Angels megastar Mike Trout, who has been unavailable for several days due to a groin injury, has shown improvement and will rejoin the Angels for their series in Texas, per Jeff Fletcher of the Southern California News Group. He remains day-to-day and it is yet unclear when he will be ready to return to the lineup, but the update is certainly welcome news for the Angels. Trout exited the Angels’ April 9 contest with the Brewers after suffering a right groin strain and remained in Los Angeles while the rest of the team traveled to Chicago. The club has managed well in Trout’s absence, finishing a three-game sweep of the Brewers and winning one of two games against the Cubs, with Sunday’s rubber match postponed. The news should certainly inspire some optimism for Angels fans, who have collectively been holding their breath since Trout’s injury. Considering the circumstances, it would feel like the best-case scenario for the Halos to get their franchise cornerstone back after just a handful of games, a stretch in which the team has maintained its winning form.
Here are the latest updates on other injuries from around Major League Baseball…
- Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress has completed his rehab assignment and will rejoin the Brewers on Monday, per Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Jeffress, a stalwart of the Brewers’ dynamic bullpen in 2018, has been on the shelf for the beginning of the season with a shoulder issue, which has since been resolved, says Haudricourt. He will join Josh Hader in a Milwaukee bullpen that will be without Corey Knebel, who underwent Tommy John surgery earlier this season.
- In Sunday’s victory over the Orioles, Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi fouled a ball sharply off his right foot and had to exit the game. In some good news for the Sox, though, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports that x-rays on Benintendi’s foot returned negative results, though Benintendi will be day-to-day with a foot contusion. He was replaced in left field by Blake Swihart on Sunday, who could continue to serve as Benintendi’s substitute if he misses any time.
- Orioles righty Alex Cobb, out since April 6 with a lumbar strain, won’t come off the IL when first eligible, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com was among those to report. It doesn’t appear Cobb will miss much more time, however. Manager Brandon Hyde indicated he could start during the Orioles’ upcoming series against the Twins, which runs from April 19-21. Cobb pitched well in his lone start of the season, an April 4 loss to the Yankees in which he threw 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball.
- Seattle Mariners southpaw Wade LeBlanc will miss 4-6 weeks with a grade 2 oblique strain, skipper Scott Servais told reporters, including The Athletic’s Corey Brock (Twitter link). With LeBlanc headed to the 10-day IL, the team has called up right-hander Erik Swanson from Triple-A. Swanson will take LeBlanc’s place in the starting rotation and is slated to make his first Major League start on Wednesday.
Guessing when Trout is ready, he will DH his first game back.
THEE only thing you have to worry with Trout is his injury history. Although it’s small, it’ll always be in the back of the organizations mind. Injuries aren’t so forgiving with age.
Is it small though? Hasn’t he been injured like a decent amount over the last 2-3 years, one year missing like 50 games?
His injury in 2017 was a freak injury, tearing a ligament sliding into a base. It’s not a chronic injury, and it certainly hasnt affected him long-term, as he put up a 10+ WAR season in 2018 despite only playing 140 games. He’s missed, what, 4 games this season because of this mild strain? I don’t think that’s “injury-prone.” As he ages, it’s possible he becomes more prone to injury but he can also move to an outfield corner or DH once Pujols is gone.
The thing is, he only experiences injuries from playing the game hard. He knows his abilities and won’t hold off from playing the game he loves regardless of the amount of money he makes. He is by far the best player of this generation and I hope he wins a championship soon. Most players hit their prime years around 28-30 so I don’t know how much better he can get but I’m eager to find out, it should be fun.
I fear Trout may be slowly sliding into being injury prone
Slowly? He’s been turning to glass quicker than I think you think
Glass? Hyperbole much?
I’d trade Simmons, and any other offensive players with value, for a bunch of young pitchers. I’d also trade anyone with a year or two left. They need to load up on talent while trotting any upper level player they have to try and see what they have, (search for a gem, Martinez, Pham, Merrifield) while shedding some salary and looking for a ton of talent in the next draft. They’ll have the bullets to trade and bring pitching in.
I understand the logic behind the fire sale strategy but at this point it really doesn’t make sense we should’ve don’t this a while ago. Especially us being stuck with pujols for the next three seasons I just think everyone but Simmons we would be selling really low on upton is always hurt, Calhoun can’t hit anymore. Cozart looks lost at the plate. What do we do with fletcher I think trading all of those players might get us 2 or3 top 100 prospects if we are lucky. Then we have the 9th pick in the draft which hopefully translates to a top100 prospect. I just don’t see the halos system becoming a top5 or 10 system by fire selling. Plus we would likely replace traded players with guys that are in our system or waiver players I think it would be a huge waste unless we are so far out of it by the deadline
I guess you have t been paying attention to their farm system and the big step their young relievers have taken.
I was surprised to read that the Trout family changed their name from Trautwig in the 1700s.
Blake Swihart in left field. What could possibly go wrong? Ruh-roh.
He’s played plenty of left field. He’s faster than JBJ (not nearly as good an outfielder, of course. But, if JBJ is back from the flu, it’ll be Martinez in the outfield and Pierce at DH since he’s the designated lefty-killer and Paxton is going in Game 1 for the Yankees.
Are injuries much more common these days? Or am I just hearing more about them? Is this a training thing, or something more? I feel like groin, hamstring, bicep, calf strains are more common then they ever were, but maybe I just have more access to more teams information these days??
Yes; it is exactly that. You hear about them much more now. Teams are required to tell this information to the league, to avoid roster manipulation that might be illegal. In the future, with gambling taking hold in baseball, injuries will probably be reported even much more thoroughly.
Before the DL/IL, of course, players often just played through injuries or sat out with no explanation, and before free agency and guaranteed contracts, players often played through serious injury because they were afraid of being released just for being hurt.
Pulled muscles are definitely more common in an era where power is king and players bulk up at the expense of flexibility.
I can’t believe the idiotic comments that are posted on this board.
Oh, irony. I love it.
Just like witches at black masses..