CF Mike Trout is swinging a bat and hitting a ball off a tee as part of his rehab from a torn ligament in his left thumb. Manager Mike Scioscia said he thinks Trout is three weeks away from return, which would be after the All-Star break. Trout hoped to return before the break but Scioscia said, "We don't want him to skip any steps and try to do too much too soon."

CF Mike Trout (torn ligament in left thumb) hit off a tee for the second straight day Saturday. Trout, the reigning American League MVP, went on the disabled list May 29 and underwent surgery.

CF Mike Trout (UCL, dry swings) did not experience any difficulties Tuesday when he took dry swings at his workout facility in New Jersey. Manager Mike Scioscia described Tuesday's activities as "baby steps" and said the Angels will get a better feel when Trout does some more activities this weekend in Los Angeles.

CF Mike Trout (UCL, left thumb) took dry swings at his workout facility in New Jersey and will not be with the team for the series in New York. Manager Mike Scioscia said Trout will return to the Los Angeles area this weekend and take swings via a tee and soft tossing this weekend. Scioscia said it's because he feels Trout can accomplish more with his rehab than if he did it on the road.

CF Mike Trout has been saying he wants to return to the Angels before the All-Star break, and he is making progress toward that end. He will make the Angels' road trip that starts in New York, near his New Jersey hometown. He hopes to get approval to start swinging a bat this week. He underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb in late May.

CF Mike Trout has been pleased with the rehab work he's done for the torn thumb ligament he suffered in May. He is waiting to be released by doctors to start swinging a bat and believes he could return to the Angels before the July All-Star break. That would be a week earlier than the usual 6-to-8 weeks anticipated for that kind of injury.

CF Mike Trout got the stitches out of his hand and has begun throwing a baseball. He also had the cast removed and is wearing a brace. Trout sustained a torn ligament in his left thumb when sliding head first into second base on a steal attempt May 28. He had surgery to repair the tear and is still expected to miss another four to five weeks. "I'm starting to strengthen it, just getting the range of motion back," Trout said before Tuesday's game against the Yankees. "I hear good things from the doctors, they're excited. I'm happy with it, my mind's in the right place."

CF Mike Trout has attended every Angels game since suffering his torn thumb ligament and undergoing surgery on Wednesday. He will get the cast off his wrist this week and plans to pursue an aggressive rehab program with an eye on returning before the All-Star break in July. "I think I can be ready to play by the end of the month," he said. That would make for a five-week down time, the same length of time teammate Andrelton Simmons needed after suffering the same injury last season.

CF Mike Trout spoke to the media Saturday for the first time since learning he would need surgery on the torn ligament in his left thumb. He underwent surgery on Wednesday and has attended every Angels game as he and the baseball world waited for Albert Pujols to hit his 600th career home run. Trout suffered the injury sliding head-first into second base on a steal, and he said he still plans to slide head first even after the injury. "I'm still going to play the same way," he said. "I always slide head first. I just think I have to have more control when I (do). They say (feet first) doesn't slow you down, but it feels like it does." He said he will start wearing a protective glove on his left hand when he's on the bases. He hopes to be back before the All-Star break.

CF Mike Trout had surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. He is expected to be out 6-8 weeks. Dr. Steve Shin performed the surgery at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles. For Trout, who injured his thumb with a head-first slide on a steal of second base Sunday in Miami, it is the first time in his career he has been placed on the disabled list. "We're going to count the days," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Trout's absence. The Angels are hoping that Trout can return sooner than the 6-8 week prognosis. He had the same procedure performed by the same doctor as SS Andrelton Simmons had last year, and Simmons was back in five weeks. Trout is hitting .337 with 16 homers, 36 RBIs, 36 runs, 10 stolen bases, a .461 on-base percentage and a .742 slugging percentage.

CF Mike Trout will be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks after an MRI Monday confirmed he suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb.The two-time American League MVP was injured sliding into second base in Sunday's game at Miami. The MRI was conducted Monday at Hoag Hospital in Anaheim by Dr. Stephen Shin, a hand specialist at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. After consulting with the front office and doctor, Trout chose to have surgery on Wednesday. "This surgery has a very high success rate," Angels GM Billy Eppler said. "He could rehab and try to play without surgery, but with a tear, there's always the risk of making things worse." Trout was placed on the 10-day disabled list.

CF Mike Trout, a two-time American League MVP who leads the majors with 16 homers, sprained his left thumb in the fifth inning while stealing second base during Sunday's loss. He left the game in the middle of the sixth inning, although X-rays showed no fracture. "It was a scary thing," Trout said. "There's no fracture -- that's a relief. I jammed (my thumb) on the bag. It was sore. It was aching. I will ice it and see how it feels tomorrow." Trout said he has never had this type of injury before. "I'm bummed out," he said. "Hopefully it's just a bad jam."

MIAMI -- In a game marred by an injury to Angels star Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton and JT Riddle homered to lead the Miami Marlins to a 9-2 win over Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park.Trout, a two-time American League MVP who leads the majors with 16 homers, sprained his left thumb in the fifth inning while stealing second base. He left the game in the middle of the sixth, and the Angels said X-rays showed no fracture on his thumb.Stanton's homer was his 13th of the season -- two short of the National League lead -- and his second in this series. The homer by Riddle was a two-run shot that snapped a 2-2 tie. Riddle also doubled and had three RBIs.Rays 8, Twins 6 (15 innings)MINNEAPOLIS -- Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison hit back-to-back homers to open the 15th inning, and Tampa Bay outlasted Minnesota in the longest game in Target Field history.Longoria's seventh homer of the season came off the second pitch of the inning from Hector Santiago (4-4), who is scheduled to be... [More]

MIAMI -- In a game marred by an injury to Angels star Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton and JT Riddle homered to lead the Miami Marlins to a 9-2 win over Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park.Trout, a two-time American League MVP who leads the majors with 16 homers, sprained his left thumb in the fifth inning while stealing second base. He left the game in the middle of the sixth, and the Angels said X-rays showed no fracture on his thumb.Stanton's homer was his 13th of the season -- two short of the National League lead -- and his second in this series. The homer by Riddle was a two-run shot that snapped a 2-2 tie. Riddle also doubled and had three RBIs.Rays 8, Twins 6 (15 innings)MINNEAPOLIS -- Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison hit back-to-back homers to open the 15th inning, and Tampa Bay outlasted Minnesota in the longest game in Target Field history.Longoria's seventh homer of the season came off the second pitch of the inning from Hector Santiago (4-4), who is scheduled to be... [More]

OF Mike Trout went 1-for-4 with a double. He was thrown out at the plate in the first inning on the Angels' best scoring opportunity of the game. Trout is hitting .344 this season.

CF Mike Trout tied the Yankees' Aaron Judge for the American League lead with his 15th home run. He now has eight home runs in his last 14 games. Trout also has 183 long balls for his career, passing Troy Glaus for fourth in franchise history.

CF Mike Trout continued to look like the best player on the planet Sunday afternoon, when he went 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base in the Angels' 12-5 win over the Mets. Trout was intentionally walked to load the bases with none out in the first, when the Angels scored five runs. He crushed a two-run homer to centerfield in the second and missed another two-run homer by a foot in the third, when he settled for an RBI double off the top of the centerfield wall. Trout walked again and stole second base in the sixth before striking out looking in the seventh. He reached base nine times in 13 plate appearances in the three-game series against the Mets. Trout, the reigning American League MVP, is batting .350 with 14 homers, 34 RBIs and nine stolen bases in 40 games this season.

CF Mike Trout had what for him is an "off-night" Friday, when he went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and a walk in the Angels' 3-0 loss to the Mets. Trout singled in the first, struck out in the fourth, drew an "intentional walk" in the sixth -- when he fell behind 0-2 and worked the count full before Mets RHP Jacob deGrom issued the free pass after RF Kole Calhoun advanced to second base on a wild pitch -- and singled again in the eighth. He went without a homer for just the second time in his last seven games, a stretch in which he has hit five homers. It was the first regular-season game at Citi Field for Trout, though he did start for the American League in the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field. Trout is batting .348 with 13 homers, 30 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 38 games this season.

CF Mike Trout homered Monday against the White Sox and now has hit a home run in four consecutive games. He's the first Angel to do so since Mark Trumbo did it in 2012. "It's unbelievable," said Angels RHP Jesse Chavez, who went seven-plus innings to earn the victory thanks in part to Trout's home run, which snapped a 3-3 tie. "I mess with the guys all the time, 'You guys have been spoiled.' I'm relishing every moment of it. Watching him go in every day, do his work and just the way he prepares and goes about his business. Bar none, hands down, the best I've seen."

CF Mike Trout hit his 11th home run of the season in the first inning against Justin Verlander Sunday in a win over Detroit. He later walked and was by hit by a pitch and stole second each time. He came into the game with one career hit against the Detroit ace, a home run, in 15 at-bats. It's the third straight game Trout his homered, tying his career high, previously done twice. Of his 42 hits this season, 22 have been for extra base hits. His two steals give him 150 in his career. He also has 179 career home runs, making him one of two players to have 150 steals and 175 home runs by their age 26 season. Alex Rodriguez is the other.