Mike Trout is open to discussing a place change after he has missed 370 video games throughout the previous 4 seasons.
The Los Angeles Angels slugger and three-time American League MVP stated earlier than Monday’s recreation in opposition to the Chicago White Sox that “all the pieces’s on the desk” when he meets with the group throughout the offseason. That features transferring to a nook outfield spot or extra video games as a chosen hitter.
“Finally, my objective is to be in that batter’s field, within the discipline each single day,” stated Trout, who spoke to reporters for the primary time in practically two months. “Whether or not that is transferring to a nook or DHing extra, that is one thing that I am going to depart it as much as the entrance workplace to provide you with a plan. The place I am at and what’s occurred the previous couple of years, I am undoubtedly going to attempt to discover each possibility that may preserve me on the market.”
Trout has performed in solely 266 video games for the reason that begin of the 2021 season. He noticed motion in 29 video games this season earlier than an MRI confirmed he had a torn meniscus in his left knee. The three-time AL MVP had surgical procedure on Could 3.
He was on monitor to return in late July earlier than he felt discomfort throughout a rehab project with Triple-A Salt Lake. An MRI later decided there was a brand new tear above the primary one and he had season-ending surgical procedure on Aug. 7 — his thirty third birthday.
Trout stated he did not know when each accidents occurred.
Mike Trout has performed in simply 29 video games in 2004. (Picture by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Pictures)
He performed in 36 video games throughout the 2021 season on account of a strained calf. In 2022, he was sidelined for 5 weeks with a again damage however did see motion in 119 video games.
Final yr, Trout broke a bone in a hand on a foul ball throughout a recreation in San Diego on July 3. He tried to return in August, however performed in just one recreation and completed with 82.
Trout has made 1,332 of 1,502 begins in middle discipline throughout a 14-year profession. He has solely 90 video games within the outfield corners (77 left, 13 proper) and 80 at DH. He has a profession .299 batting common however solely .214 because the DH.
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“I do know I’ve a certain quantity of years on my deal and I knew after I signed my contract, I might finally transfer to a nook. However is it subsequent yr? I do not know. However we’ll have conversations,” stated Trout, whose $426.5 million contract runs by way of 2030.
Trout stated he has resumed hitting and is performing some agility drills. He hopes to have a traditional offseason coaching program.
Trout led the majors with 10 house runs on the time of the damage. He was batting .220 with 14 RBIs and 6 stolen bases.
“I felt assured in the place I used to be, how I used to be coaching and the way I used to be figuring out throughout the season,” Trout stated. “Coming into spring, I felt actually good. So there’s undoubtedly going to be some conversations on issues that I can enhance on.”
Reporting by The Related Press.
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