Mike Trout Considered Day-To-Day After Exiting Rehab Appearance With ‘Knee Soreness’
Jul 23, 2024, 9:15 PM
Mike Trout connects on a pitch at Smith's Ballpark in 2012.
SALT LAKE CITY – Just two innings into his most recent return from injury, Mike Trout exited the Salt Lake Bees game with soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. He is considered day-to-day by the Los Angeles Angels.
Trout began his rehab with Salt Lake on Tuesday, July 22.
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Mike Trout was removed from tonight's rehab game with left knee soreness. He is considered day to day.
— Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) July 24, 2024
Trout started and played two innings, making three putouts in centerfield. He struck out looking against Carl Edwards Jr. in his only at-bat before exiting.
Trout had been recovering from a torn meniscus in his left knee that required surgery in late April. He told the media earlier in the afternoon that his body felt good and he was ready to play.
“I have a routine to get fired up for the game. Just being able to recover after is the biggest hurdle. No worries though, I feel fine.”
About Mike Trout
Trout earned his first of 11 All-Star appearances as a rookie in 2012 despite playing most of the season’s first month with the Bees. He led all of baseball with 49 stolen bases and 129 runs scored while hitting .326 across 139 games.
Trout quickly developed into one of the game’s most feared hitters, earning his first Most Valuable Player award following the 2014 season. He hit a then-career-high 36 home runs while leading both leagues with 115 runs scored and the AL with 111 RBI. Trout was named All-Star Game MVP that year after going 2-3 with a double, triple, and two RBI.
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Mike Trout’s first rehab appearance ends after two innings and a strikeout looking.
Looks good in that uniform though. Can’t teach that…@SaltLakeBees @Angels #SLBees pic.twitter.com/qybeJKDYaU
— Brian Preece (@bpreece24) July 24, 2024
Trout earned his second MVP in 2016 after leading baseball with a .441 on-base percentage and 123 runs scored while blasting 29 homers and driving in 100 runs. Always a threat on the bases, he added 30 stolen bases for good measure.
The Millville, New Jersey native earned his third MVP in 2019 after launching a career-high 45 home runs and driving in 104. He finished the season slashing .291/.438/.645 and scored 110 times.
Trout finished second in MVP balloting in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018.
The nine-time Silver Slugger Award winner, given out to the best offensive players at each position in each league, was off to another MVP-type season before the injury. He had a league-high ten home runs and had driven in 14 runs for the offense-starved Angels in the season’s first 29 games.
Trout has 378 career home runs, 954 RBI, and has stolen 212 bases. He holds a career .299 batting average despite injuries limiting him to 53 games in 2020, 36 games in 2021, and 82 games last season.
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