MIKE TROUT NEWS

Angels' Trout confirms he'll play this year with baby on way

Mike Trout has decided to play for the Los Angeles Angels this season

JULY 22, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Angels' Mike Trout Confirms He Will Play in 2020 Despite Coronavirus Concerns Although Mike Trout initially considered opting out of the 2020 season, the Los Angeles Angels star confirmed Wednesday that he will be on t...

JULY 22, 2020 • BLEACHERREPORT.COM

Betts gets $365M, 12-year deal with Dodgers through 2032

Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers struck baseball’s first big-money deal since the coronavirus pandemic decimated the sport’s economics, a $365 million contract through 2032...

JULY 22, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Confirms intention to play Trout confirmed Wednesday that he intends to play to begin the season, Pedro Gomez of ESPN reports.

Impact Trout was uncertain about his playing status for the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but he confirmed Wednesday that he's committed to playing. "Last time I talked I was up in the air. I'm playing," Trout said. He said that a COVID-19 outbreak could make him reassess his status, but he's encouraged by the health and safety measures that the league has taken so far. Trout intends to leave the team for the birth of his first child in early August, and he'll have to clear league protocol afterward before he's allowed to rejoin the team. The 2019 American League MVP hit a career-high 45 home runs with 104 RBI last season.

JULY 22, 2020 • ROTOWIRE

MLB Preview: Who's Going to Win MVP and Cy Young? This year is going to be all about weird and wild stat lines.

JULY 22, 2020 • SI.COM

Appears set to play Trout seems to be ready to play on Opening Day, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Impact It had been public for a few months that Trout would be away from the team at some point this season, as his wife is due to give birth to the couple's first child in early August. When he arrived at camp, however, he expressed doubts about playing in any capacity this year, given that a poorly-timed positive COVID-19 test would render him unable to be present for his child's birth. While Trout is still expected to miss a few days on either side of that event, both for paternity leave and then to clear league protocols for returning to the team, he's been a full participant in workouts and intrasquad games, and talk of him opting out of the season entirely seems to have died down.

JULY 21, 2020 • ROTOWIRE

Angels outfielder Mike Trout appears to be a full-go for season opener Whatever concerns Mike Trout had about playing baseball amid a global pandemic appear to have been assuaged during the Angels' 1-0 exhibitio...

JULY 21, 2020 • LATIMES.COM

Scuffling during summer camp Yelich has recorded one hit in 18 at-bats during the Brewers' intrasquad games at summer camp, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

Impact Yelich had gone hitless with seven strikeouts in his first 11 at-bats of camp before smacking an opposite-field, two-run single in his first plate appearance of Friday's game. Much like spring statistics in the majority of cases, Yelich's results at summer camp can probably be taken with a grain of salt, as the outfielder's exceptional numbers in a larger body of work over his past two seasons in Milwaukee provide a better gauge of his abilities. With Angels star Mike Trout expected to leave the Angels for at least a portion of the 60-game season when his wife gives birth to their child in August, Yelich's case for being a No. 1 selection in fantasy drafts has arguably strengthened since the spring, despite his slow start to summer camp.

JULY 20, 2020 • ROTOWIRE

MLB Award Favorites

Betts. Trout. Cole. And more. Here are the odds on the MVP, Rookie of the Year, and Cy Young races in both leagues.

JULY 19, 2020

Gerrit Cole & recorded fans tune up for Yankees debuts

The crowd noise was phony

JULY 18, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mike Trout home run daily: Taking the Twins deep A home run by Mike Trout against the Twins from May 21, 2019 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.

JULY 17, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

AL West Preview Capsules

JULY 17, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mike Trout home run daily: Goody? Got him Mike Trout homered off Nick Goody at Yankee Stadium on June 8, 2016.

JULY 16, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

2020 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: Burning questions on big risks, Roto category targets, Julio Urias and more Do Zack Greinke and Mike Trout need to be downgraded for a shortened season? What should your targets be in a Rotisserie league? Chris Tower...

JULY 15, 2020 • CBSNEWS.COM

Mike Trout hopes Angels can start fast in shortened season

Mike Trout thought hard about skipping this shortened major league season with his first child due to arrive shortly

JULY 14, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mike Trout home run daily: First at Fenway Mike Trout’s one career home run in 23 games at Fenway Park came on August 10, 2019.

JULY 14, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

2020 Fantasy Baseball Rankings Analysis 1-10: Case for and against drafting Mike Trout, Gerrit Cole, more Your best players are going to come from this group, so it's time to get to know the top-10 players in Fantasy for 2020.

JULY 13, 2020 • CBSNEWS.COM

Astros at Dodgers, 'Field of Dreams' highlight MLB schedule

Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 12th in one of the most intriguing dates on the shortened major league schedule

JULY 13, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

This Date in Baseball

This Date in Baseball for July 14, 2020

JULY 13, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mike Trout home run daily: No June swoon A home run by Mike Trout on June 1, 2015 against the Rays, the start of another excellent month for the Angels superstar.

JULY 12, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

Notes: Luciano 'an absolute pro,' intrasquad Marco Luciano’s favorite players growing up were Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, two former top prospects who reached the Majors as teenagers a...

JULY 12, 2020 • MLB.COM

Mike Trout home run daily: A long Saturday night A game-tying home run by Mike Trout in the eighth inning against the Red Sox in 2014, a game that lasted 19 innings.

JULY 11, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

How long will Trout reign as MLB's best player? The 2020 season is going to be perhaps the most unusual in baseball history, and we hardly need to explain why. Yet through all the change,...

JULY 11, 2020 • MLB.COM

Mike Trout home run daily: This is 40 Mike Trout reached 40 home runs in a season for the first time on September 22, 2015, the third time an Angels player hit 40 home runs in a...

JULY 10, 2020 • HALOSHEAVEN.COM

Fantasy Baseball: How deep will pitchers go and 11 other questions that have already arisen at Summer Camp How much time will Mike Trout miss? What role will Carlos Martinez have?

JULY 10, 2020 • CBSNEWS.COM