The Los Angeles Angels quietly had a pleasant little offseason for themselves by bringing in Jorge Soler, Kyle Hendricks, Yoan Moncada, Travis d’Arnaud, and Kenley Jansen, and there may be motive for pleasure in SoCal for the primary time shortly, regardless that Anthony Rendon is already on the 60-Day IL once more.
As good because the offseason has been, none of it issues until future Corridor-of-Famer Mike Trout can keep wholesome, and he just lately introduced a place change that ought to assist him do exactly that.
MLB Community shared a clip of Trout performing some press previous to Monday’s Spring Coaching work.
Trout introduced that he can be shifting to proper area full-time this season, saying, “I prefer it. We’ll attempt it out. See the place it goes. I simply need to be on the sector…I’m with it.”
“I simply need to be on the sector… I am with it.”
Mike Trout pronounces he can be shifting from heart area to proper area this season. https://t.co/CxfgKJ8rG2 pic.twitter.com/1rr8W15LAT
— MLB Community (@MLBNetwork) February 17, 2025
Trout added that he’ll discuss to former teammate and present Particular Assistant to the Normal Supervisor Torii Hunter when he will get to camp since he made the identical change to accommodate Trout enjoying heart area again within the day.
Trout hasn’t performed in additional than 140 video games in a season since 2016 and hasn’t performed greater than 82 video games in 4 of the final 5 years, so protecting his bat within the lineup is the No. 1 precedence for the Angels this season.
It’s a disgrace how a lot of Trout baseball followers have been robbed of as a result of accidents lately, however he says he’s wholesome and feeling good in camp, so hopefully enjoying proper area with some designated hitter blended in may also help him play his first full season in a very long time.
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