Starting next year, Trout will earn $35.45 million per year until 2030. It will be his fourth year in his 12-year, $426.5 million contract that he signed back in March 2019. Trout, 30, is expected to return to baseball next season at the very least. It's uncertain where the Angels could be on the Wild Card list if Trout would have played all season, especially considering Shohei Ohtani’s historical season thus far. 333/.466/.624 and had eight home runs in only 36 games. This Mike Trout calf strain is the worst calf injury, by recovery length, in the last 6 years. MORE: Angels' Mike Trout on Shohei Ohtani's most impressive trait It is rare for a player to be out as long as Trout has with a calf strain, but it seems he has tried to work out and build up his strength in the meantime. 31 that Trout had been participating in baseball activities for up to six weeks prior. However, Trout is currently in Chicago with the Angels as they play the White Sox. The Angels are also 11 games back in the AL Wild Card race, and 14 games back in the division. This decision was somewhat anticipated since there’s only two-plus left of regular season baseball. But at this point, the reality is there’s no time left. He couldn’t say that officially, he said, because he wants that to come from Trout. Joe Maddon said today that he doesn’t expect Mike Trout to play again this year. This decision isn’t official until Trout speaks out on the matter, but for now, it looks like the Angel superstar won’t be playing until 2022. On Wednesday, Angels general manager Joe Maddon said he doesn’t expect Trout to return in 2021, via The Athletic. He may not return for the remainder of the 2021 season. Los Angeles is 8 ½ games out in the wild card race.Angels center fielder Mike Trout hasn’t played for his team since May 17, when he suffered a calf strain during a game. The Angels are 62-62 and in fourth place in the AL West, 11 games behind first-place Houston. 333 with eight home runs and 18 RBIs in 36 games. Whatever it takes to get back on the playing field he’s going to try to do that.” Watch him on the bench, you see it in his eyeballs, he wants be here playing. “I know his desire it to get back here and play with us this year,” Maddon said. It’s getting better each and every day.”Īngels manager Joe Maddon said he talks with his superstar every day. “I’m trying to get to a point where I do a bunch of baseball activities, the next day I can come in, play again and do the same thing. “If I do a whole baseball load work one day and then I’m real sore the next day, it’s tough,” he said. Trout took part in on-field activities Tuesday in Detroit and worked out again on the field in Cleveland before Friday’s game. The 30-year-old Trout said he couldn’t give a date when he’ll begin a rehabilitation assignment, but he’s been running every other day. I do a lot of work during the day and try to recover quicker the next day because the next day I’m pretty sore.” “I’ve been doing a lot lately, seems like every other day, every two days, doing a bunch of baseball activities. I never realized how much I use my calf.” “I’ve been through some injuries, but this thing is tough. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve been through in my career,” Trout said. The center fielder said he thought he’d already be back after injuring his right calf running the bases May 17. “Obviously, we’re running out time here, but my main focus is to get back on the field no matter when it is.”

The three-time AL MVP said Saturday before a game in Cleveland that he hasn’t given any thought to shutting down for the year. CLEVELAND (AP) - Mike Trout says he is still aiming to return to the Los Angeles Angels lineup this season despite a lengthy and frustrating recovery from a calf injury that has sidelined him since May 17.

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