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Update: Angels Star Mike Trout Needs Surgery Yet Again

The Angels star just cannot catch a break...

Brady Farkas

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium on April 23.
Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Angel Stadium on April 23. / Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
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UPDATE: 6:05 p.m. ET: Trout says he needs another surgery on his meniscus. The second this year. He posted that statement on social media:

The Los Angeles Angels, already mired in a dreadful season that has them fourth in the American League West, just got even worse news.

Superstar outfielder Mike Trout is out for the season, unable to recover in time from a knee injury that has plagued him most of the year. Trout had surgery on his knee earlier in the year and recently experienced a setback while on a rehab assignment.

Per Brandon Deutsch of the Sporting Tribune on social media:

Angels GM Perry Minasian says Mike Trout is out for the season #Angels #RepTheHalo

He'll end the season having played just 29 games. Before getting hurt, he was putting up a productive season, hitting 10 homers in the season's first month. He hit .220 with a .325 on-base percentage.

Unfortunately, injuries are the new reality for Trout. The 32-year-old has many years left to play if he wants to, but he's missed significant time for each of the last four years. He played in only 36 games in 2021, 119 in 2022, 82 in 2023 and 29 this year.

A lifetime .299 hitter, Trout is one of the best players we've ever seen. He's an 11-time All-Star, a 3-time MVP and a nine-time Silver Slugger. He's a sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer. It's just a question of what the back-half of his career looks like.

The Angels are mired in a rebuild and if they are going to get out of it any time soon, they need Trout at full strength for a prolonged period of time.

The Angels play the Rockies on Thursday at 9:38 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas

BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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