{"id":24973,"date":"2019-09-16T02:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T06:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=24973"},"modified":"2019-09-16T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T06:42:11","slug":"mike-trout-done-for-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/09\/16\/mike-trout-done-for-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Trout Done for the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Mike Trout Done for the Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Along with the news that they&#8217;ve been eliminated, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/angels\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Los Angeles Angles<\/a> received more sobering news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/troutmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Trout<\/a> is done for the season. Trout suffered a foot injury, effectively ending his 2019 campaign. The injury stems from earlier foot problems that sidelined the 28-year-old earlier this month. The eight-time All-Star suffered initially from Morton&#8217;s neuroma and will now have surgery to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Trout suffered the injury prior to Sep. 7 and hasn&#8217;t seen his way into the lineup since then. Trout underwent a minor procedure on Monday to try and alleviate the pain. Unfortunately, that did not do much as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAAngelsPR\/status\/1173305760911986688\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angels PR<\/a> reported that the pain was still prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>Trout is now expected to go under the knife to fix the problem, effectively ending his 2019 campaign. Trout has missed more than 30 games at a time just once during his eight-year playing career.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Another Strong Season for Trout<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In his eighth season in the major league ranks, Trout has once again produced an MVP worthy season. Trout&#8217;s ending slash line will end up at .291\/.483\/.645. Those numbers go alongside his career-best 45 home runs, and 104 RBI on the season.<\/p>\n<p>His 2019 efforts have resulted in a third straight season with a season-ending OPS over 1.000. As things sit right now, Trout is on pace to lead the league in WRC+ for a third straight season. Trout is the only player to post a WAR mark of 8.0 or higher in two straight seasons over the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>Trout is still in line for another MVP award which would give him his third career honor.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Another Domino to Fall<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trout&#8217;s injury makes him yet another domino to fall for the Los Angeles Angels. Two-way star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> underwent season-ending knee surgery last Friday. That very same day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uptonju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Upton<\/a> was announced to have his season coming to an end. Upton also was said to have suffered from a knee injury that fortunately does not require surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stassma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Stassi<\/a> remains uncertain with an oblique injury while All-Star infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lasteto01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy La Stella&#8217;s<\/a> status is up in the air. He suffered a right tibia issue back on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels are expecting for Trout to be back to full health come the start of spring training in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Trout Done for the Season Along with the news that they&#8217;ve been eliminated, the Los Angeles Angles received more sobering news. Mike Trout is done for the season. Trout suffered a foot injury, effectively ending his 2019 campaign. The injury stems from earlier foot problems that sidelined the 28-year-old earlier this month. 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