Angels News: Mike Trout Heads Back to Injured List While Shohei Ohtani Tears UCL
Wednesday, August 23 may officially mark the end of the Angels season.
Following a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds and a three-game sweep overall, Angels general manager Perry Minasian announced two major injuries: Shohei Ohtani has a torn UCL and won't pitch again this season, while Mike Trout is heading back on the injured list just one day after being activated and going 1-for-4 on Tuesday.
This is truly the worst possible news the Halos could have received, and as the team sits at 61-66 and 10 games out of the final Wild Card spot in the American League, their chances at making the postseason seem all but over.
Ohtani left Wednesday's first game after just 1.1 innings with what the team called "arm fatigue," however, clearly it was much more than that.
Ohtani is now done for the year as a pitcher, and may require surgery which would end his season.
As for Trout, he tried to come back from his broken hamate bone, and was able to return without a rehab assignment after seven weeks. However, he was only able to play in one game, before going back on the injured list.
If the Angels fall further out of playoff contention — and they probably will — Trout likely won't return at all this season.
And if Ohtani doesn't play again for the Halos this year, then we may very well have seen his last game in an Angel uniform.
What a bad day in Anaheim.
