It’ll be another chance for Trout to face a teammate. I’m really looking forward to it.”Īngels left-hander Patrick Sandoval is scheduled to get that start Sunday for Mexico. Through 2019, Mike Trout's age-27 season, he already had racked up three MVPs and four MVP runners-up. “Obviously, the Mexico game on Sunday’s gonna be electric. “I’m sure there’s gonna be some big games coming up,” Trout said. While Saturday’s opener won’t produce the best atmosphere the tournament has to offer - Britain isn’t exactly a baseball draw - Sunday’s game against Mexico is sold out. Trout has played in just three postseason games in his 12-year career - all in 2014 and all losses. Those types of games have been few and far between in his major league career. He also captained the United States national team during the 2023 World Baseball Classic. won en route to the tournament title in 2017. Trout is a ten-time MLB All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, while finishing second in the 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 votes), and is a nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He said he was motivated to participate after watching the high-energy, high-stakes games the U.S. Trout is one of several American stars playing in the WBC for the first time. Mike Trout said during a press conference that he’ll do whatever he can to keep Shohei Ohtani with the Angels, but understands Ohtani will do what’s best. Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). The three-time MVP is in his 13th big league season and. Trout was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 8, 2011, with the Los Angeles Angels. At 31- years old, Angels superstar Mike Trout is still considered one of the best players in the league, and he's still playing like it. had enough stars to field the greatest American lineup ever in an international competition.Īngels Mike Trout says he’ll do whatever he can to keep Shohei Ohtani with the Angels Mike Trout was born on Wednesday, August 7, 1991, in Vineland, New Jersey. His first call was to Philadelphia Phillies star outfielder Bryce Harper, who was all in before requiring Tommy John surgery. Trout became Team USA’s lead recruiter once he committed, helping general manager Tony Reagins and manager Mark DeRosa assemble the roster. Team USA will open Pool C play Saturday night against Britain at Chase Field, marking the end to the long preamble for Trout since he announced he would participate in the tournament for the first time last summer. Trout went 0 for 2 with a walk batting third for the Americans in their second of two exhibitions before the World Baseball Classic. “And then they start chirping that I missed it,” Trout said jokingly. There’s a chance he could face off against Angels teammate Shohei Ohtani. Angels Mike Trout: Anything short of WBC title would be ‘a failure’ for Team USAĪngels star Mike Trout will serve as the captain for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.
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