAYS hurt whos career will be defined by what could have been, like NOT winning a championship( another thing that will have in common)
he is ALWAYS hurt, just get over it, while most guys miss 1-2 months he misses 4 or the entire season, hes heavier this year too and injury prone, he missed ALL of last season, accept whats in front of you, id be saying this same exact thing if he was on a team i liked.
He’s missed three weeks because his brother in law committed suicide and he missed about the same amount of time with a tumor.
He hurt himself sliding, now everyone wears a sliding glove,
He’s had one real injury. But you know nothing about him or the Angels, so he’s always hurt.
They are all “real” injuries. Many other guys DON’T get injured in those situations. Trout does, thus he’s injury prone.
Having your wife’s brother commit suicide and a tumor are completely different than real injuries
no player should miss MONTHS getting hit by a baseball, he also runs slow, idk, i dont live on the west coast and i dont get all of their games, but whatever expectations he so far has had he has not lived up to them, he wont untill he gets his team deep into the playoffs and stays healthy, hes by no measure the superstar he was supposed to be.
No one should miss months getting hit by a baseball? You mean like Tony C? That injury prone outfielder for the Red Sox.
Amanda. You win the dumb comment of the day award. Congratulations.
Yeah , dang bones should heal way faster ! Stupid biology
Runs slow, Amanda?
Mike Trout has the second-fastest sprint speed in baseball this year:
baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed?mi…
Was waiting for this
He’ll never post more than 6 WAR in a season again and 4-5 WAR is most likely the range it will end up averaging out to for the next few years.
And last year Trout was the best hitter in baseball. But now he’s done. You people are nuts.
Didn’t say he’s done- said 4-5 WAR when the bad fielding (at CF- one of the most important spots- on top of that), non-base stealing (he already stopped stealing bases before the latest injury, and now he might not be even be a good base-runner in general after the injury because of loss of speed and/or caution to avoid re-injury), and fragility are factored. He’s nowhere near the player he used to be and it’s surprising how few people have noticed. 2018 was his last year as a well rounded superstar and 2019 was his last year as a superstar at all.
After today’s game his OPS+ is going to be over 170.
You people are nuts
To go along with bad fielding at CF- a premium spot- and to go along with the shell of the base-runner/base stealer of what he used to be, and to go along with the fragility. 4-5 WAR.
He’s not a bad fielding CF. The last three seasons he’s three outs above average. His OBP this year is over 400, he’s slugging 567. You know how many times Griffey had a 400 OBP and 550 slugging? Twice.
You people are nuts.
He hasn’t been good in the field since 2018. He was average in 2019, awful in 2020, and bad in 2021. And on top of that, he’s too delusional about it and too much of an egomaniac to move for the good of the team (as shown this year). He would have more value as a DH at this point. Average of 4-5 WAR (might not even end up being that much) of actual production for the next 3 years.
Three outs above average over the last three years is a far cry from bad.
Statcast outs above average is a lot more accurate than what you are looking at.
I want you to acknowledge it.
Your being trolled Halo
Anyone who thinks Trout is not a superstar isn’t worth the time
And the Web MD doctors above theorizing how they can prevent random injs with their “magic pajama thoughts” aren’t worth the words either
Lets get back to reality
Your Pitching’s looking good, ida still liked yall to have gotten Tyler Anderson but they will probably look at the trade deadline to find some quality inns.
Those bashing Ward haven’t seen Ward lately, post hype lull effect in action but MLB careers are hardly ever linear. 145 games from him this year would be huge
I’m not bashing Ward, he seems capable. At 28, I don’t believe he has a high ceiling. However I was bashing Rojas.
I didn’t see you bashing Ward, saw a buncha others tho so I tried fitting everything into 1 post …….
Don’t think you need ceiling guys right now, just MLB capable and Ward has looked that for a decent amount of time.
Put in a good 2.5 months and I think the groceries you will need to buy at the trade deadline will be a relatively short list and inexpensive with an owner willing to buy.
Just wish you had a couple swing Sps that could give some length. Anderson and White are doing wonders cross town right now for the whole staff. Barria could be that guy but he’s very hit or miss at the moment.
1 inn guys look remarkably better (Tepera/loup ect) but having arms that can go 3~4 inns really helps the other arms stay fresh
I think you are underestimating Ward’s Ceiling. He was a first rounder with a good power bat and good glove at catcher until stalling with the bat at AA. . (Scioscia once said he reminds him of Mathis) Our last GM thought moving him away from catching would kick start his bat and named a few catchers that broke out with the bat after moving like Josh Donaldson. After this move he tried 3B and OF. His bat exploded His D took some time and 3B was dropped. He didn’t hit when he was called up, but he allways looked better and better. His OF fielding is now looking pretty good and somehow is much faster and can steal bases.
Evan ,He did, he said you WERE crazy. About everything you say is wrong. Stats show the last three years his D is above average. Look at his stat line from last year may not have been alot of games they are not from someone in decline. Look at his war from last year in that small sample and tell me how that means he will not get past 4 or 5. You say his drastic drop (not a shell) in speed but his speed looks good by statcast. What have you said that doesn’t make you look foolish??
Why should anyone acknowledge false statements, Evan?
Average of 3-5 WAR of actual production for the next 3 years. Remember that.
Why would I bother to remember that?
Trout is a very good fielder he just is no longer an ideal CFr.
Being the best hitter for 47 games or whatever is like saying Nimmo is always on base.
Yeah, I had a discussion with some on hete saying they should keep Nimmo because of his OBP. I guess it’s good if MLB plays a 40 game season.
No, it’s like saying he’s still a great hitter. Only a moron would compare Nimmo to Trout.
Halo11, these people are nuts.
If you produce more value in 1/2 a season than someone else does in a FULL season then you are MORE valuable than that person.
Y’all hostioe
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Trout is this era’s Ken Griffey Jr.
Griffey – from age 19-30
.296 .380 .568 .948
with 438 HR & 10 GG & 7 SS
Trout – from age 19-30
.305 .419 .583 1.002
with 312 HR & 0 GG & 8 SS
KYG basically turned into a pumpkin after age 30.
age 31-40
.260 .350 .483 .833
So many players decline exactly around that age. For some reason fans think it’s uncommon but it isn’t.
Right- the only aspect of Trout’s game that hasn’t dropped off big time out of the 4 aspects of the game for everyday players (fielding, base stealing, batting, and durability) is batting. Shell of the player he used to be and not a true team player on top of that. He will average 3-5 WAR of actual production for the next 3 years and was saying it before this season began as well. After those 3 years it’s too hard to predict in my opinion because that’s too much into the future- he could easily be average or flat out bad at that point.
His fielding may not have been consistent the last few years, but he has always been that way. His steals have been less for a while but his foot speed is still one of the best. Just look at statcast for this year. You say “shell of the player” Yet, the only thing that has dropped off are his steals. My point is that he has shown no drop in skills to this point and in the short time he did play last year he put up the best numbers of his career. I think there is reason to think he could have better stats the next couple years. He has a lot better hitters in the lineup now.. People underestimate Just how much better the lineup has improved the the last few years. This should help improve his chances.
He will average 3-5 WAR per season for the next 3 years (through 2024). Remember that. He hasn’t had a well rounded season since 2018 and out if hitting, fielding, base stealing, and durability, the only thing he has been good at since 2018 has been hitting. He’s a pathetic shell of what he used to be- his last and final superstar season was 2019.
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