MIKE TROUT RUMORS & GOSSIP
At 20, Angels' Mike Trout making big-league mark
(Eds: APNewsNow. With AP Photos.) By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Mike Trout chuckles at the memory of his major league debut. As a raw 19-year-old with minimal minor-league experience, his head was often spinning during two call-ups over nine weeks with the Los Angeles Angels.
One season later, at the ripe old age of 20, Trout feels he's much more prepared to do his thing...
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Discuss
Why do the Angels hitters get thrown so many fastballs?
This morning, I included a link to a story about how Mike Trout faces a higher percentage of fastballs than any hitter in the league. That was very interesting, but once I paid a little more attention to that article, I noticed something else very interesting:
PlayerPct. Fastballs Seen
Mike Trout
62.8%
Alberto Callaspo
62.3%
Maicer Izturis
61.2%
Jemile...
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Mike Trout Is Pretty Good, Too
Mike Trout is off to a great start. In just 129 plate appearances this season, the 20-year-old outfielder is hitting .304/.364/.522. Combine that with his spectacular defense, and it looks like Trout is well on his way to becoming one of the best players in baseball. Although Trout has been great this season, Bryce Harper has overshadowed his performance. And while Dave Cameron...
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Mike Trout's sensational catch robs Nick Swisher of a dinger
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels continues to amaze everyone with his defense and— for the second night in a row— he robbed the New York Yankees of a home run with a sensational catch by going up the wall.
The 20-year old left fielder crashed into the fence at Angel Stadium to take away what looked like a solo home run from Nick Swisher in the second inning of Tuesday night...
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Inside the Numbers - Most Valuable Angels
By Andre Castillo - AngelsWin.com Columnist
Hitters
Welcome
back everyone to Inside the Numbers. To kick us off I hope to keep a weekly tab
of the most valuable Angels, as told by Fangraphs's Wins Above Replacement
(WAR) calculation.
Name - WAR
Mike
Trout - 1.6
Torii
Hunter - 1.2
Mark
Trumbo - 1.0
Howie
Kendrick - 0.5
Maicer
Izturis - 0.5
Alberto
Callaspo...
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Angels' Trout struggling after strong start
The Angels knew they had a precocious talent on their hands when they promoted outfielder Mike Trout to
the majors at age 19 last season. Now, they just know they have a talent. Since being promoted from Triple-A on April 27, Trout had been the Angels' best hitter until a recent
mini-slump -- and Albert Pujols' revival. In 25 games, Trout has hit .296 with a .360 on...
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Trout, McDonald ownership rising
With eight weeks of games in the books, here are 10 of the most added fantasy baseball players.
Note: the following "changes" are week-over-week percentages.
Mike Trout
Change: +14.3 (59.5 percent owned)
Analysis: Last week, I said: "I expect {Trout's} 27.2 {ownership} percentage to reach 50 percent by June." It took less than a week. He hit .481 with...
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8 days ago
Checking in on the Angels top prospects
1. Mike Trout - He's already the best player on the Angels, but I think most of us knew that going into the season. His .400 BA in AAA did nothing to deter that, but one has to question Scioscia's sanity for waiting so long to promote him. In the first 20 games without Trout, the Angels were 6-14. The next 20 games with Trout, 12-8. That's no coincidence either. ...
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Angels' Trout fits right in, will keep improving
SAN DIEGO Jim Eppard, the new Angels hitting coach, likes to tell a story about the time in spring training two years ago when Mike Trout accompanied the team to a game in Tucson.
At batting practice, Angels manager Mike Scioscia called out to Trout and asked him, "What do you think about when you hit a ball to right-center field?"
"Triple," Trout answered...
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12 days ago
How Angels hooked a Trout in draft
Los Angeles Angels rookie outfielder Mike Trout is the American League version of Bryce Harper, so how the heck did he fall to the 25th pick of the 2009 draft?
"You got me," says Trout's father, Jeff.
Call it anti-East Coast bias. Anti-New Jersey bias. Maybe even anti-Billy Rowell bias.
There is more to the story, much more, but what the heck. Let's start by...
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18 days ago
THE ANGELS HOT 25
Latest Mike Trout Photos
