Mike Trout might have picked a bat by the end of next week if he hadn't gone from his career in peril in the last four days.
The Los Angeles Angels player went to visit a doctor in Los Angeles. Trout could return to swinging a bat after Wednesday's workouts.
"Hopefully I'm going to play here soon, it's gone from my career to now," Trout said. It has been great since coming out of the workouts. The situation is getting better. It's very promising to begin rotating. If that goes well, I'll start swinging after a few days in the weight room.
Trout's future appeared uncertain when athletic trainer Mike Frostad said before Wednesday's game in Kansas City that the three-time American League Most Valuable Player had a rare spine condition, and that it would have to be managed not just through the rest of the season.
"I think he was trying to keep a routine so that it doesn't come back," he said. It will be good once you let it settle down and get the inflammation out of there.
On July 12th, Trout left a game against Houston due to back pain. On July 18 he was placed on the injured list. The exact injury was at T 5.
I did not know how it happened. Trout thinks it happened over time. I was swinging more often than I normally do. It started to flare up. I don't know what to say. Baseball players do a lot of activity and sometimes things don't go according to plan.
Trout said he has been working out since he went on the injured list. He has been working to strengthen the muscles around the area.
Due to a calf injury, he only played 36 games last season.
The 10-time All-Star is batting.270 with 24 homers and 51 runs scored in 81 games this season, but has just one multi-hit game and six runs scored in the past three weeks.
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