Trout seems befuddled

[mulwin444]

This not about hot streaks this is about Trout hitting below the Mathis line for a complete month and doing it from the 3 spot. If he just hit at career average the Angels probably have a few more wins. Ok, maybe a lot more. But he has been pure crap, a black hole in the moto.

The entire offense is a black hole. You can't knock someone in without someone on base ahead of you. Odds are he's probably injured and trying to find a way to play through it because he knows him at 60-70% is better than anyone else on the roster at 100%. He knows once he's DLd the Angels season is done and I'm sure he doesn't want that to happen. This is what team leaders do...

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I am convinced it is his wrist. Players frequently suffer quietly during the season to have off season corrections for that ailment.

He's not that bad to suck for an entire month.

[eligrba]

Trouty is scrapping' at every at bat.  You gotta just tip your hat and turn the page when the pitcher hits their spots.

[tomsred]

He's had a horrible stretch immediately after hurting his wrist and while the rest of our team has $hit the bed.

 

 

My guess is the wrist is still bothering or He knows the rest of the offense sucks and he's trying to do to much. It's also possible it's both.

 

Once again, I think you guys are letting him off the hook too easily.  By blaming his wrist (he can't control poor performance given an injury), or the rest of the team isn't hitting (so it's not his fault because he's trying to compensate for their poor performance).  Let him off the hook because he has been terrific up until August, but don't look so hard for excuses that are not of his making.  I think Mike Trout would tell you straight up that his performance in August was very poor, and it's his responsibility to fix it.  And I think the coaching staff has every confidence that he will turn it around sooner or later.

[mancini79]

I guess his wrist only bothers him with the bat. Yet the same wrist has no effect diving for catches in the OF. In other words, it's not his wrist. He just had a bad month offensively.

[mulwin444]

Or no one knows the truth except Trout and everything else us just speculation based on circumstancial evidence

[Troll Daddy]

Must be the same injury Trout suffered in the playoffs.

[Hollyw00d]

He's wrist is injured

occam's razor

[Hollyw00d]

I guess his wrist only bothers him with the bat. Yet the same wrist has no effect diving for catches in the OF. In other words, it's not his wrist. He just had a bad month offensively.

Apples and oranges

The wrist has a much bigger effect on batting than catching the ball

[ten ocho recon scout]

I am convinced it is his wrist. Players frequently suffer quietly during the season to have off season corrections for that ailment.

He's not that bad to suck for an entire month.

agreed. A lot of these guys have nagging injuries they play through and wont publicly admit it.

[Erstad Grit]

Once again, I think you guys are letting him off the hook too easily.  By blaming his wrist (he can't control poor performance given an injury), or the rest of the team isn't hitting (so it's not his fault because he's trying to compensate for their poor performance).  Let him off the hook because he has been terrific up until August, but don't look so hard for excuses that are not of his making.  I think Mike Trout would tell you straight up that his performance in August was very poor, and it's his responsibility to fix it.  And I think the coaching staff has every confidence that he will turn it around sooner or later.

 

Considering his overall numbers are good this year and he's been top two MVP votes for the past 3 seasons he deserves that free pass. 

[Glen]

So is now the right time to sell my Trout jersey on eBay?

[Stradling]

So is now the right time to sell my Trout jersey on eBay?

Did you ask yk if it was ok to buy it in the first place?

[Stradling]

@JeffFletcherOCR: Since you are all still wondering whether Mike Trout's wrist is bothering him, I asked him. Again. http://t.co/vnYK60jIHA

[Ohtaniland]

Pujols said it himself.....It only takes about 3 months for Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout and himself to get their numbers. So his season is over already.

Edited August 30, 2015 by CALZONE

[Stradling]

Claude doing what Claude does.