Mike Trout


Looking forward to some MLB including Mike Trout. Hopefully he can stay healthy after missing most of the last four years. He's looking pretty good hitting his first HR in spring training!
He says he feels great. I don't like the fact that he'll be in right field. Something management met with him about, and he's agreed to try it.
I just hope he can stay healthy and play a full season. At least 152 games.
 
Carolina Speed said:

Looking forward to some MLB including Mike Trout. Hopefully he can stay healthy after missing most of the last four years. He's looking pretty good hitting his first HR in spring training!
He says he feels great. I don't like the fact that he'll be in right field. Something management met with him about, and he's agreed to try it.
I just hope he can stay healthy and play a full season. At least 152 games.
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Mike Trout hits his first homerun of the season. 379 for his career. Hopefully he stays healthy and races past 400 career homeruns and possibly to 500 before he retires.
Hard to believe Trout will be 34 years old in August.
Trout was the best baseball player I have ever seen; when he was healthy. Too bad he's lost 4-5 years of his prime due to so many injuries.
 
Carolina Speed said:
Mike Trout hits his first homerun of the season. 379 for his career. Hopefully he stays healthy and races past 400 career homeruns and possibly to 500 before he retires.
Hard to believe Trout will be 34 years old in August.
Trout was the best baseball player I have ever seen; when he was healthy. Too bad he's lost 4-5 years of his prime due to so many injuries.
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Trout opening night HR in LA in his first AB/first pitch! Number 2 in as many games. Well on his way to 400 this year!
 
Watch this defensive play by Trout. Unbelievable.

 
Carolina Speed said:
The GOAT for a short time in his career. He WAS on a trajectory to pass Ruth and Cobb.
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Mike Trout Despite missing the better part of 4 MLB seasons of his prime, moved into 50th place in all time WAR. Passing Robin Roberts.
48. George Brett 88.6
49. Tim Keefe 86.9
50. Mike Trout 86.3
Would've been very close if not already passed the "MICK", 21st. 110.2 if not for all the injuries!
Hopefully he passes Brett and Bob Gibson at 47 by the end of the season.
 
Mike Trout went 2 for 5 tonight against the Mariners. He finally hit his 21st homerun of the season. He was stuck on 20 for about a month or longer. He may be heating up in this last month of the season. Between his injuries and slumps I feel that Aaron Judge might catch him for career homeruns within a a few years. So sad. Just hope that Trout can play better along with staying healthy.
 
This has been a very disappointing year for Trout. The positive thing is that he's been relatively healthy, logging his 1st 400+ at bat season since 2022 and only his 2nd since 2019 (2020 is the Covid short season). Looking at his numbers in those seasons, we can see that he was elite in 2019 with a 8.3(!!!) WAR (wins above replacement). In 2022, he was still at an excellent 6.3 total. However, this year he drops to 1.3 which is creeping closer to replacement. He's no longer playing center field, and I believe he's even being used as a DH more than a RFer. As a DH, he really needs to rake to have value and he simply isn't anymore. I'm hoping that he can bounce back next year if he enters fully health coming off of this basically full season. However, at age 35 and with declining numbers from all the injuries, we might have to accept that we've seen the last of the Great Mike Trout and will have to settle for the Slightly Above Average Trout. Sad to see as a huge fan myself.

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Freethinker said:
This has been a very disappointing year for Trout. The positive thing is that he's been relatively healthy, logging his 1st 400+ at bat season since 2022 and only his 2nd since 2019 (2020 is the Covid short season). Looking at his numbers in those seasons, we can see that he was elite in 2019 with a 8.3(!!!) WAR (wins above replacement). In 2022, he was still at an excellent 6.3 total. However, this year he drops to 1.3 which is creeping closer to replacement. He's no longer playing center field, and I believe he's even being used as a DH more than a RFer. As a DH, he really needs to rake to have value and he simply isn't anymore. I'm hoping that he can bounce back next year if he enters fully health coming off of this basically full season. However, at age 35 and with declining numbers from all the injuries, we might have to accept that we've seen the last of the Great Mike Trout and will have to settle for the Slightly Above Average Trout. Sad to see as a huge fan myself.

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Right Freethinker/WL. Although Trout has been healthy most of the year, he has struck out ALOT/156 times, and is just not the same player he was. Not even close. It's very sad. I've watched alot of MLB and I've never ever seen a 5 year run from any other player in my lifetime like Mike Trout's. No one, with the exception of Ruth and Cobb, had a WAR as high as Trout's over that 5 year span. Sadly, it looks like we'll never see this again in my lifetime. I wish he could've maintained his historic play for 15 years plus. Could've been the GOAT.
He still has 5 more years on his current contract. The best we can hope for is that he gets to 500 plus homeruns and can cement his place in the HOF!
 
MIke Trout is sitting at 399 home runs. Hoping when he finally hits the next one that the pressure will be off. He is trying to hard to swing for the long ball. It shows in his batting average and his increased number of strikeouts. He just needs to hit normal. Mike Trout has a natural swing with incredible strength & athletecism. He doesn't have to try that hard to hit the ball out of the park. The hitting coach should remind this living legend of this. He is overswinging most of the time. I remember when I played baseball. Most of my longest homeruns were when I didn't think I swung that hard but I hit the ball perfectly without even realizing it. Hope he breaks out of his slump before the season ends.
 
White Lightning said:
MIke Trout is sitting at 399 home runs. Hoping when he finally hits the next one that the pressure will be off. He is trying to hard to swing for the long ball. It shows in his batting average and his increased number of strikeouts. He just needs to hit normal. Mike Trout has a natural swing with incredible strength & athletecism. He doesn't have to try that hard to hit the ball out of the park. The hitting coach should remind this living legend of this. He is overswinging most of the time. I remember when I played baseball. Most of my longest homeruns were when I didn't think I swung that hard but I hit the ball perfectly without even realizing it. Hope he breaks out of his slump before the season ends.
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You could be right WL, but I think it may have to do with late season fatigue. The man hasn't played a complete season in almost 6 years. He has averaged playing only 60 games per season the last 5 years. He has played in 119 games this season. Hopefully he comes back in 2026 well rested and can play the last 5 years of his contract relatively healthy. He still has time to add to his HOF numbers.
The MLB season is 162 games and if you've only played roughly a third of those games for six years and are heading to your mid-thirties, you're probably not going to perform as well as normal, especially later in the season. Most stats decline in the course of the season for all players.
 

Mike Trout hits towering 485-foot shot for 400th career homer​

  • ESPN News Services
Sep 20, 2025, 10:24 PM ET

DENVER -- A difficult season for Mike Trout and his Los Angeles Angels team came with a historical benchmark Saturday.

The three-time American League most valuable player and 11-time All-Star hit his 400th career home run in the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies.

The 485-foot solo shot to left center field off a 98-mph sinker from Rockies reliever Jaden Hill extended the Angels' lead to 3-0 as the club tries to snap an eight-game losing streak.

BREAKING: MIKE TROUT HITS CAREER HOME RUN NO. 400 ‼️ pic.twitter.com/2sn9SjtPFr
— MLB (@MLB) September 21, 2025
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The homer was the 10th-longest in famously hitter-friendly Coors Field history since the advent of Statcast in 2015 and the fourth-longest of Trout's career. He also hit a 484-foot homer in April, meaning he has two of the three longest homers in MLB this season.

Trout became the 59th player in MLB history with at least 400 home runs and the third player to reach the mark while in an Angels uniform, joining Dave Winfield and Vladimir Guerrero.

He's just the fifth player in MLB history with 400 homers and 200 stolen bases for a single franchise, joining Barry Bonds (Giants), Jeff Bagwell (Astros), Willie Mays (Giants) and Hank Aaron (Braves).

Trout, a career .294 hitter, is batting just .229 this season, though his 22 homers and 59 RBIs are his most in three years after he endured injury-shortened seasons in 2023 and 2024.

Entering Saturday's matchup, Trout had just one home run in his previous 36 games.

The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.
 
After going 30+ games without a homerun, Trout has hit 4 homeruns in the last 5 games. He had 2 last night.
He now has 403 for his career. Should've easily been at 503 or more if not for all the injuries and covid.
 
Carolina Speed said:
After going 30+ games without a homerun, Trout has hit 4 homeruns in the last 5 games. He had 2 last night.
He now has 403 for his career. Should've easily been at 503 or more if not for all the injuries and covid.
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I'm so happy he is finally playing alot better. To say he is on a hot streak is an understatement. This is the perfect way for Mike Trout to end
the season as we are in the last weekend of the regular season. I was afraid the slump might have made him consider an early retirement. This will really help him mentally going into the off season! Another thing that would help would be if the Angels could ever have a good team. They seem to be stuck in the basement of the standings year after year. It's not fun to play for a constant losing team. Despite this, Trout has remained as loyal as any player ever could. Maybe the Angels could finally make some moves in the off season to get back to the playoffs.

If the Angels become a good team in the future it could make Trout regain his love for the game at an even higher level. Let's hope so as he is one of the greatest players to ever play the game of baseball. It's an honor to watch him play!
 
White Lightning said:
I was afraid the slump might have made him consider an early retirement.
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The only way Trout would consider early retirement would be if he sustained a career ending injury. For one, he's too much of a competitor. I think he truly believes he can make it back to what he once was. Also, he still has 5 years remaining on a $426 Million contract. It's likely that he'll play through that and possibly play a few more years. He'll be 38 in five years.
I'm hoping for another 7 years minimum and 200 more homeruns. Would be nice if he somehow could get to 600! He would have to average 28 per year for 7 years.
 
Carolina Speed said:
After going 30+ games without a homerun, Trout has hit 4 homeruns in the last 5 games. He had 2 last night.
He now has 403 for his career. Should've easily been at 503 or more if not for all the injuries and covid.
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I don't know what kind of adjustment Trout made, but it's working. He hits a leadoff HR to make it 5 HR's in the last 7 games!
 
Safe to say Trout had a sluggish season. He batted .232 with 26 HRs and only 64 RBIs. His OPs was a very poor (by his standards .797).

The only redeeming fact is he finished the last week and change of the season on a high note after nearly two months of subpar play.

Assuming he can stay healthy (admittedly a big assumption), he could return to form next year. His shift to DH will prolong his career.
 
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