{"id":50555,"date":"2022-08-19T23:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T23:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angels-mike-trout-activated-from-il-after-recovery-from-back-injury-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T23:06:33","slug":"angels-mike-trout-activated-from-il-after-recovery-from-back-injury-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angels-mike-trout-activated-from-il-after-recovery-from-back-injury-news-scores-highlights-stats-and-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels’ Mike Trout Activated from IL After Recovery from Back Injury | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jeff Robinson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/small><\/div>\n

Mike Trout is back for the Los Angeles Angels ahead of Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n

The Angels officially<\/a> activated their All-Star outfielder from the injured list after he missed 30 games with a back injury.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Los Angeles Angels @angels<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/B2QwVhOenb<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The move was expected after Trout told reporters<\/a> prior to Wednesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners he was on track to play this weekend.<\/p>\n

“Everything feels great,” Trout said. “I had a recovery day yesterday and I’m doing some stuff today, and hopefully I’ll be in there on Friday. I’m full-go.”<\/p>\n

Trout took batting practice on the field last week when the Angels were hosting the Minnesota Twins. He faced live pitching on Monday and had a workout on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Angels waited until July 18 to place Trout on the injured list with rib cage inflammation. He hadn’t appeared in a game since July 12 with what the club originally said was back spasms.<\/p>\n

There was concern about Trout’s long-term future after the team’s head athletic trainer, Mike Forstad, told reporters on July 27 the three-time American League MVP had a “pretty rare condition” in his spine that could affect him for the rest of his career.<\/p>\n

Trout downplayed the situation when he caught wind of Forstad’s comments.<\/p>\n

“I got back and my phone was blowing up: ‘My career is over,'” he said. “It’s just rare for a baseball player. I just have to stay on top of it.”<\/p>\n

There was no indication from his performance prior to going on the injured list that anything might be wrong. Trout has a .270\/.368\/.599 slash line with 24 homers and 51 RBI in 282 at-bats this season.<\/p>\n

The Angels are in the midst of another disappointing year despite having arguably the two most dominant players of this era in Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Their 51-67 record is the fourth-worst mark in the AL, 12.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays for the final wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n