{"id":667457,"date":"2026-04-07T02:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667457\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:25:38","slug":"mike-trout-improved-but-still-out-of-angels-lineup-a-day-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667457\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Trout improved, but still out of Angels\u2019 lineup a day after getting hit by pitch \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM \u2014 Mike Trout was out of the lineup on Monday, but not on the injured list, which still qualifies as good news for the Angels.<\/p>\n

Trout was hit in the left hand by a pitch during Sunday\u2019s game against the Seattle Mariners. His hand was swollen when he talked to reporters after the game. He was not available to the media on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe woke up today and felt a lot better,\u201d Manager Kurt Suzuki said before Monday\u2019s game. \u201cObviously, he just got hit yesterday, so it\u2019s still a little bit sore. We\u2019ll take it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suzuki said the three-time American League MVP did not require any testing beyond the X-rays taken on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks a lot better than it did yesterday,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a good thing that it improved a lot overnight. We\u2019ll see how he feels.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the Angels facing Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale on a day when Trout wasn\u2019t playing, they used a jumbled lineup on Monday.<\/p>\n

Bryce Teodosio replaced Trout in center field. Jorge Soler, who is usually the DH, went into right field, and Jo Adell shifted over to left.<\/p>\n

When Suzuki was asked why he moved Adell just two days after his historic night in right, he suggested that this was the best alignment with Teodosio, Adell and Soler as his outfielders. Soler has only played three games in left since 2022.<\/p>\n

First baseman Nolan Schanuel and left fielder Josh Lowe \u2013 both left-handed hitters \u2013 were also out of the lineup.<\/p>\n

SUDDEN CELEBRITY<\/p>\n

After robbing three home runs in a phenomenal defensive performance on Saturday<\/a>, Adell said he did five interviews on Monday, including two on different MLB Network shows.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also heard from the Hall of Fame, which has requested the glove that he wore that night. Adell is expecting to send the glove to the Hall after he\u2019s done using it.<\/p>\n

Major League Baseball selected Adell\u2019s third robbery<\/a>, the one in which he dove into the stands, as the Play of the Week.<\/p>\n

PITCHING MOVES<\/p>\n

Right-hander Ryan Johnson, who was scratched from his Sunday start because of an illness, was placed on the injured list on Monday. The Angels recalled left-hander Mitch Farris to take his spot on the roster.<\/p>\n

Right-hander George Klassen, who started for Johnson on Saturday, remains on the roster.<\/p>\n

Suzuki said they aren\u2019t sure yet if Klassen will start again. Johnson\u2019s turn will come up at least once while he\u2019s on the IL.<\/p>\n

Because of Thursday\u2019s off day, the Angels could push the fifth starter spot back to April 14 in New York, if they choose. Johnson is eligible to be activated on April 18.<\/p>\n

INJURY UPDATES<\/p>\n

Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, who is out with shoulder inflammation, has become more excited about his progress lately, as Suzuki reads the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to him a couple weeks ago and it was like \u2018yeah, you know,\u2019 and then I talked to him yesterday and it was like \u2018yeah, I\u2019m feeling good. I\u2019m ready to get going,\u2019\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cSo that\u2019s a good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infielder Vaughn Grissom, who had a bruised left hand, is hitting .429 (9 for 21) with a .979 OPS in his rehab assignment at Triple-A. Suzuki said he still needs to play a full nine innings in the field, though. He has played first, second and third base.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce he gets there and kind of gets multiple nine innings and back-to-back nine innings, we\u2019ll evaluate and see where we\u2019re at on that,\u201d Suzuki said.<\/p>\n

Right-handed reliever Ben Joyce is still not scheduled to face hitters. He is throwing bullpens, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t report anything except he\u2019s feeling really good and throwing bullpens,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cI\u2019m anxious to see him get out there and face hitters soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Braves (RHP Reynaldo L\u00f3pez, 1-0, 1.64 ERA) at Angels (LHP Yusei Kikuchi, 0-1, 6.52 ERA), Tuesday, 6:38 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network, 830 AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM \u2014 Mike Trout was out of the lineup on Monday, but not on the injured list, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,603,4,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-667457","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-baseball","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-angels","12":"tag-laangels","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-angels","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesangels","17":"tag-mike-trout","18":"tag-mlb","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667457","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=667457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}