News about Mike Trout

Former MLB pitcher Jonathan Papelbon has blasted Stephen A. Smith as 'racist' and a 'fake person' after the ESPN analyst's recent criticism of Mike Trout. Smith sparked controversy earlier this week when he questioned how Trout and other baseball players seem to sustain injuries so frequently, after the LA Angels center fielder announced he needs surgery on his left knee for a torn meniscus. 'How the hell is he always hurt?,' the 56-year-old said about Trout on First Take. 'I don't understand this.

The Los Angeles Angels were dealt a blow Tuesday as it was reported that Mike Trout is expected to undergo knee surgery.   The three-time AL MVP has a torn meniscus in his left knee and will require surgery, Angels general manager Perry Minasian announced via MLB.com Tuesday.  However, in some consolation to Angels fans, the injury is not expected to rule him out for the remainder of the season. 

In the 120th World Series, the starting pistol is ready to fire. That hunt begins in other nations, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres kicking off the 2024 season with two games at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, for the ninth time in MLB history. With new rules, new faces and new frontiers to be breached, here are Mail Sport's 10 things to watch in 2024:

Shohei Ohtani, the Toronto Blue Jays' now-Los Angeles Dodger, was reportedly to'same financial ballpark' as the one the Japanese sensation accepted over the weekend. Ohtani joined the Dodgers on a 10-year, $700-million deal, shaming the Major League Baseball record that was previously held by then-teammate Mike Trout. According to Sportsnet, the final Blue Jay final contract is uncertain, and when Toronto discovered out it wasn't going to sign the 29-year-old is also unclear.

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers have signed a historic 10-year, $700 million contract. On Saturday, Ohtani announced the transaction on Instagram, and ESPN claims that it is worth $700 million over a decade. It's a new record for MLB, shattering the total amount paid by his old team, the Los Angeles Angels, to Mike Trout in 2019, which was worth $426.5 million. Mookie Betts, Ohtani's new Dodgers teammate, has signed a $365 million deal, while Aaron Judge of the Yankees is now fourth on the all-time list at $360 million.

Phil Nevin will not return as the Los Angeles Angels' manager next season. The Angels announced on Monday that they would decline Nevin's contract for 2024, who played the dugout for the last 1 1/2 seasons. Los Angeles will have its fourth manager in six seasons following Mike Scioscia's resignation, who served as a 19-year manager. Nevin's first major league managerial career was 119-149, though both of his clubs failed to qualify for the playoffs. He managed the team on a one-year deal this season, while owner Arte Moreno considered a liquidation but ultimately decided to keep it off the market.

Mike Trout has rejoined Shohei Ohtani on the 60-day injured list, indicating that both of the Angels' MVP talents are done for the season and possibly forever. Trout's season came to an end on Sunday due to a wrist injury that limited him to one game after July 3. Before their series finale against the Minnesota Twins, the Angels upgraded Trout, a three-time AL MVP, to the 60-day injured list. On July 3, the 32-year-old center fielder fractured his left wrist while fouling a pitch off against San Diego's Nick Martinez. The 32-year-old center fielder went 1 for 4 against Cincinnati. Trout said he felt pain when he fouled off pitches and went back to the IL. Ohtani, meanwhile, underwent second Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow. He is expected to be a free agent after the season, so his time with the team will be long.

Due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary, the Los Angeles Angels' game against the Cincinnati Reds was postponed on Monday night. On Sunday, Southern California's first tropical storm in 84 years dropped several inches of rain across the Los Angeles area. By Monday morning, the rain had stopped, but the Angels said Angel Stadium was too crowded to play. The game will be televised on Wednesday as part of a doubleheader.

According to Alex Rodriguez, the Los Angeles Angels can win a World Series in five years, but only if they're able to move superstars Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. During FS1's pre-game coverage of Monday's Home Run Derby in Seattle, Rodriguez, a three-time American League MVP and Fox Sports analyst, suggested the blockbuster contracts. In addition, the former Yankees and Mariners star claimed that the Angels should draft championship-winning executive Theo Epstein, who previously helped with title droughts with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, should be included. Rodriguez's planned trades could be unthinkable to Angels fans, who are losing two of the game's best players, Ohtani, a two-way legend, leads the majors in home runs and ranks fourth among pitchers in strikeouts, while Trout, a potential Hall of Famer, is expected to return from a recent wrist injury reconstruction in the next three to seven weeks.

We've arrived halfway through the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and the old rules haven't been followed. The Cardinals and Padres are a mess, the Marlins and Orioles are raging into the playoffs, and anyone who made a pre-season forecast of the Mets or Yankees is rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Two and a half months remain for teams to sort themselves out for the pennant chase, and as the regular season hits pause and MLB heads to Seattle for the All-Star Break, Mail Sport grades all 30 teams on their 2023 campaign so far:

Mike Trout, the All-Star center fielder, will miss next week's All-Star Game in Seattle while recovering from a fractured left wrist. 'It was a difficult decision for me, but I had to get my hand right,' Trout said Friday after the Los Angeles Angels visited the Dodgers. A smiling Trout was on the field before the game, wearing a cast that stretches from his hand to his elbow.

Mike Trout, the Los Angeles Angels' all-Star center fielder, underwent surgery on Wednesday for a fractured left wrist two days after being hurt fouling off a pitch. I just talked to Mike; he just came out of surgery.' 'He looks fantastic,' manager Phil Nevin said before the Angels ended a series against the San Diego Padres. 'The operation went well.' We spoke to the doctor a minute earlier, but it seems that everything went well.'

Mike Trout, the Los Angeles Angels' All-Star outfielder, has a fractured left wrist and was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. Trout suffered from a broken hamate attack on Monday night, according to the Angels. Nick Martinez, who led off the eighth inning with a 0-1 pitch, was shook his left arm right away. Phil Nevin, the Angels' general, and a trainer came out to check on the slugger and then left the game.

Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels left his game against San Diego on Monday night with a visible injury to his left hand or wrist. Trout fouled off a 0-1 pitch from Nick Martinez leading off the eighth pitch and immediately shook his left arm. Phil Nevin, the game's manager, and a trainer arrived out to check on it, but he had to leave the game. Trout had an RBI single in the sixth, but his team was unable to recover after losing a humiliating 10-3 loss to the Padres due to his injuries.

Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout both shot solo, but it was Mickey Moniak's three-run homer in the second inning that was the big one as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 despite 12 strikeouts by Zac Gallen. When Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout go deep in a game together, it usually bodes well for Los Angeles. It helped snap the Halos' four-game losing streak on Sunday. It was the 30th time in six seasons that Ohtani and Trout had homered in a joint game, and the eighth this year. When it comes, the Angels are 21-9, with 7-1 this season.

On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Angels overtook the Colorado Rockies by a 23-0 margin in the fourth inning. Mike Trout and his staff piled on the misery at Coors Field, sending shockwaves around MLB as Mike Trout and his crew piled on the pain. In the third inning alone, the Angels scored 13 runs.

Following Phase 1 of fan voting, Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. were named All-Star Game starters for their respective leagues. Each player will skip the second round of voting because Ohtani led the American League in overall voting and Acuna led the National League. The top two vote-getters at all other positions, other than outfield, will advance to Phase 2 of the election. The top six vote-getters among outfielders will advance to Phase 2. Six other Braves players, as well as the entire infield, were among the Nationals League finalists. Five players are apiece in the American League finalists, with the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays. Mike Trout, Ohtani's colleague, is also a finalist.

As New York's air quality index reaches a 185 rating due to smoke overtaking the sky as a result of Canadian wildfires, the Yankees took the field in potentially volatile weather. On Tuesday, thick smoke from the north descended on New York City, with an orange glow hanging above the iconic skyline, covering the Statue of Liberty's famed monuments. The Bronx was no exception, as the sky over Yankee Stadium glowed a mix of orange and dark grey.

Following Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani's blasted mammoth home runs against the Chicago White Sox, the LA Angels' stars were outdoing each other on Wednesday afternoon. The Angels were in Chicago on a vacation day Wednesday before heading to Houston to face the Astros on Thursday. In the first inning, Trout stepped up to the plate first with a runner on first and White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn pitching an 82-mph breaking ball. It was served right across the center of the plate by a ten-time All-Star rocket, extending it a whopping 476 feet into the stands. No one was left out, but Ohtani, a teammate, stepped up with not one, but two rockets of his own.

After playing for years in Japan, Masataka Yoshida has already made some mechanical improvements at the plate during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox. They certainly paid the bill on Sunday. Boston roared to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-5 after Yoshida homered twice during Boston's nine-run outburst in the eighth inning. Since Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz's debut in August 2008, he became the first Red Sox player to go deep in a single inning.

Congratulations, you've made it. The baseball offseason is over, and we're going full steam ahead of Opening Day on Thursday. Pitchers from all 30 MLB clubs will take the field in just a few hours, with fresh optimism and renewed hope that this is going to be *their* year. There have been a slew of changes, none of which we'll discuss here, but there is certainly more excitement among fans than ever before.

Mike Trout has announced a new golf buddy, Tiger Woods, has joined him. The two have collaborated on the construction of Trout National - The Reserve, a championship golf course near Trout's hometown in southern New Jersey. TGR Design, Woods' golf course architecture company, will plan the course, which is scheduled to open in 2025 in Vineland, New Jersey. Trout, the Los Angeles Angels' three-time MVP outfielder, and his partner, Jessica, live in the area in the offseason. 'It's pretty cool to own your own golf course,' Trout wrote. Per Sports Illustrated. It's amazing that Tiger will be able to code it.' I would have thought you are crazy if you told me this morning that this will happen one day. More than I've ever imagined.'

Shohei Ohtani returned to work as usual on Friday, just days after winning the World Baseball Classic with an MVP appearance for Japan against the United States. Ohtani, a three-day veteran of the WBC, was on the back fields in Tempe, pitching in a minor league match against some Arizona Diamondbacks farmhands. Ohtani's deputtion on Friday was to keep him on track for his first day in Oakland, which would be scheduled for his opening day on Thursday. When coming into a fifth inning, walking one, and striking out eight, he faced 19 batters. Gavin Conticello, an eighth-round draft pick for Arizona in 2021, has allowed four hits, including a home run.

The final of the World Baseball Classic brought viewers in like it never did before, with a storybook ending that sportswriters and enthusiasts aspired for. Overall, the World Baseball Classic Championship game between Japan and the United States attracted an average of 5.2 million viewers on Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes, and Fox's streaming services. Over 490,000 viewers on Fox Deportes include 4.48 million who watched live on FS1's TV broadcast and over 490,000 viewers.