Angels outfielder Mike Trout has suffered another meniscus tear and is out for the year. General manager Perry Minasian informed reports today, including Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register, who relayed the news on X.
Trout underwent surgery at the start of May to address a torn meniscus in his left knee. He was able to begin a rehab assignment by playing for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees on July 23 but departed that game with left knee soreness. The Angels then announced that he would return to Southern California to be re-evaluated and it now appears that a torn left meniscus has been discovered yet again and he won’t be able to return in 2024.
“Since my initial surgery on May 3rd to repair my meniscus, my rehabilitation proved longer and more difficult than anticipated,” Trout said in a statement released on X. “After months of hard work, I was devastated yesterday when an MRI showed a tear in my meniscus that will require surgery again – ending my hopes of returning this season. Playing and competing is a huge part of my life. This is equally as heartbreaking and frustrating for me as it is for you, the fans. I understand that I may have disappointed many, but believe me, I will do everything I can to come back even stronger. I will continue to help my team and teammates from the dugout as we press forward into the second half of the season. Thank you for your support.”
It’s yet another brutal blow in a career that was once defined by such brilliance but has more recently been defined by injuries. From 2012 to 2020, Trout was the consensus best player in baseball. In that stretch, he hit 297 home runs and drew walks in 15.4% of his plate appearances. He slashed .306/.421/.587 for a wRC+ of 173 while stealing 197 bases and providing quality defense in center field. FanGraphs considered him to be worth 73 wins above replacement in that time frame, with Max Scherzer coming in a distant second with 50.4 fWAR. Buster Posey was second among position players with 47.1 fWAR.
But Trout has been significantly hampered by various ailments since that time. In 2021, a right calf strain limited him to just 36 games. In 2022, he got that up to 119 games but still missed a bit of time due to back problems. Last year, a left hamate fracture capped him at 82 games.
When he’s been able to take the field, he has still been able to produce at an elite level, and that was still true here in 2024. He began the season with 10 home runs and six steals in just 29 games. Despite a tiny .194 batting average on balls in play, he produced a line of .220/.325/.541 for a wRC+ of 137. But due to these ongoing knee problems, he won’t be able to add anything to those stats with the remainder of the schedule.
The news won’t have a huge impact on the Halos here in 2024. At 47-61, they are well back of the playoff race at this point. They recently made some sell-side moves ahead of the deadline, trading impending free agents Carlos Estévez and Luis García.
Fans of the club and baseball in general will be hoping that Trout comes back healthy and effective next year. Though many of his injuries have appeared to be fluky in nature, his continued absences naturally create some worry about the long-term picture for the club. Even when they had peak Trout on the same roster as Shohei Ohtani, they never managed to get into the playoffs or even finish a season with a winning record. Ohtani is now a Dodger while Trout is going to turn 33 years old next month and hasn’t played 120 games in a season since 2019.
The extension he signed in 2019 runs through 2030 and pays him $35.45MM annually at this point. Fans of other clubs often dream of getting Trout out of Anaheim via trade but his run of injuries will make other teams loath to take on all that money for his mid- and late-30s. He also has a full no-trade clause and has expressed a desire to stay and win with the Angels.
Yikes.
Tragically, one of the finest players of our generation is probably done.
Done? I hope not. He may never play a full season again but I think he’ll be back.
As long as he’s getting paid he’ll keep trying to come back.
Back doing what? 100-200 at bats if that? In the past 5 yrs he has averaged about 50 games a year. He is injury prone. New stuff will develop.
He gets paid either way. He wont quit unless he gets every last penny.
You do realize that 2020 was a truncated season, right? He is averaging 66 games a year for the last 4 seasons. He played in 53 of the 60 games in 2020. That puts is 5 year average at 72 games.
100-200 at bats is back isn’t it?
He’d put up like 3 WAR.
He is not injury prone. What Trout is doing is going on vacation for the rest of the year when the Angels don’t have a chance to get in the playoffs. Angels is the team that players go to when they want to “retire while on duty”. Rendon also does this. Angels should get Kris Bryant since he is “retired while on duty”.
No reason to think he’ll never play again unless he’s going to tear his meniscus every time he tries to play. This does seem unusual. He’s suddenly making Giancarlo Stanton seem Cal Ripken-like.
Lonzo Ball would like a word.
Who makes it back first. Trout or Ball?!
Neither.
Can I get Trout’s address? I want to send my money directly to him instead of buying game tickets
Idk exactly how but this is Arte’s fault too
What? Trout being done for the season or your post. Though I would assume both are Arte’s fault?
Yes, it’s Arte’s fault
This is an easy one, Ill explain.
God hates Arte because, well, Im not allowed to share and so anything he is involved in is destined to be cursed until he is gone.
Somehow he’s overcome all the hate, starting out as one of 11 kids to become a multi-billionaire.
Arte Moreno in a Satan suit this year
They do have a lot of injuries. Their training and medical staff seem deficient.
@dh4all it’s because the owner has stripped everything down and hires 1st time gm’s and managers that never get hired again because they suck. he cuts corners in the wrong ways, and over pays in free agency loses draft picks, and doesn’t sell off when he needs too
Jerry DiPoto says hi.
@baseball77 was talking about the managers. Also jerry suddenly got better when he left. Eppler got rehired, but I think he’s done now.
Thanks for the clarification
I now understand what the previous generation felt with Ken Griffey Jr. This is awful
Being referred to as “previous generation” does nothing to make me feel younger. LOL
Seeing 85 in your name and assuming it’s signifies the same birth year as mine while responding as “previous generation” isn’t helping me either lol
@yanks4life22
Or anyone born in the 80’s meself included lol
I’m guessing that’s a Chad Ocho Cinco reference
You would be right @Yanks4life22 lol
Yanks, we thought you were born in 1922.
Just imagine how those of us born in the 70s feel.
I thought it was a Tim McGee reference no cap
You can always tell a Dumb Sportsball Fan when he’s name-checking an NFL player on a baseball site.
Even more so if born in the 60s.
You’ll get used to it Yanks. I am a 76 and a grandpa.
Oh hiflew, you’re a young man. I started watching the Red Sox as a teenager in the ’70s LOL
Hope you are well.
Try being born in 80 and realize that there’s a whole 23 year old college graduate in between me and my 21st
60’s here. Dam I old.
You’re arbitration eligible
I thought that everyone commenting on this site were a bunch of babies!
Well I know I’m at the age where I shut up and listen to my elders finally. Y’all called it exactly how it was and we still didn’t listen lol. And the payback will be my kids won’t listen to me either. We are a doomed species!
Old as dirt.
‘85 here too. Hope your back pain eases up soon!
I was 20 in 85 so all of you youngsters pipe down…and get off my lawn.
“while responding as “previous generation” isn’t helping me either”……….
Ummmmmmm……..I started as a baseball fan the same year Dick (called Richie by the media at that time) was NL RoY. My Favorite childhood player was Johnny Callison so if I don’t express my sympathies I hope you will understand.
1950s here
Y’all called it exactly how it was and we still didn’t listen lol.
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We’ve been around 6,000 years, so I reckon that we’ve been saying the exact same thing for about, I’d say 6,000 years.
Damn boy, you’re old. I was going to start funning withe the kids born in the ’70s that think they’re old, but you’re like a half-generation older than me.
What about us baby boomers and the sixties. I get crap for calling ball players kids. It is ok if they are all younger than your youngest isn’t it?
They are kids…to us. I call them kids too. I call my 54 year old best friend kid.
Me either, lol.
mattingly as well
Even Griffey wasn’t hurt this much
It’s happening to Trout at an even earlier age
I tore my meniscus after two fifty mile weeks and a ten mile AT hike. Stupid. But of all the nasty knee injuries, it’s the least bad. For me, he just snipped away the torn part but I was over 50 and the surgeon hated running. I have to imagine Trout’s surgery was to try and save as much as possible which means a longer recovery process to build back full mobility. This is a shame.
I tore my meniscus showing somebody how to skip. GD maybe I am old hahaha
That sucks. Were you planning to hike the entire AT? That’s kind of on my bucket list if I can talk my spouse into being as stupid as me.
That was my immediate thought – looking at their numbers side-by-side, pretty remarkable how closely their careers are tracking. GOAT potential, injury putting a stop to it.
I will say I was surprised to see Trout’s already passed Griffey in career WAR. Shoo-in HOFer, but what could have been….
I agree with everything everyone said
Damn ! Some sh#tty luck. Get well soon.
Well, at least the Angels were winners at the trade deadline, according to The Athletic.
Huh? They kept several people on the roster that should have been traded.. dunno how they won.
@kellin It all makes sense to The Athletic somehow.
They don’t call them winners. They laud the haul they received for two players while noting they had more they should have traded away. They gave them a B grade, which is reasonable.
@HoldenBases Different article. The one I read did not assign grades, and just grouped teams into Winners, Losers, and Snoozers.
You’d have to ask the brilliant writers at The Athletic
I only read half of their articles so it’s only half bad 😉
They did get a haul for Estevez. They accomplished more trading one reliever than the White Sox trading their entire team.
The white Sox won by getting rid of most of their team.
He pribably would have had less injuries and much better career had he not signed long term super contract. It’s not a criticism of his character but human nature. What motivation would one have to train harder than ever? Just too much distraction with money and so on…. Too bad. Angels cursed.
What motivation? The back of his baseball card? Winning? His legacy?
Not when you have $500m… too much too soon too young…. Why not just 5 year guarantee instead of forever?? Goodness, what a disappointing career… Terrible!
Trying to understand why that matters so much… it’s not really your money, no matter how much you pay in ticket prices or concessions and merch. All things being equal, one would think you would not turn down a $500 million lotto jackpot at age 25 yourself, nor would you care if anyone begrudged you of it.
Not when you have $500m…
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I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been, and I’m ancient. A lot of these guys have some type of OCD thing going on where they’ll go to the gym every day. Rodman would show up 30 minutes early to do some biking, and then stay 90 minutes for more biking and some weight room.
Webster, from the Steelers, said he work out twice a day, 365 days a year, even on Christmas.
This is possibly the worst take I’ve ever read in these comments, and that says something.
It’s the perfect generic comment. Has nothing to do with the person it’s aimed at and appears to have no basis in reality
His agent wasnt going for some short term deal. Look at all these other 10 yr deals with Seager, Turner after the Trout deal was signed. Those deals will go bad, but the teams hope they get 7-8 good yrs before they go upside down. The idea is to get the most you can.
Phillies should hire him as part time broadcaster for the remainder of the season. They have Sunday’s with Schmidt. Why not sign up Trout for Tuesday’s with Trout or Thursday’s with Trout. Or bring him on Sunday’s with Schmidt and Tom and they can calling it Sunday’s with Schmidt fishing with Trout.
Mike Trout is possibly the most boring human being to ever walk the earth. I don’t think media is his future!
Now if a local TV station wants a fill-in meteorologist, Trout will be all over that.
I don’t think he can walk that much anymore
You apparently have never heard Jim Thome on MLB Network!
Or, Mondays with Mike. Or, Fish Fridays with Trout. Or, every day on the couch with Trout?
Out and About with Trout.
Out Again with Trout.
Mike Trout, Mike Carp, Kevin Bass.. All Fish Team
You do know that the Angels’ best two long term outfielders are Salmon and Trout, right?
Forget Tim Salmon
He recaps all the great outfield catches of the week and it’s “Fly Fishing with Trout”.
How about Flyball Out with Trout?
Golfing with Trout?
All this sounds fishy to me.
I really hope they insured this contract. It’s been a nightmare from the start!
Oh yeah he’s been a total bust.
so sad, what a talent. really would’ve loved to see him get into the HOF. his numbers were definitely trending towards it. Real sad…
He dies tomorrow, he’s in.
Maybe not
Dude he’s already a shoe in for the Hall of Fame
could you elaborate as to why you THINK he would be? As much as he’s a great talent when healthy, his numbers don’t meet the minimal criteria usually needed.
could you explain why you’d think he should be then? HOF is all about numbers. I’d like to know why, if you don’t mind.
Just to start-
.991 OPS+
3 MVPs, and 3x finished 2nd
86 bWAR (60-65 being a rough cut-off)
shoo-in originated in 1930s
with this thinking, would you make the same argument for David wright?
No, Wright didn’t play at the level Trout did.
David Wright led his teams to playoffs. Trout was a modern day sabermetrics failure that shows the results of relying on walks in key at bats leads you to not getting wins or postseason births.
Well that was never really the criteria for the hall of fame. Juan Gonzalez has multiple MVP awards as well.
No, Wright did not do the leading. Beltran and Reyes led the Mets in 2006 and Wright had less than 200 PAs in 2015.
Wright was a seven-time All-Star who also won two Gold Gloves for his play at third base and won two Silver Slugger Awards. He also received MVP votes in six seasons, getting as high as sixth place in 2012 when he slashed .306/.391/.492 with 21 home runs and 93 RBI for the 74-88 Mets and fourth in 2007 when he slashed .325/.416/.546 while hitting 30 home runs and driving in 107 RBI.
That’s very good and what fans would call Hall of Very Good. Seven All-Star nods is the big feather in his cap. The other achievements don’t compare very well to other Hall of Famers.
If I had a vote, I’d put him on my ballot to keep his name out there (rather than the steroid guys or cheaters). He’s going to struggle to stay over 5% for future votes.
Trout, on the other hand, failed to make the All-Star team for the first time this year. He’s up to 11 and he’s got nine Silver Sluggers while playing a decent center field.
Wright was always the leader sorry to tell you.
thank you for the convo
Great when he was young.
You can see the mindset of some teams. Built through the draft and let them walk when they want to get rich. Or trade before they come free agents for more Young guys.
He was good when he played?
Still have 6 years left on that contract, so this drama will take us into the next decade. Miggy Cabrera’s contract was an albatross, but at least he continued to play until the end. Trout is looking like David Wright at this point, but with more years.
@solaris trout is still the best player for the amount of games he plays. Would be up there with ohtani, and judge.
solaris602
Miggy Cabrera’s contract was an albatross, but at least he continued to play until the end.
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Not really. In his final 7 seasons, he amassed a -2.7 bWAR.
If it’s the other knee, he gets it scoped and he will be fine for next season. If it’s the same knee, that’s troubling. It’s crazy how he’s breaking down like this.
Modern athletes peak physically at somewhere between 25 and 27. It’s been getting younger because they’re trained so heavily already as a teen. Trout came into the league looking like a 28 year old, for instance.
He came into the league looking like a safety. He now looks like a middle linebacker.
I’ve often wondered if he’s gotten too strong and bulky.
I know you remember the old HH meme that he was “too fat” and we all got a laugh out of it.
Not anymore. Ugh.
Ha ha. Yes, I do remember that.
There’s also the HGH rumors
It’s just crazy how an elite athlete like him turned 30 and the wheels fell off. What’s also crazy is that he is signed thru 2030. Six more years at $37 mil per year.
The last time he played more than 140 games in a season he was 24 years old. The wheels came lose on the car at 25 and fell off at 29.
Trout came into the league looking like a 28 year old
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That’s a huge thing for draft purposes. I remember them saying that about Benintendi. He was already as developed as he was going to be. That means a quick trip to the pros, offset by the fact that he will never get any better.
Apparently, the WS never read that report.
It’s the left knee again, per the update. Not promising…
I feel bad for Wash at this point. He knows this is his last shot and he has been super intense about this job from the very beginning. I lold yesterday when I saw Rendon got put on the dl.
Why feel bad? He chose the Angels so why would he have thought he’d win?
Wash is getting paid we should all be happy for him.
If Wash wanted a championship as a manager he went to the wrong team. Should’ve just stayed with the Braves, at least that team is competitive and has a lot of its stars locked up.
As a Braves fan, yes!
I wouldn’t hold Washington responsible. The LAA are not a good team. the last time they were a .500 team was in 2015. He deserves a second year.
This guy is injured more than any player in the past 3 seasons. He surely can’t be considered a hall of famer at this point!!
Lol he’s easily a first ballot hall of famer and should be unanimous. Even if he retired today. Idiotic comment
He would have the worst career stats by far of any hall of famer and less then others who aren’t in. Went to one playoff .
Incredibly dumb comment. He has almost 90 career WAR and a wRC+ over 170
Trout is a no doubt Hall of Famer. What is in doubt is whether he is a league-average player still.
What should not be in doubt he is he doesn’t play in the field anymore. Full-time DH or retirement are the two feasible options.
Yeah, I’ve wanted to move him to a corner for years.
At best he should play right field a few days a week and DH the others.
I don’t even think that is in question either. The first month of the 2024 season, he was the best player in baseball.
Are you high? He wasn’t even top 100.
If he was a full time DH, he’d easily be an above average player, probably an All-Star.
Being injured doesn’t detract from his established accomplishments, which standalone are hof worthy. I hope he recovers & returns – I’m a fan of a div rival (Hou) but still miss watching a great one play.
yet even with all the injuries 86.1 bWAR 378 hr .300 avg 3 MVp 11 All stars rookie of the year 212 stolen bases
Actually insane
He’s in the HOF for his dominant peak years. The Angels now have the two worst contracts for Hall of Fame players.
Who’s the other? Rendon is not a HOF player. Or at least not one who’s getting in any time soon after he retires. He’s “Hall of Pretty Good.”
33 WAR .281/.365/.468 .833 OPS. Only 158 career HR. Two Silver Sluggers and one AS game. Only finished in the top 10 MVP voting twice. Plus, he’s only played more than 100 games five times in 11 seasons. That 2019 season, after which the Angels gave him a stupid contract, skews the perception of him. He was good, sometimes very good, but not a definite HOF player.
I’m assuming the other is Pujols but could be wrong
Is he still on their books?!? I didn’t know that.
I meant Pujols. Technically Pujols is still on their books because of the 10 year service rider on his contract with the Angels.
Moreno should be banned from ever talking to another player agent for the rest of his life. What Ted Lerner did in negotiating directly with Strasburg’s agent over Mike Rizzo’s objections was, in hindsight, bad, but Moreno’s worse.
Pujols of course. As soon as he stopped taking roids he dropped like a rock.
Trout is a career 86.1 WAR player who’s hit .299/.410/.581 with a .991 OPS. He’s 76th in career HR and only needs 22 more to get to 400, All that has earned him ROY, three MVP awards (plus finished 2nd four more times), Nine Silver Slugger awards and 10 All Star game selections.
Trout could retire tomorrow and be a first ballot HOF. The only “what if?” that we’ll never know is whether he would have finished alongside Bonds, Aaron, Ruth and Pujols with more than 700 HR *and* hit for a great average.
Bonds cheated so don’t put him in that category.
I know, and I didn’t want to list him, but he’s there…with a *
And how many outfielders are in the hall with less then 2000 hits and less then 400 home runs?
Did you say 700 hrs? He barely hit 40 a couple seasons. The over inflated exaggerated of how good Trout was got way out of hand. Great average? He doesn’t even have a career .300 average and it would have gone down as he aged.
its .299 career average
Are you on drugs? He’s easily a hall of famer. That was a stupid take if I’ve ever heard one.
More than any player? See Moncada.
Trout is 4th all time in MVP voting. He’s been a slam-dunk HOF player for a couple of years now, and that ain’t changing…
Mri was clean… no update since.
So either it wasnt clean, or its the other knee… or i guess there was a gap in the updates but again still question the validity of the mri
“The Angels then announced that he would return to Southern California to be re-evaluated and it now appears that a torn left meniscus has been discovered yet again.”
That is not originally what yahoo reported. Now, perhaps yahoo was wrong. But his update sunday said the mri was clean
This came after that
They posted it after the tech wiped down the machine with disinfectant, but before they ran the test and got the results so the MRI was clean…
They said initially that it was scar tissue, maybe that was wishful at the time. The Angels at this point are better off letting Adell and Moniak play the rest of the year out. Let him heal and train and mentally prepare to be fully healthy and ready by Spring Training.
O’Hoppe, Neto, Shanuel, Detmers, other young pitchers should be have a good idea of who they are as a team and be a stronger as a team next year! Tough times build character!
As a baseball fan, this *really* sucks. Although, since the Angels aren’t going anywhere (again) it’s best for Trout long term. Give him more time to get healthy for Opening Day 2025. Maybe in the interim Trout and the Angels will agree that moving to DH is the best way to hopefully keep him healthy next year. We all know Moreno won’t ever agree to a full rebuild that would allow Trout to go to a contender.
The way it sounds, on Opening Day 2025 he will still (again) be working his way back to health and not be close to active playing.
He might as well get a couple more surgeries and come back for opening day 2026.
Just get completely healthy and make a comeback for the ages. Don’t rush it.
They should have traded him but no team had enough Medical Staff to take care of him!
Always Injured, Rendon, Always Injured, ALWAYS!
Rendon and Trout are like Bonnie and Clyde, just stealing money from the Angels…
That’s idiotic to say. Trout gave the Angels many years of hall of fame play. Rondon had done nothing.
I just wonder if the Angels DFA’d Trout would anyone pick up the contract?
Hell no
Cohen would be better off just burning barrels full of hundohs…
Trout should retire to preserve hall of fame credentials. Todays younger generation have limited recollection of trouts accomplishments. Very sad !!
Today’s younger generation has limited recollection of what they had for dinner last Thursday. I blame the school system.
I’d say no way, but there’s always that owner who will take the longest of odds flyer on an expensive player turning it around miraculously… Oh wait that owner is Moreno, so highly improbable.
Absolutely somebody among the high dollar “usual suspects” would take a chance.
Unlike Strasburg, Trout’s injury isn’t likely to be completely career threatening. If it didn’t work out, you eat some of the contract and get him to agree to a trade like the Mets did at the deadline last year. If it did work out, you’ve got a high average power hitter in the middle of your lineup and didn’t give up any players to get him. At first glance, he’s a *definite* upgrade over Verdugo. The Yankees could cycle him between the OF and DH to hopefully keep him healthy.
No but he’d then be free to to any team on the Major League minimum.
God when will trout retire at this point
He’s probably thinking it right now… but I’m rooting for his redemption comeback story!
As soon as he get his over $200 million he’s owed.
Angels will win the lottery and show that it’s rigged
He’s done- next step- knee replacement
Dustin Pedroia same thing. Eventual knee replacement.
But he kept rehabbing until that contract was almost done lol. I can’t recall if he quit with one year left or not, or if they paid him out over time.
I hated to see Pedey go out the way he did. I think he did have one more year left, not positive.
He was paid the full 8 years of that extension. Pedroia didn’t leave anything on the table when he retired. No one does.
Gil Meche says hi.
Sorry, one guy left $12 million on the table. There’s a reason the world was shocked when he did it.
Imagine my shocked face
Is it like your O face?
😮
I hope not
Even the greats don’t play forever
You kind of Hope a guy would make it to 35. Especially if he’s a star.
How did jt realmuto come back from the same injury in a few weeks?
“Same injury in a few weeks”..The NBA’s Joel Embid recovered from a meniscus tear in about 7 weeks. Granted, he wasn’t 100% but still one of the 1 or 2 best players on the floor in the NBA Playoffs. From what I’ve seen from Mike Trout, is that he’s a sure HOFer, but an extremely slow healer on just about any type of injury.
Coincidentally.. mike trout also just had another child
Meniscus tears vary quite a bit in severity. Think of a donut as a cushion between your 2 leg bones at the knee. You can have a minor tear and a little piece hanging off the side, or you could have a complete tear from the outside all the way to the middle. Or somewhere in between the two cases. Sometimes it’s a Big Slice on the edge hanging out and torn.
Since the meniscus is squished, that total tear “Gap” becomes greater and the Integrity of the cushion flattens out. Then you get bone on bone in that missing donut tear “Gap” created by the complete tear.
So sometimes you trim the torn piece off and continue playing in short time or sometimes you sew the piece back on in the hopes of keeping your entire meniscus intact. But if the tear is from the outside towards the inside sewing it back is difficult and a tough rehab if it’s done at all. It’s tough to get blood to the center to heal from what I hear.
I’m not a doctor but I hope the way I explained this is correct. I’m sure someone will step in if I’m off in some way.
Is it old-fashioned or krispy kreme? Any pro bakers here?
Good breakdown!
From what I hear it’s more like a cruller lol.
I thought it was more like a bagel.
If Trout doesn’t play again is he even considered for the HOF? 3 MVP’s seems like a lock but under 2000 hits doesn’t seem very likely.
first ballot and it should be unanimous
Not even close.
86 WAR .299/.410/.581 .991 OPS. 378 career HR puts him 76th on the career list. Multiple MVPs, ROY, multiple SS. It’s absolutely not even a legit question he’s a first ballot HOF.
Tim Lincecum seemed like a no question pitcher after back to back Cy Youngs during his 4 years of dominance and he won’t ever make it. Tho that 4 year run is the only part of his career that would’ve ever sniffed the HOF looking at stats. Trout hasn’t ever been on a good team his entire career and won’t get a ring so I didn’t remember his accomplishments as much.
1600 hits try 900 ribbies.
Did you miss the earlier convo that addressed this?
(Why do people post when they haven’t read the entire comment content?)
He sure is injury prone
Must suck for the angels to pay so much and get almost nothing back
He last real full season was 2019 !
And he is signed through 2030 for $37 million per year !
“Must suck for the Angels to pay so much and get nothing back.”. That’s become like death and taxes. The real surprise would be if one of their long contracts worked out.
This guy was well on his way to a HOF career easily. Put up many monster seasons at such a young age, but now he just can’t stay healthy
Still only 32 and already has great career numbers but he should be more if he’d just stay healthy
I thought he was already guaranteed of making HOF before I took a closer look at the views of others and the stats of more players.
My first reaction was “Is this a new post or a re-post from last year or the year before, or the year before?” It’s like Mike Trout has replaced Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. It’s so sad that it’s becoming ludicrous (except for him)
Needs to retire pronto.
Do you really expect him to leave over $200 million on the table and retire?
He makes 37 million a year on the disabled list
Can’t he afford a good surgeon though?
I just want to know which Angel’s fans s*it in God’s cornflakes? I can’t remember a more snakebit organization.
I finally got a chance to see him in person last year and he suffered a hamate fracture fouling off a pitch.
It’s a shame he just can’t stay healthy.
One of the most overrated players of all time. He’s never had a meaningful hit in his career.
It’s time to hang it up.
You bulk up like a middle linebacker and the injuries just keep coming.
Man it’s a shame. Hope he makes a few years injury free again
This the night after Kershaw looked toast. It hurts being a SoCal BB Fan today.
Not for us Padres fans.
That’s because it hurts being a Padres fan every day – not just today. Imagine having to watch that team underperform every single year!
@Cam Yeah, it hurts seeing them 9-1 in their last 10… It hurt seeing them eliminate the Dodgers in the NLDS in 2022…
Yet no Trophies to hang your hopes on are there?
A 10 game sample is about as meaningful as every off-season the Padres have “won”.
@Salad The comment was it hurts being a SoCal BB fan today. And my reply is correct; not for us Padres fans. We’re not hurting at all. Regarding your comment- my hope does not rest in trophies that celebrate accomplishments in the past.
Who’s your team @Cam?
Hmm all of a sudden @Cam has nothing to say. Shocker!
If you had rooted for a franchise that even had a modicum of past success, maybe I’d buy what you’re saying. It must be tough supporting a team with no past trophies to look back on while having no future ones to look forward to either 😉
Who’s your team @Salad?
Yes , but your HAR hurt against replacing (your team) is very high for the Padres for the last 40 years.
Fortunately, it’s 2024
@no soup for you
Unlike Pads fans, I have a job. Please don’t be upset when I don’t reply straight away.
But you didn’t answer the question.
Well, @Cam I’m heading to work now, which is in healthcare BTW. Been doing that since I was in the military. Is gonna be a good day.
GO PADRES!
Yeah and it’s not over
This guy needs to go to Panama and get stem cell treatment on everything.
He’s only 32. Get the knee repaired, consign him primarily to DH duties and he should be able to continue to rake for a few more years. Just because his knee is stuffed right now doesn’t mean he’s lost his command of the strike zone or ability to hit the ball consistently hard. He could easily be the next Ortiz or Big Hurt.
As for this suggestion he’s not a HOFer….it’s inane. As mentioned above, all the accolades, leaderboards, etc. Trout was pretty much the best player in MLB for 8 years straight. There are maybe 5-10 players ever who can claim something like that.
IMO the closest comp in terms of position is Harold Baines.
Baines knees wouldn’t allow him to play the OF full time after his age 27 season with the White Sox in 1986. Became more or less a full time DH and played until 2001. Made four more AS teams and won a SS award as a DH. Hit .289/.356/.465 .820 OPS. Baines is currently just ahead of Trout on the All Time HR list with 384.
I can see that. The irony is all he needs is Mantle’s last 4 years and that will still net him another 80+ homers, a couple of 150+ OPS seasons and the rest of the numbers that come with that. It wouldn’t be the finish we all want, but it’d be productive and make his counting stats more interesting. I actually think if the knee gets repaired ok and they DH him, he can still make 500 homers, which would be kind of cool.
Please do not compare trout to mantle. Trout couldn’t hold mantles jock.
Or his liquor like Mantle.
Longevity got baines into the hall. I disagree he belongs there.
Trout was a nice player but the numbers just aren’t there.
It is for the HOF voters.
Is WAR a number Teacher?
I’d say he’s in Bryant territory now, but Trout actually produces when healthy
Mike,
Age has not been kind to you.
The older you get, the worse your body will get..
The Angels are going nowhere anytime soon with current ownership.
You have earned a chunk of money.
Do you REALLY need any more??
Walk away while you can still walk without a limp.
Enjoy your family and manage your money.
Welp, there goes their playoff chances
That slash line from 2012-2020 is just ridiculous man. Damn shame.
I think we need to consider Mike and steroid usage. Sad to say.
Suit yourself. I’ll just consider Mike.
The medical staff, Trout, and front office are a joke. They said it came up clean last week with only scar tissue breaking up. They were all full of BS when they said Trout was coming back late July including himself! They all deserve this.
I apologize on behalf of Trout, the entire Angels organization and the Rally Monkey, and MLB. Do you feel better now?
You can keep the Rally Monkey pal.
His act is about as fresh as Aaron Boone’s tantrums.
You know he may have done it continuing his rehab.
What happened between the scan that cleared him 2 weeks ago and only showed scar tissue and the “latest” one that showed the tear? He already shut down with no activity. Did he tear it coming out of the shower? Or did the previous one show the tear or whatever but they didn’t announce til now?
Y’all must have hired some of the Red Sox crack medical staff.
Time to become a full time DH.
What is the deductible after they file the contract insurance claim?
I can’t believe it’s a coincidence this was announced right after the trade deadline. They are that Bush League now.
He was never going to be traded, and no one you traded for would post similar numbers.
Lots of “RIP to his career” comments here, but I agree with a lot of others here – he’s still only 32. DH him with ~20-30 games in the field a year. The bat will always play, he just needs to be kid-gloved now.
The bat has declined drastically beginning with last season. 220/.325 this season. HR power, that’s it.
A .194 BABIP which is about 100 points lower than average, give or take, says Trout’s average would have been much higher over a larger sample size.
I doubt it. He can’t run.
Yes because no slow runners have ever managed to hit for a good average lol. Cmon dude.
Well it was I huge part of his game. Cmon dude. How much did Pujols average drop when he couldn’t run. And he was a better hitter then Trout.
109 ABs in 29 games. Still had 10 HRs and 2 triples. He’d have 30 HRs now, if…
Still a HOFer
Agree, I will never understand why some people don’t think of Trout as a hall of famer. Look at his numbers and compare them to hall of famers and you’ll see that he fits right in at this very moment.
There isn’t a hall of famer with less then 2000 hits and 400 home runs in the outfield.
Andruw Jones (434 HR/1933 RBI) is inching up in voting (61.6%) in his 7th year on the ballot. He might have made it this year if it wasn’t for a crowded ballot. Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine all credit him for their careers.
He should be in hall. No doubt. One of the best defenders to ever play the game.
I thought Trout was a shoe in for HOF before you pointed out he doesn’t yet have 3,000 or 2,000 hits. Still think he’ll get in but maybe not if 2024 is his final season.
I’m not the most superstitious person, but if I was the Angels I would be rebranding, renaming, doing something to switch it up. This is bad juju
Or you know… sell the team to someone who cares about winning baseball for a loyal fanbase.
Little China doll
Trout is cooked.. Dinner time!
Note to Angels front office: if Trout doesn’t like roster by beginning of May he’ll miss the rest of the season
Poor guy. :/
I don’t usually pity overpaid professional athletes, but you hate it for this guy. His generational talent has gone mostly by the wayside due to injuries and an incompetent employer.
Angels can see what it’s like playing without Trout. Fans hurting most not being able to see him play. Braves will take Trouts contract next year, send some players back which is what the Angels need. They owe the Braves for that Kotchman deal.
Nobody will take Trout fo anything. Nobody will pay him. It wont happen. The guy cant walk 5 steps without pulling something. Legs are shot completely.
Let’s not forget Andrelton Simmons.
Blame it on Mike Scioscia.
huh? Sarcasm ….. right?
How the f*** do you get out of that contract. A amazing player, wasted career it’s a shame. He’s done!!!!
They signed Rendon for 245 million. He doesnt play and when he does , a total bust.
Wow, that is a blow to Trout and the Angels. I read that he has only played in 41% of games in the last 4 years and his contract has another 6 years to go.
Between Rendon and Trout they are out 280 million Trout includes this yr, Rendon 120 including this yr. Rendon was a 245 million dollar bust. Imagine losing 520 million on those guys?
Too bad Rendon money is guaranteed and isn’t based on games played or effort. He’d be broke if based on that.
Breaks my heart to say but the curse of Mike Trout hits again .
I am starting to believe we will never make the playoffs again until the anchors of all the bad contracts are off the books including Trouts.
It may be time to retire as I want to remember the first half of his career not the last.
So Trout will never become the MLB iron man! Oh no! 😮
There has to be a voo-doo lady with a Trout doll somewhere in New Orleans. 😉
Shaping up to be the all-time “what if he had stayed healthy” guy. Really awful.
He really IS the next Mickey Mantle
Mantle had 8000 at bats career. Trout 5000. 536 Home runs for Mantle.
Trout hits HR at a slightly faster clip, per AB than Mantle—difficult to see Trout getting another 2600 AB, though.
Every year, the Mickey Mantle comparisons become more painfully apt
@GB2 yep exactly what I was thinking. Send him home and play for Philadelphia before he retires
Yet, he still only played less than 98 games in season once.. Trout is still first ballot HOF ‘er but now maybe Bryce Harper will have better overall career, if he can stay healthy and play first for next decade.
Mantle found a way to play through the pain most of the time. Got to see him play in through the 60’s. Always kept coming back. I hope Trout is not trying to be pain free……… it’s impossible.
His career is over. The Angels are on the hook for hundreds of millions. Menicus tear? That guy walks to the bathroom and pulls something. The big dudes, do not age well. The Angels also have Rendon. Hurt for years, owed millons of dollars and he is a total scrub. His career is also over.
Rendon and Trout sitting in a tree,
I’ll push you, if you push me!
Oh my back, oh my knee!
$700M Lost
…like a Niagara pee?
Sure wish I could downvote about a dozen clown posters
The ongoing idiocy of all parties here.
They really can’t figure out Trout’s strictly a DH at this point, and very probably was as of early 2021–you know, if he wanted to play in more than 41% of Angels’ games over the last four seasons and just 35% in 2023-2024?
Not to mention wrecking any real shot he has at a long, productive career as a hitter making $37m a year until the end of time. And he’s still stealing bases in 2024, at a pace of almost 40 attempts in 650 PA when he’s made of tissue paper? The collective IQ in LAA must be in double figures.
Padres will give up 17 prospects and sign him to a 15 year extension.
If Paul Molitor holds the record for fewest percent of his teams games played by position player in HOF, I think Trout will eventually break the record by the time he is done playing and becomes a HOF’er.
Such a shame he wasted his career playing for that clown organization. Imagine what he could have done with a team that was even halfway decent
He’d be a dog with the Dodgers. Make it so, Dodger peeps
I hate to see players such as Trout, Acuna, and to a lesser extent injury wise, guys like Albies and Henderson miss time. You like to see the best players stay healthy, but this is life and sport unfortunately.
It’s always interesting when people talk about Acuna being injured,
a lot of negative energy and comments are pushed his way.
Both Trout and Acuna play the game hard, you don’t steal 73 bags not playing the game hard, simple as that.
EDLC has 55 so far in 2024, it will be interesting to see what he ends up with.
Looking forward to seeing Trout and Acuna back in 2025, and hopefully no more injuries in future, however, it seems once you’ve had knee injuries, it’s more often than not a slippery slope with other things going wrong or reinjuring oneself.
Last but not least, there are plenty of ‘elite’ players like Trout that never won a World Series nor got to play in one, some even got to a World Series multiple times and won nothing.
*Westburg in lieu of Henderson.
I tore my meniscus playing golf last year. I’m in my 60’s. So most of you have that fragility to look forward to.
News Flash: Trout will still have to run the bases as a DH
Meniscus tears suck and cannot be repaired as good as new — EVER!
He must play with pain, antiinflamatories, pain killers, taping, heat treatments, Ice etc….. like Mickey Mantle did. When the meniscus breaks up and locks the knee, then it is removed. Play with bone on bone and later a knee replacement.
If he waits to be perfect and pain free — he’ll never be back.
Born in ‘50. Hope I’m around when Troutie goes into HOF.
Might be the worst contract in Angels history.
Obviously —- not a Mickey Mantle —- Mantle found a way to play with the pain of his injuries most of the time
Mickey Mantle, more like Drinkey Mantle amirite?
Glass