For the first time in six years, Los Angeles Angels “baseball genius” Mike Trout has gone hitless in four consecutive exhibition games in major league spring training. With the departure of Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) and a weakened lineup, “health” is a top priority for the Angels’ star, who hasn’t had a regular season at-bat in three straight years due to injury.
Trout is a slow starter in exhibition games this year. While his performance in exhibition games doesn’t mean much for a proven star player, it is the first time in six years that he has started four consecutive games without a hit.
In spring training 2018, Trout went 0-for-10 in four exhibition games. That was the first season Trout played with Ohtani, as he signed with the Los Angeles Angels for his rookie season in the majors. After six seasons of playing together, Trout went 0-for-10 in four exhibition games, six years after Ohtani left for the Dodgers.
Trout started in center field in the third inning against the Cleveland Indians at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday.
In his first at-bat with two outs in the first inning, he struck out against right-hander Gavin Williams, who made his big league debut last year. He led off the fourth inning with a double to center off left-hander Anthony Vanda. It was his first hit in five games and 12 at-bats. He was removed from the game and had no further at-bats.
He is slowly finding his groove at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout in an exhibition game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. He struck out in his first at-bat in the first inning, then led off the fourth inning with a single up the middle for his second hit of the game. He walked with one out in the sixth and was replaced on defense in the seventh.
Trout was quiet against the Chicago White Sox on April 4, going 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts. In his first at-bat in the first inning, he struck out against Peggy, who played for the NC Dinos in the KBO last year. Through four days of exhibition play, Trout is batting 1-for-2 with two walks in 16 at-bats.
Trout has been plagued by injuries the last three years and hasn’t been at his best. A three-time American League Rookie of the Year (2012), three-time American League MVP (2014, 2016, 2019), nine-time Silver Slugger, and 11-time All-Star since his major league debut in 2011, Trout needs to redeem himself this year.
Trout played in just 36 games in 2021 and 119 games in 2022. In 82 games last year, he batted .308 (81-for-308) with 18 home runs, 44 RBIs, 54 runs scored and an .857 OPS. It was the third straight year he failed to reach base in regulation.
He suffered a fractured metacarpal bone in his left hand in early July last year and was placed on the disabled list again in late August when the pain returned in his 카지노사이트 comeback game. He hasn’t returned since and is out for the season.
Trout signed a 12-year, $426.5 million contract extension with the Angels in March 2019, a record-breaking deal. The record was broken this winter when Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million free agent deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Trout still has seven years left on his contract, which runs through 2030.
Meanwhile, Trout remained the only batter in the KBO to fail to get a hit off Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) in his return to the league. In four games and 13 career at-bats against Ryu, Trout went 0-for-13. He didn’t even draw a walk.
On May 29, 2013, Ryu faced Trout for the first time and held him scoreless in four at-bats. In that game, Ryu threw nine innings of two-hit, seven-strikeout ball. It was his first complete game in the major leagues. In 2014, 2019, and 2022, Ryu faced Trout and didn’t allow a hit.