Trout’s hamstring sends Angels back to IL—playoff math tightens
Third IL trip in four seasons underscores Trout’s waning durability and leaves Anaheim scrambling for answers.

Mike Trout is headed back to the injured list—again—with a Grade 2 hamstring strain, the third IL stint of his age-35 season and the latest blow to the ’ playoff aspirations. 600 with 12 homers and 35 RBIs in 38 games, but his latest absence underscores a brutal truth: Anaheim’s franchise icon is no longer the ironman he once was. The hamstring strain, diagnosed after Trout exited a game on August 14, will sideline him for at least three weeks, per team and league sources, with the possibility of a longer recovery looming.



























