{"id":742403,"date":"2026-07-04T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742403\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:01:25","slug":"mike-trout-hoping-to-return-from-injury-for-angels-next-week-ahead-of-philly-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742403\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Trout hoping to return from injury for Angels next week ahead of Philly All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout believes he can return from a hamstring injury for the Los Angeles Angels next week, giving him enough time to be ready for the All-Star Game<\/a> in Philadelphia this month.<\/p>\n

Trout has been out since June 17, when he strained his right hamstring while running the bases against Arizona. He performed his normal pregame routine Friday before the Angels<\/a> opened a series against the Boston Red Sox, and he expects to hit on the field this weekend.<\/p>\n

Trout said he is optimistic about playing early next week, and manager Kurt Suzuki didn’t disagree.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looks good,” Suzuki said. \u201cI saw him today when I first came in. He was working out. He was obviously on the road trip, doing his thing. He\u2019s getting really close. Really, really close.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old Trout hasn’t been officially selected for the All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park, but the two-time All-Star Game MVP is expected to be elected to the AL’s starting outfield in what would be his 12th All-Star nod.<\/p>\n

The honor would be particularly special this year for Trout, who grew up 40 miles from Philadelphia in Millville, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The three-time AL MVP hasn’t participated in the All-Star festivities since 2019. He wasn’t able to play due to injury after being selected from 2021-23, and he injured his knee early in the 2024 season before not being selected last year.<\/p>\n

Trout has bounced back<\/a> and stayed mostly healthy for the last-place Angels this season, posting a team-leading .866 OPS with 17 homers and 36 RBIs in 74 games.<\/p>\n

He said last week that he probably wouldn’t participate in the Home Run Derby<\/a> as he tries to stay healthy.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout believes he can return from a hamstring injury for the Los Angeles Angels…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[20509,1558,363,2008,99],"class_list":["post-742403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}