Mike Trout placed on 10 day IL with right calf strain, estimated to miss 6-8 weeks

[Biergott]

Fack!

[tdawg87]

Can you say injury prone?

[nando714]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Angels will be right around .500 while Trout is away, thus creating the narrative that we should trade him since he doesn’t make us better. 

1-0 already 

[ScottM]

12 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

What should we do?

 

last thing this team needs is more sexual assault scandals.

[failos]

FUCK

[failos]

[nando714]

Guys like Upton and Rendon really gotta start showing up 

fletcher too. Dude has been disappointing 

[REDneck]

Dinky Lil calf strain just ruined my whole baseball summer.

[mmc]

7 minutes ago, John Taylor said:

Lets see what the Twitter masses say!

 

 

I will absolutely refuse to watch another Angels game this season if they sign Yasiel Puig.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, nando714 said:

Guys like Upton and Rendon really gotta start showing up 

fletcher too. Dude has been disappointing 

LOL to Upton showing up.  Dude has been benched more often than not lately.  I mean, I guess he probably HAS to play more now--but I've seen nothing in the past 3 years or so to indicate he can contribute over a long period of time.

[Chuck]

 

[rageous]

Season over.

See you guys next year.

[Stradling]

Just now, rageous said:

Season over.

See you guys next year.

Bye

[JustATroutFan]

There goes his chances of being the MVP for the fourth time. He probably won catch Bonds and his 7 MVPs but being tied for the second most MVPs, at worst, isn't so bad. And his chances at setting the all-time strikeout record has dropped, so that's good. It would be kind of odd if some kid ask his parents one day, "Mon, dad, I know Trout was an excellent two-way player for awhile but how do you explain him having the most strikeouts ever by a hitter in MLB history?" 

[Chuck]

Who would have thought that Pujols would run faster than Trout just a handful of days after we released him?

 

[failos]

1 minute ago, JustATroutFan said:

There goes his chances of being the MVP for the fourth time. He probably won catch Bonds and his 7 MVPs but being tied for the second most MVPs, at worst, isn't so bad. And his chances at setting the all-time strikeout record has dropped, so that's good. It would be kind of odd if some kid ask his parents one day, "Mon, dad, I know Trout was an excellent two-way player for awhile but how do you explain him having the most strikeouts ever by a hitter in MLB history?" 

Who gives a fuck about any of that

[Docwaukee]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Who would have thought that Pujols would run faster than Trout just a handful of days after we released him?

 

I'd bet that Trout could still beat Albert in a foot race.  

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

While technically true, those stats actually UNDERplay how big of an impact missing Trout would be.  If you extend their winning % without him to the same number of games they've played with him, that would equal a 555-733 record--so 178 "games under." 

[bloodbrother]

Really no reason not to give Adell/Marsh some run in the OF at this point. Team is in last place already anyway

[JustATroutFan]

Not counting 2011, here are the Angels season-by-season records without Trout in 162-game seasons (2012-2019):

2012: 8-15

2013: 2-3

2014: 2-3

2015: 1-2

2016: 1-2

2017: 23-25

2018: 11-11

2019: 11-17 

I don't include 2011 because Trout wasn't Trout yet. From looking at the records for the Angels when Trout doesn't play, it's not good. That includes 2017, when Young Jr. stepped up in Trout's absence, but it only got them a 23-25 record without Trout. 

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Really no reason not to give Adell/Marsh some run in the OF at this point. Team is in last place already anyway

Not true!  Half a game ahead of the Rangers, my friend!

 

[Revad]

First, there’s still a chance at the playoffs.  Not a very good one but there is a path. 
 

in Silver Lining land, this improves Ohtani’s chances to be MVP.

[IheartLA]

season over

[m0nkey]

No!!!

[Angels 1961]

24 minutes ago, nando714 said:

1-0 already 

I'm wondering if Trout would ever ask for a trade. 30 soon