There are some big developments happening out of Anaheim.
During Monday night’s game against the San Diego Padres (SD10, LA3), Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout reportedly fractured the hamate in his left hand. announcement From the Angels on Tuesday.
Trout was injured after hitting a foul ball off Nick Martinez’s pitch in the seventh inning when the game was 0-1. Usually, a hamate fracture requires surgery, which Trout will do. likely to receive.recovery time is 4-8 weeks.
Entering Wednesday, the Angels are barely above .500. Record of 45 wins and 43 losses, which keeps them in third place in the AL West, just one game behind the Seattle Mariners. They are seven games behind the division leader, the Texas Rangers, and four games behind the final wild card spot in the American League.Los Angeles unlikely to make playoffs 12.5%According to Sportsline.
Here’s a play that Trout would get injured if he happened to miss it.
Mike Trout suffered an apparent injury during his eighth at-bat and was out of the game. pic.twitter.com/s0xSfpVQ3j
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 4, 2023
This perfectly creates an “elephant in the room” scenario for Angel.
Los Angeles is unlikely to make it to the postseason this year under the current circumstances, and Mike Trout will be out until at least (if I assume) mid-August to early September, so they have to. You think it’s time to trade Shohei Ohtani, right?
As we all know, Ohtani will be a free agent in the offseason, and when that happens, the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets, the San Diego Padres, and all the other wealthy teams will be eyeing him. You know what’s going to happen. Yes, this is going to provoke a bidding war. A bidding war the Angels can’t compete with. (Related: Wow! Mets fan smashes onto field after horrific fall (and it’s a perfect representation of a terrifying season in NYC)
So what if you were an angel? What do you get for losing him in free agency? Or take the plunge and trade him now for a ton of value back (because we know Los Angeles does)?
Sooner or later, that bullet will end up on your dinner plate, so you better grab your poker chips and move on while you can.
At this point, if you are the Angels, you must pull the trigger.
