Mike Trout determined that surgery was preferable to delaying the treatment and playing as a designated hitter for the remainder of the season in order to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. It was a choice that they presented. Before Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the Angels slugger stated, “It would have been just maintaining the pain level of it.” “I was in a lot of pain on the day that my MRI was performed. To bear it for the remainder of the year would have been Angels center fielder Mike Trout speaks with teammates in the dugout before a game against the Philadelphia Phillies on April
Mike Trout decided that having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee was a better alternative than postponing the procedure and being a designated hitter the rest of the season.
“It was an option they put out there. It would have been just maintaining the pain level of it,” the Angels slugger said before Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. “The day I got the MRI and it showed that I was in a lot of pain. It would have been a tough road for the rest of the year to bear that.”
Trout has also struggled whenever he has been a designated hitter. In 1,518 career games, he has been the DH only 81 times and has a .214 batting average.
