Angels famous person heart fielder Mike Trout underwent surgical procedure to restore torn meniscus in his left knee final week and he says he is already feeling higher.
“I am feeling good,” Trout stated (by way of angels.com). “Surgical procedure went nicely. Simply taking it daily and feeling higher day by day, so it has been good. No timeline. Simply are available, rehab and hopefully it feels higher each single day, see the way it feels the following day and go from there.”
Estimates differ on the timeline for a participant to return from torn meniscus surgical procedure. In some locations, you may see two or three months, however six weeks is an inexpensive, optimistic outlook. It is even attainable {that a} participant might solely require three or 4 weeks.
In Trout’s first interview with Angels beat reporters since his surgical procedure, he stated that he might have tried to play by way of the harm as a delegated hitter, however that possibility carried with it the opportunity of additional injuring the knee.
“It was an possibility they put on the market,” Trout stated. “It might have been simply sustaining the ache stage of it. The day I bought the MRI and it confirmed that, I used to be in loads of ache, so it might have been a troublesome street for the remainder of the yr to bear that. I felt the best choice for me was to get it proper and be absolutely wholesome to return again quickly.”
Trout, 32, was hitting .220/.325/.541 (140 OPS+) with a double, two triples, 10 homers, 14 RBI, 17 runs and 1.1 WAR in 29 video games this season earlier than taking place. He was the MLB chief in dwelling runs when he was positioned on the injured checklist. The batting common is decrease than normal, however in any other case he was having one other Mike Trout-like season.
Sadly, as of late, a traditional Trout season consists of accidents. He hasn’t performed greater than 140 video games since 2016 and hasn’t topped 120 since 2019. He appeared in 36 in 2021, 119 in 2022 and 82 final yr. Even with an optimistic outlook, as famous above, his return from this surgical procedure sees him lacking roughly 40 video games. Whereas he is nonetheless completely a Corridor of Famer, the accidents are carving into his likelihood to enter the higher stratosphere of baseball greatness.
That is why it is nice to listen to that issues are going nicely for Trout thus far within the aftermath of the surgical procedure.
