Future Hall of Famer Mike Trout suffered yet another setback in a decade filled with injuries. The Angels announced Thursday that Trout will be sidelined for the rest of the season after tearing his meniscus — again.
The injury occurred in the left knee, the same knee in which Trout suffered a meniscus tear in April. After missing three months — far longer than the initially diagnosed four-to-six weeks — he experienced discomfort during a rehab assignment in late July.
An initial MRI didn't show any new damage to his knee. However, a second MRI confirmed the re-tear, and Trout will now miss the rest of the season after logging just 109 at-bats.
It's yet another injury for Trout, who has missed the majority of games since 2020 with a litany of injuries.
A calf ailment knocked him out in May 2021 for the rest of the season and a back problem forced him to miss more than a month in 2022. Then, a hand injury forced him to miss the three months in 2023.
This slew of injuries were preceded by a dominant reign as MLB's best player, during which he accumulated the most WAR — by far — of any player between his rookie season through 2020.
The Angels' odds didn't move as a result of this injury — mostly because they're already out of the running. They remain +60000 underdogs at Caesars to win the World Series. They have +30000 odds to win the American League and +25000 odds to win the AL West, in which they trail by nine game.
The Angels are just 2-10 to their win total since Trout's rookie season in 2012. This and all the following data is thanks to our esteemed data guru Evan Abrams.
LAA has only been profitable on the moneyline in just two of those 12 seasons, too. That means, if you'd bet $100 on the Angels ML every single game over this span, you'd be down $9,000, the fourth-worst mark in MLB.
And through it all, the Angels have just one playoff appearance and no playoff wins.
