Angels CF Mike Trout to take regular batting practice on Friday – FanRag Sports (blog)

Despite the fact that the Los Angeles Angels have survived without having the best player in baseball on the field, the American League West ball club is getting closer to welcoming back starting center fielder Mike Trout or so it appears. The Angels recently revealed that Trout would be taking regular batting practice alongside his teammates on Friday.

Although no concrete timetable for his eventual return has been set, it seems as though Trouts injured left thumb is responding well after surgery.

He swung the bat 100 percent and said it feels good, said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, via ESPN. Its an important step [on Friday]. Hell hit on the field, get his batting practice underway and see how he responds.

The prolific center fielder has remained out of the Angels lineup since all the way back on May 29 after injuring himself as the result of a head-first slide into second base. With the setback ultimately leading to surgery, Trout suffered both a torn ulnar collateral ligament and dorsal capsule in his left thumb against the Miami Marlins.

Spending his entire seven-year big league career in Los Angeles, the 25-year-old slugger has already made 47 regular-season appearances for the Angels thus far into the 2017 campaign. Over the course of 163 at-bats, he has compiled a .337 batting average with 16 home runs and 36 RBIs alongside a .461 on-base percentage.

For his big league career, Trout has amassed a .308 batting average in addition to 184 home runs, 533 RBIs and a .408 on-base percentage. As it stands today, he has made 858 regular-season appearances atop the highest level en route to receiving 3,160 at-bats in all.

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