{"id":579616,"date":"2026-02-18T17:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/579616\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:50:23","slug":"photos-mike-trout-and-the-angels-begin-workouts-at-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/579616\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Mike Trout and the Angels begin workouts at spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angels<\/a> began spring training last week at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., with a new manager in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\/story\/2025-11-27\/angels-nick-adenhart-jon-wilhite-kurt-suzuki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kurt Suzuki<\/a> and plenty of new faces to go with some familiar ones like veteran <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\/story\/2026-02-16\/mike-trout-center-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Trout<\/a>. The Angels, who open the season March 26 against the Astros in Houston, have not had a winning season since 2015 and last made the postseason in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Mike Trout.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437011_348_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Mike Trout.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Pitcher Hunter Strickland.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437012_723_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Pitcher Hunter Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>               <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Vaughn Grissom fields a ground ball.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437014_298_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Vaughn Grissom fields a ground ball.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Manager Kurt Suzuki.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437014_544_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Manager Kurt Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Josh Lowe signs trading cards for fans.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437016_317_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Josh Lowe signs trading cards for fans.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Catcher Marlon Quintero.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437017_801_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Catcher Marlon Quintero.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Oswald Peraza rounds the bases for a practice drill.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437018_883_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Oswald Peraza rounds the bases for a practice drill.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Yoan Moncada.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437019_630_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Yoan Moncada.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>               <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Jorge Soler rounds the bases for a practice drill.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437020_664_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Soler rounds the bases for a practice drill.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Josh Lowe signs a baseball.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437021_184_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Josh Lowe signs a baseball.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Angels players on the field.\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437023_782_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Angels players on the field.<\/p>\n<p>  More to Read   <\/p>\n<p>               <a class=\"link promo-placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\/story\/2026-02-16\/mike-trout-center-angels\" aria-label=\"A return to center field could be the plan for Mike Trout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">           <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Tempe, AZ - February 17, 2026: Los Angeles Angels right fielder Mike Trout (27) at Angels spring training in Diablo Stadium, Tempe, AZ on February 17, 2026. (Ronaldo Bolanos \/ Los Angeles Times)\"   width=\"320\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771437023_912_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>    <\/a>                   <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\/story\/2026-02-16\/mike-trout-center-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A return to center field could be the plan for Mike Trout<\/a>               Feb. 16, 2026                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels began spring training last week at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., with a new manager in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,73073,5,75978,75980,139,44345,1165,446,3223,774,56,1593,3224,3222,603,4,75979,6941,10429,2210,75977,151,73072],"class_list":{"0":"post-579616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-angels","8":"tag-angels","9":"tag-ariz","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-diablo-stadium","12":"tag-familiar-one","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-kurt-suzuki","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-la-angels","17":"tag-laangels","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-angels","20":"tag-los-angeles-times","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-losangelesangels","23":"tag-mike-trout","24":"tag-mlb","25":"tag-new-face","26":"tag-new-manager","27":"tag-photo","28":"tag-plenty","29":"tag-season-march","30":"tag-spring-training","31":"tag-tempe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116092904551925364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}