Angels’ Trout: Recovery taking longer than hoped

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Even supposing Mike Trout has no longer resumed working virtually seven weeks after surgical operation to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the Los Angeles Angels outfielder is optimistic about his recovery.

Trout offered an update on his growth Tuesday sooner than the Angels hosted the Milwaukee Brewers. The three-time AL MVP hasn’t conducted since April 29.

“It be getting there,” Trout said. “Obviously slower than I notion, nonetheless it undoubtedly’s the predominant time with a knee harm. I’m trusting the technique and taking it each day.”

The 32-year-former Trout first felt ache in his knee for the duration of a obtain over his fatherland Philadelphia Philliesand an MRI examination confirmed he had torn his meniscus — though he had no notion when or how the harm befell in a fairly standard game. He had surgical operation Could presumably 3.

He has improved to workout routines on a stationary bike and an elliptical machine. Angels manager Ron Washington said the team hopes Trout can resume working soon.

“Simply obtained to obtain the strength encourage,” Trout said. “Extra or much less felt like this final week has been pretty turning point the assign I’m capable of commence ramping it up pretty bit, search how it feels. It be appropriate attempting to decide up workout routines that don’t originate it ache the following day or irritate it. Now not without prolong figured one thing out that is been working. Simply attempting to obtain that strength encourage.”

Counting Tuesday’s game, Trout has neglected 293 games for the reason that commence of the 2021 season and has conducted in handiest 266.

He doesn’t assign an grunt to this harm to linger as prolonged as his strained calf in 2021 — a confounding setback that saved him out for all nonetheless 36 games that season.

“I’m capable of no longer creep,” Trout said. “Definite issues obtain me form of achy and sore the following day. Looking out for to restrict that, because I build no longer would like to obtain here after which contain a setback and contain this (up-and-down) grunt. Simply attempting to growth as quick as I’m capable of the trim capacity.”