{"id":789617,"date":"2026-07-09T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789617\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:58:09","slug":"los-angeles-angels-bring-mike-trout-back-from-hamstring-strain-after-17-game-absence-just-in-time-for-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789617\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Angels bring Mike Trout back from hamstring strain after 17-game absence, just in time for All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout homered after being activated from the injured list earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trout, reinstated just in time for the All-Star Game next week in his beloved Philadelphia, missed 17 games with a strained right hamstring suffered while running the bases in a game on June 17. He marked his return with a home run in the eighth inning against the Texas Rangers. This was the 15th anniversary of his major league debut for the Angels at age 19. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Angels manager Kurt Suzuki had Trout batting second as the designated hitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to obviously see how he feels. Maybe in the beginning, I take it out of his hands. Not really sure how I\u2019m going to handle it yet, but he is ready to go,&#8221; Suzuki said before the game about his willingness to send Trout back in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trout, who grew up 40 miles from Philadelphia in Millville, New Jersey, was elected by fan voting as a starter for the American League team at the All-Star Game next week at Citizens Bank Park. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 12-time All-Star has not been able to participate in the showcase event since 2019, having been sidelined by injury after his selections from 2021-23. Trout, the three-time AL MVP and two-time All-Star Game MVP, has enjoyed a bounce-back season with 18 homers in 75 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Angels designated infielder Donovan Walton for assignment to make room on the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout homered after being activated from the injured list&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-789617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}