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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-catcher-makes-franchise-history-144-years-in-the-making');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals catcher makes franchise history 144 years in the making');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-1_f55bc8.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals catcher makes franchise history 144 years in the making</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T18:01:02-07:00">April 2nd, 6:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T18:01:02-07:00">April 2nd, 6:01pm</time><address><a>Daniel Locke</a>Daniel Locke covers the New Orleans Pelicans and is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints. He will graduate from Auburn University with a degree in Journalism in May. Daniel has covered Auburn Athletics for the entirety of his time as a student, focusing on football, men's basketball, and baseball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals earned <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/angels-vs-cardinals-prediction-odds-pick-4-2-2025">a 12-5 win over</a> the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday afternoon and they have Iván Herrera to thank. Herrera became the first catcher in Cardinals history to hit three home runs in one game.</p><p><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/ivan-herrera-hits-three-home-runs-in-cardinals-win#:~:text=Herrera%2C%20who%20has%20been%20widely,Porter%20accomplished%20in%20St.%20Louis" rel="noopener">The accomplishment meant a lot</a> to Herrera who knows a lot of kids from his home country of Panama are looking up to him.</p><p>Herrera has a good example to look up to.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals catcher makes franchise history 144 years in the making

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-atlanta-angels-swing-early-season-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Braves, Angels swing early-season trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Braves-news-Atlanta-Angels-swing-early-season-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Braves, Angels swing early-season trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T18:46:12-07:00">April 1st, 6:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T18:46:24-07:00">April 1st, 6:46pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Braves</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Angels are 3-1 and sit in first place in the American League West. The Atlanta Braves own an 0-5 record and are enduring one calamity after another. The disparity in strength of schedule and the ridiculous early nature of the campaign are obviously worth noting, but this is not a universe fans are accustomed to seeing. These franchises intersected on Tuesday, <a href="https://x.com/Braves/status/1907232930063384819" rel="noopener">completing a trade</a> on the first day of April.</p><p>The Angels are sending right-handed pitcher Michael Petersen to the Braves for cash considerations, per the latter’s official X account. He is being optioned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers. While this is a trivial transaction at first glance, it speaks to the desperation that Atlanta is already feeling through five games.</p><h2><b>Braves are going through it</b></h2><p>Besides the anguish brought on by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-jurickson-profar-80-game-ban-ped-violation">Jurickson Profar’s 80-game suspension</a> for performance-enhancing drugs, the Braves’ pitching staff is beset with adversity. All-Star Reynaldo Lopez will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder, and veterans Jesse Chavez and Hector Neris have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-jesse-chavez-dfa-one-day-after-mlb-call-up">designated for assignment</a>. Manager Brian Snitker, who is faced with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/braves-news-brian-snitker-gives-murky-response-on-managing-braves-beyond-2025">his own uncertainty</a>, needs competent arms.</p><p>Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos is hoping he just acquired one. Petersen owns a 5.95 ERA in 16 MLB appearances and is almost 31 years old, so fans should temper their expectations. Atlanta has a knack for unearthing unlikely production, however. Since the Angels initially DFA’d the British hurler on Sunday, Anaheim should appreciate that GM Perry Minasian was able to get something for him.</p><p>The Braves are struggling in the batter’s box and on the mound and are still without stars Ronald Acuna Jr. and Spencer Strider. They should just be grateful that the calendar flipped to a new month. Regardless of how the Petersen acquisition works out, Anthopoulos is staying proactive amid the early troubles. Winless Atlanta battles the undefeated Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, starting at 10:10 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Braves, Angels swing early-season trade

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mike Trout was on track to be the greatest player in the history of MLB through the first decade of his career, only for him to slow down in recent years due to injury woes. Trout wasted no time proving he was a generational talent once the Los Angeles Angels handed him the reigns, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/its-been-an-honor-mike-trouts-emotional-message-to-albert-pujols-amid-retirement">impact of first baseman Albert Pujols</a>, whom the Angels signed to a 10-year, $240 million contract heading into Trout’s rookie season, on the star outfielder’s career cannot be overstated.</p><p>Speaking to reporters prior to the Angels’ Tuesday night contest against the St. Louis Cardinals, Trout admitted just how impactful being teammates with Pujols for a decade truly was, crediting the future Hall of Fame first baseman for playing a major part in <a href="https://twitter.com/joeyschneider95/status/1907212421355188490" rel="noopener">making him the player he is today</a>.</p><p>“My career wouldn’t be like this, how it is now, without him. Having a mentor like him coming up, getting to know him a little bit, ask questions, he had all the answers. He experienced everything. It’s fun playing with him,” Trout said, via Joey Schneider of FOX.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Trout on Albert Pujols: "My career wouldn't be like this, how it is now, without him. … He had all the answers. He experienced everything. … What he meant to this city, this organization, you felt it. You can just tell this is Albert's city." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STLCards</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angels?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Angels</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hfiq3jgC6K">pic.twitter.com/Hfiq3jgC6K</a></p><p>— Joey Schneider (@joeyschneider95) <a href="https://twitter.com/joeyschneider95/status/1907212421355188490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-loves-cardinals-st-louis">Angels visiting the Cardinals on Tuesday</a>, Trout knows just how important Pujols was and still is to the city of St. Louis and vice versa; Pujols was one of the best players in MLB throughout the entirety of his first stint with the Cardinals, and he even had a last hurrah during his final season in 2022. After being a negatively impactful player for the majority of the final years of his career, he turned back the clock three years ago, tallying a 2.0 WAR and hitting some clutch dingers for his beloved ballclub.</p><p>“What he meant to this city, this organization, you felt it. You can just tell this is Albert’s city,” Trout added.</p><h2><b>Angels couldn’t build a contending team around Mike Trout</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mike-Trout-1.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Angels organization hasn’t been shy to spend; as mentioned earlier, they signed Albert Pujols to a lucrative deal to bolster the lineup heading into the 2012 season, and they also threw some money at Josh Hamilton prior to the 2013 campaign. Suffice to say, the Angels haven’t been very wise with their resources, and they have made the playoffs just once during Mike Trout’s career.</p><p>For the $240 million that the Angels paid Pujols, all they got was a measly 6.0 WAR (per Fangraphs) of production. But at the very least, the veteran first baseman was instrumental in teaching Trout the ropes, and both of them should be headed for Cooperstown whenever that time comes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels’ Mike Trout drops Albert Pujols admission on his career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-loves-cardinals-st-louis');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Angels’ Mike Trout loves playing Cardinals in St. Louis');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Angels-news-Why-Mike-Trout-loves-playing-Cardinals-in-St.-Louis.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Angels’ Mike Trout loves playing Cardinals in St. Louis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T17:35:03-07:00">April 1st, 5:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T17:35:03-07:00">April 1st, 5:35pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Angels play the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/angels-vs-cardinals-prediction-odds-pick-4-1-2025">second of three games against the St Louis Cardinals on Tuesday</a>. While neither team is expected to do much this year, it is still a special moment for one star. Angels outfielder Mike Trout says he loves playing against the Cardinals <a href="https://x.com/joeyschneider95/status/1907200656726688176" rel="noopener">because of one of his former teammates’ love for the city</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Trout on St. Louis: "I love coming here. I love playing here. Obviously when Albert was here, he talked up so much about it. … When I saw the schedule come out and saw that St. Louis was on the schedule, I circled it. I always love coming here." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angels?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Angels</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STLCards</a> <a href="https://t.co/aHS1UyqxGG">pic.twitter.com/aHS1UyqxGG</a></p><p>— Joey Schneider (@joeyschneider95) <a href="https://twitter.com/joeyschneider95/status/1907200656726688176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I love coming here. I love playing here. Obviously, when Albert [Pujols] was here, he talked up so much about it,” Trout told the media, per Joey Schneider of KTVI St Louis. “To be able to play here and just experience it, the fans are unbelievable.”</p><p>Trout continued, “When I saw the schedule come out and saw that St. Louis was on the schedule, I circled it. I always love coming here.”</p><p>Trout was key to the Angels’ win over the Cardinals on Monday. He went 0-3 but picked up two RBIs on sacrifice flies, including the game-winning run in the tenth inning. In six games at Busch Stadium, Trout has a .261 batting average with one home run and three RBIs.</p><p>Pujols joined the Angels in 2012 after 12 iconic seasons with the Cardinals. He linked up with a 20-year-old Trout and told him some great tales of playing in St Louis.</p><h2><b>The Angels need a healthy Mike Trout this season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mike-Trout-with-LA-Angels-1.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Puetz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Last year, Trout played his final game on April 29. The Angels went on to post a 63-99 record, the worst mark in franchise history, in their first year without Shohei Ohtani. They<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-reacts-shohei-ohtani-winning-world-series-dodgers"> watched Ohtani win another MVP and the World Series with the crosstown Dodgers</a>. Trout came into the season healthy and the Angels added some solid pieces in free agency. But they need their star to stay healthy to have a solid season.</p><p>Through four games, Trout has struggled this season. He is 1-13 with three strikeouts and one walk and just the two RBIs he got on Monday. The Angels have won all three games by just one run thanks to great pitching. They need Trout and the rest of the offense to step up soon to keep the momentum up.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/jorge-soler-trade-grades-braves-angels-deal">Angels added Jorge Soler</a>, Yusei Kikuchi, and Travis D’Arnaud this offseason. While those are not the Juan Sotos of the world, they are the most notable names they have added in many years. If those pieces click alongside a healthy Trout, the Angels could make a surprise run at the playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Angels’ Mike Trout loves playing Cardinals in St. Louis

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-mvp-expectations-2025-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Angels’ Mike Trout drops MVP expectations for 2025 season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mike-Trout-drops-MVP-expectations-for-2025-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Angels’ Mike Trout drops MVP expectations for 2025 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T13:21:34-07:00">April 1st, 1:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T13:21:34-07:00">April 1st, 1:21pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2025 season is underway and the Los Angeles Angels hope <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-fans-concerned-injury-scare-first-at-bat-2025">Mike Trout can bounce back</a> from his injury-riddled season a year ago. After bouncing back from a torn meniscus in 2024, the 33-year-old outfielder seemingly has high hopes for the season ahead.</p><p>In an interview with Chris Rose, who is an affiliate with Jomboy Media, Trout discussed finally getting healthy to play a full season with the Angels. However, Mike Trout <a href="https://x.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1907101004362887184" rel="noopener">asserted that he aims</a> for an MVP-caliber season despite the outlook for the club.</p><p>“My expectations is to be like Mike Trout. I know what I’m capable of when I’m playing a full season. And that’s MVP level.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just being healthy isn’t enough for Mike Trout this year <a href="https://t.co/jUZKfzRvOE">pic.twitter.com/jUZKfzRvOE</a></p><p>— Chris Rose Sports (@ChrisRoseSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1907101004362887184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Angels star has struggled with injuries in four of the previous five seasons. 2024 was the worst of it though, as Mike Trout played in just 29 games. When healthy, he’s one of the best hitters in baseball but health has caused a downslope for the three-time MVP award winner.</p><p>He ended the 2024 season with a .220 batting average while recording a .325 OBP and 14 RBIs while hitting 10 home runs in a career-low 109 attempts at the plate. Through four games played in the 2025 season, Mike Trout is off to a slow start. The Angles would like to see his .077 batting average improve, as he’s only recorded one hit in 13 attempts so far.</p><p>It’s still incredibly early in the season as there is plenty of time for Trout to get back into the swing of things. He’s having to shake off the rust after missing 133 games last season. But it’s going to take a lot of work for him to get back to MVP-level play, as the last time he won the highly coveted award was in the 2019 season.</p><p>Mike Trout will have a chance to improve his statline on Tuesday when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/angels-vs-cardinals-prediction-odds-pick-4-1-2025">Angels take on the St. Louis Cardinals</a>. He’s slated to hit from the three-hole and is playing right field for Los Angeles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels’ Mike Trout drops MVP expectations for 2025 season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-yoan-moncada-honest-take-mixed-fan-reaction-chicago-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Angels IF Yoan Moncada’s honest take on mixed fan reaction to Chicago return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Yoan-Moncadas-honest-take-on-mixed-fan-reaction-to-Chicago-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Angels IF Yoan Moncada’s honest take on mixed fan reaction to Chicago return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-29T16:48:13-07:00">March 29th, 4:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-29T16:48:13-07:00">March 29th, 4:48pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Returns are memorable, for better or for worse, and Los Angeles Angels infielder Yoan Moncada felt the gray area. After he signed with the Angels, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-yoan-moncada-opening-day-mindset-amid-thumb-injury">Moncada was uncertain for the 2025 opening series</a> against the Chicago White Sox.</p><p>He sustained a thumb injury, which was a deep bruise in March. However, he overcame it and faced his former crowd.</p><p>Moncada spent eight seasons with the team. Not to mention, he endured their worst season in franchise history during 2024. Once he went to Los Angeles, there were <a href="https://x.com/scottmerkin/status/1906090594289471533" rel="noopener">some mixed reactions</a>. However, it didn’t bother Moncada in the slightest.</p><p>“Honestly, it doesn’t bother me,” Moncada said via Scott Merkin of MLB.com on X (formerly Twitter). “There are fans that love me and fans that hate me. But I don’t pay attention to it.”</p><p>As a player, tuning out the noise is crucial. Also, his time with the White Sox was rather fickle. Moncada fought a variety of injuries and inconsistencies.</p><p>Following a career season in 2019, Moncada hasn’t found that same magic. He only batted over .270 once, and that was in 2024 when he played in 12 games. While he overcame a thumb injury, the organization hopes that it won’t be a repeat of previous years.</p><h2><b>Angels’ Yoan Moncada wasn’t phased by White Sox crowd</b></h2><p>Throughout the offseason, a plethora of teams were interested in Moncada. Despite the inconsistencies, they thought that he could be of help.</p><p>Teams like the Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners were interested at one point. However, Los Angeles picked him up. When they did, they made an interesting move.</p><p>Even with the injury concerns, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/mlb-rumors-angels-start-yoan-moncada-over-anthony-rendon">Angels started Moncada over Anthony Rendon</a> at third base. The latter has dealt with his share of injuries and inconsistencies. This could be a move that the team felt was necessary to make.</p><p>The Angels are trying to win now, with a fluctuating American League West division. Besides the Houston Astros, there isn’t a clear front-runner for the division champion.</p><p>At the end of the day, Los Angeles sees something in Moncada. Although his answer to the White Sox crowd was indifferent, it still might’ve given him some more motivation.</p><p>Moncada will likely have one more shot to take down his former team, in his former ballpark. Both teams have a 1-1 record, so either the Angels or White Sox will come away with the series win.</p><p>Moncada could be the X-factor for both teams during Sunday’s contest. After going 1-3 with the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401694937" rel="noopener">game’s lone run batted in</a>, he could provide more of the same.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels IF Yoan Moncada’s honest take on mixed fan reaction to Chicago return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-jo-adell-exits-with-injury-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Angels Jo Adell exits early with injury vs White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jo-Adell-exits-early-with-injury-vs-White-Sox.jpg"></figure><h1>Angels Jo Adell exits early with injury vs White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-29T14:00:44-07:00">March 29th, 2:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-29T14:21:22-07:00">March 29th, 2:21pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-fans-in-shambles-embarrassing-opening-day-white-sox">Los Angeles Angels suffered an embarrassing loss</a> to the Chicago White Sox on Opening Day. The teams matched up again on Saturday and while the Angels picked up the 1-0 victory, evening the series, they did <a href="https://x.com/LAAngelsPR/status/1906067551982854582" rel="noopener">not escape unscathed</a>.</p><p>Los Angeles’ center fielder Jo Adell was forced to leave the game in the fifth inning due to tightness in his left hip, according to Angels PR on X.</p><h2><b>A Jo Adell injury would leave the Angels thin in center field</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jo-Adell.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Adell was injured while legging out an infield single. He sent starter Jonathan Cannon’s 83 mph sweeper back up the middle when it deflected off the shortstop’s glove and was fielded by second baseman Lenyn Sosa. Adell was able to beat Sosa’s throw to first but immediately appeared to experience discomfort.</p><p>Accompanied by a trainer, he gingerly jogged off to the side to test his hip but ultimately needed to come out of the game. Adell’s loss hurts the Angels as the team lacks center field depth. Los Angeles moved former center fielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-gets-real-right-field-debut-spring-training">Mike Trout to right field</a> this season in an effort to preserve his health. So beyond Adell, the team is thin at the position.</p><p>Kyren Paris took over in center on Saturday but he’s primarily a second baseman with very little experience in the outfield. It’s unknown what the Angels would do in center if Adell is forced to miss time with the injury.</p><p>In addition to leaving the club without a starting center fielder, losing Adell would be a blow to an Angels team hoping to turn things around after a miserable 2024 campaign. LA hasn’t made the postseason in 10 years. But Mike Trout is healthy and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-confident-being-best-player-on-field">confident he’s still one of the best players</a> in baseball and the team is counting on a big year out of Adell as well.</p><p>The 26-year-old outfielder was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/jo-adell-headlines-5-mlb-breakout-candidates-keep-an-eye">a breakout candidate last season</a>. And while he didn’t quite live up to the lofty expectations some had for him, he did show promise. Adell hit 20 home runs and 15 doubles while stealing 15 bases in 130 games for the Angels in 2024. LA is hoping he can tap into his significant potential in his second full season in the majors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels Jo Adell exits early with injury vs White Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-news-tim-anderson-return-chicago-angels');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ex-White Sox star Tim Anderson drops heartfelt take on return to Chicago');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/White-Sox-news-Tim-Anderson-drops-heartfelt-take-on-Chicago-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Ex-White Sox star Tim Anderson drops heartfelt take on return to Chicago</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-29T07:27:56-07:00">March 29th, 7:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-29T07:27:56-07:00">March 29th, 7:27am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tim Anderson played with the Chicago White Sox from 2016-2023 before joining the Miami Marlins for the 2024 campaign. This past offseason, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/angels-news-angels-trying-resurrect-2-time-all-stars-career">Anderson signed with the Los Angeles Angels</a>. The Angels are currently in Chicago to play the White Sox during Opening Weekend, and Anderson <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/achicago-white-sox-tim-anderson-return/" rel="noopener">recently commented</a> on his time with his former ball club, via LaMond Pope of The Chicago Tribune.</p><p>“(Chicago is) always going to be a huge part of me,” Anderson said. “This is where it all started. That chapter is just all love. There’s a lot of love for me. I enjoyed my time here for sure.”</p><p>The White Sox ended up defeating the Angels by a final score of 8-1 in Anderson’s return. Anderson, a two-time All-Star, has struggled in recent seasons. He is hoping to get back on track in Anaheim with the Halos.</p><h2><b>Tim Anderson was a star with White Sox</b></h2><p>Anderson earned back-to-back All-Star selections in 2021 and 2022 with Chicago. From 2019-2022, he recorded at least a .301 batting average in each season. In 2019, led the American League with a .335 batting average.</p><p>In 2023, though, Anderson hit just .245. Things got even worse in Miami, as Anderson hit .214 with a .463 OPS. The former All-Star’s past two seasons have been forgettable, but the Angels believe he can turn things around. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-ex-batting-champ-gets-brutally-honest-on-career-hitting-rock-bottom-out-of-nowhere">Anderson is hoping to find his footing</a> with his new ball club.</p><p>Meanwhile, the White Sox have also endured a few miserable seasons in recent memory. Their 41-121 2024 record was historically bad. The team’s outlook does not look especially promising in 2025, either.</p><p>Chicago is rebuilding the team in hopes of competing sooner rather than later. However, it may be a long rebuild as the White Sox try to develop a winning roster.</p><p>Tim Anderson and the Angels will play the White Sox in Chicago once again at 2:10 PM EST on Saturday afternoon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ex-White Sox star Tim Anderson drops heartfelt take on return to Chicago

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-fans-concerned-injury-scare-first-at-bat-2025');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mike Trout has fans concerned after injury scare in first at-bat of 2025');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Angels-news-Mike-Trout-has-fans-concerned-after-injury-scare-in-first-first-at-bat-of-2025.jpg"></figure><h1>Mike Trout has fans concerned after injury scare in first at-bat of 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-27T18:30:26-07:00">March 27th, 6:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-27T18:45:08-07:00">March 27th, 6:45pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-fans-in-shambles-embarrassing-opening-day-white-sox">Los Angeles Angels suffered an embarrassing loss</a> to the Chicago White Sox on Opening Day. The 8-1 defeat to a White Sox team coming off a historically terrible 2024 season was bad enough. But Chicago nearly added <a href="https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1905355225730314508" rel="noopener">injury to insult</a>.</p><p>In Mike Trout’s first at-bat of the season, White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke hit the Angels’ star on the hand with a 95 mph fastball, per Talkin’ Baseball on X. Trout shook his hand in pain and was briefly checked on by the training staff but he stayed in the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Trout gets hit in the hand in his first at bat of 2025, but he stayed in the game <a href="https://t.co/xPwX7NHZJ6">pic.twitter.com/xPwX7NHZJ6</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1905355225730314508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was Trout’s first Major League at-bat since April of 2024. The three-time MVP worked his way back into the Angels’ lineup after suffering a season-ending meniscus tear last year.</p><h2><b>Mike Trout avoided injury in Angels’ season opener</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Mike-Trout_862b87.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The previous season Trout was limited to 82 games due to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-of-mike-trouts-next-major-step-toward-return-amid-hand-injury-revealed">broken hamate bone in his left hand</a>. He attempted to come back from the injury but was ultimately placed on the 60-day IL, which ended his season.</p><p>Given Trout’s long recovery from a hand fracture, it was painful for Angels fans to see him get hit in nearly the same spot during his 2025 debut. He was wearing extra protection on his left hand, which likely helped cushion the blow. But any HBP in Chicago during March is going to leave a mark with temperatures in the 40s.</p><p>Despite Trout’s significant injury history over the last four years, there’s reason for optimism in LA this season (aside from the Dodgers). Trout is healthy on Opening Day and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-confident-being-best-player-on-field">confident he can return to form</a> as one of the best players in baseball.</p><p>After spending his entire professional career in center field, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-mike-trout-gets-real-right-field-debut-spring-training">Angels moved Trout to right</a> this season in an effort to preserve his health. He’s adjusted well to the new position and hopes to make it through the year without an injury setback.</p><p>Unfortunately, Trout and the Angels did not get off to a good start in 2025. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-los-angeles-signs-yusei-kikuchi-63-million-contract">LA’s new $63 million pitcher</a> Yusei Kikuchi did his job, keeping the team in the game through six innings. But things fell apart for Los Angeles in the eighth.</p><p>Rookie reliever Ryan Johnson got lit up by the White Sox. Chicago touched Johnson up for five runs on four hits in 1.2 innings. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-top-angels-prospect-drops-crazy-message-shockingly-making-roster">Angels promoted Johnson to the Opening Day roster</a> even though he never threw a single pitch in the minors. He was a second-round draft pick in 2024 and jumped straight to the majors.</p><p>Trout survived the plunking but couldn’t get anything going at the plate. He went 0-2 with a walk in his 2025 season debut.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike Trout has fans concerned after injury scare in first at-bat of 2025

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-fans-in-shambles-embarrassing-opening-day-white-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Angels fans already in shambles after embarrassing Opening Day vs. White Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/LA-fans-already-in-shambles-after-embarrassing-Opening-Day-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Angels fans already in shambles after embarrassing Opening Day vs. White Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-27T17:02:11-07:00">March 27th, 5:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-27T17:22:30-07:00">March 27th, 5:22pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago White Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Angels got embarrassed by the Chicago White Sox in what was undoubtedly the least appealing matchup of Opening Day. Last season the Angels and White Sox combined to win just 104 games as both teams missed the playoffs. This season, White Sox GM <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-news-chicago-gm-ridiculously-low-bar-2025">Chris Getz set a low bar for the team</a>, simply hoping to win more games than last year.</p><p>However, in the season opener, the Angels made Chicago <a href="https://x.com/SamBlum3/status/1905387790189105472" rel="noopener">look like championship contenders</a>. LA lost 8-1 to the White Sox. “It was a very ugly day for the Angels. They recorded just five hits. They needed a position player to pitch. A bad start,” The Athletic’s Sam Blum wrote on X.</p><p>The position player forced to take the mound for Los Angeles in the blowout was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-add-former-cubs-infielder-opening-day-roster">former Cubs infielder Nicky Lopez</a>, who was signed and added to the Angels’ roster the day before the season opener. While Lopez offers positional versatility, it’s unlikely he expected to make his LA debut as a pitcher.</p><h2><b>The Angels reach a new low</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ron-Washington.jpg"><figcaption>James A. Pittman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The game was actually manageable through seven innings. Yusei Kikuchi made his Angels debut after the team signed him to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-los-angeles-signs-yusei-kikuchi-63-million-contract">three-year, $63 million deal</a> this offseason. He went six innings and allowed three runs on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts.</p><p>Unfortunately the wheels fell off the wagon in the eighth when rookie reliever Ryan Johnson took the mound. He gave up five runs in 1.2 innings of work, including two home runs as the White Sox cracked the game open.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/angels-news-top-angels-prospect-drops-crazy-message-shockingly-making-roster">Johnson made the Angels’ Opening Day roster</a> despite never throwing a pitch in the minor leagues. Los Angeles selected Johnson in the second round of the 2024 draft and promoted him directly to the majors. He’s just the 24th player in baseball history to make the leap to a Big League club without spending any time in the minors. And that lack of experience showed as Chicago hammered him Thursday.</p><p>Angels fans were not thrilled with seeing their team get taken behind the woodshed by the White Sox, who lost a record 121 games last season. Reactions on social media were far from optimistic.</p><p>Los Angeles hasn’t reached the postseason in 10 years. And if Opening Day is any indication, that streak will continue. The Angels take on the White Sox again on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Angels fans already in shambles after embarrassing Opening Day vs. White Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-angels/mlb-rumors-ken-rosenthal-mike-trout-trade-angels');   ga('set', 'title', 'MLB rumors: Ken Rosenthal hints at Mike Trout’s trade candidacy');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ken-Rosenthal-hints-at-Mike-Trouts-trade-candidacy.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB rumors: Ken Rosenthal hints at Mike Trout’s trade candidacy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-27T07:52:06-07:00">March 27th, 7:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-27T07:52:06-07:00">March 27th, 7:52am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Will the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/ranking-the-best-mike-trout-trade-destinations-as-rumors-swirl">Los Angeles Angels trade Mike Trout</a>? It is a question that has become increasingly common in recent seasons. Due to Trout’s injury trouble, though, the question has remained on the back-burner during past trade deadlines. MLB insider Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6232629/2025/03/27/mlb-season-storylines-opening-day-2025/" rel="noopener">recently detailed</a> a potential scenario in which Trout trade rumors could heat up once again.</p><p>“If Trout stays healthy enough to at least force the issue for Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno, the deadline might be even more interesting than usual,” Rosenthal wrote in an article for The Athletic. “Assuming Moreno, who operates according to his own whims, is willing to play along.”</p><p>The last part of Rosenthal’s paragraph is extremely important. MLB fans surely remember the final years of Shohei Ohtani’s Angels career. Although the team continued to struggle, Ohtani established himself as the best player in the sport. The obvious decision was to trade Ohtani before he entered free agency, but the Angels failed to capitalize on the obvious decision.</p><p>Ohtani entered free agency and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of the 2024 campaign. The Mike Trout situation is different since the outfielder is past his prime and is under contract through 2030. If Trout plays well and stays healthy through July, though, trading him would make sense for the Halos unless they surprise the MLB world and find themselves in position to compete for a postseason spot.</p><p>However, the Angels have not reached the postseason since 2014. Could that change in 2025? It is possible, but rather unlikely. Assuming the Angels struggle once again, trading Trout would be a respectable decision.</p><p>Yes, the decision may upset fans, as Trout has been the face of the franchise for over a decade. He was once considered to be the best player in the sport. The Angels need to rebuild, though, and trading Trout for promising prospects could make a significant impact in the team’s future.</p><p>It remains to be seen if the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-rumors-why-mike-trout-trade-away-from-angels-now-close-to-impossible">Angels will trade Mike Trout</a>. If the outfielder avoids injury trouble through the first few months of 2025, Los Angeles would be smart to at least consider the idea.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB rumors: Ken Rosenthal hints at Mike Trout’s trade candidacy

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He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Angels</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A year ago, Ryan Johnson was pitching as a junior at Dallas Baptist University. Now, without having thrown a single professional pitch in the minor leagues, he’s officially a Major Leaguer. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/angels-news-add-former-cubs-infielder-opening-day-roster">The Los Angeles Angels announced Tuesday</a> that Johnson, their 2024 <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/ryan-johnson-makes-angels-major-league-club" rel="noopener">second-round draft pick</a>, has made the Opening Day roster. It’s a rare and rapid rise — Johnson is only the 24th player in MLB history to debut without any minor league experience, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-garrett-crochet-hard-fought-al-cy-young-new-poll">and the first since Garrett Crochet in 2020.</a></p><p>“Not even now do I really think it’s possible,” Johnson said. “There wasn’t ever a point where I was like, ‘I’m close.’ It never even crossed my mind.”</p><p>Despite the whirlwind ascent, the 22-year-old right-hander earned his spot with a strong spring, logging a 3.97 ERA with 10 strikeouts and just one walk in 11 1/3 innings. Johnson even struck out Shohei Ohtani — the superstar whose departure in free agency helped the Angels acquire the compensatory draft pick they used to select him.</p><p>“He proved that he matured, even though he hadn’t had any professional experience,” manager Ron Washington said. “He throws strikes, he’s not afraid, and he makes adjustments. We didn’t give him anything, he took the job.”</p><h2><b>Ryan Johnson couldn’t believe he broke camp with the Angels</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ryan-Johnson.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The news came during a straightforward meeting with Washington and general manager Perry Minasian, and Johnson could hardly believe it.</p><p>“Wash and Perry in there, just sat me down and [said], ‘Here it is, you made the team,’” Johnson recalled. “Just a surreal moment, just unreal. I came back here [to the clubhouse], texted so many people I know, my wife, like, ‘Hey, I just did this.’ It’s crazy.”</p><p>Johnson joins a bullpen headlined by veteran closer Kenley Jansen and flamethrower Ben Joyce. While the long-term vision is for Johnson to start, the Angels believe his current arsenal — including a fastball that touches triple digits and a wipeout slider — makes him a valuable weapon in relief.</p><p>“He’s earned it,” Minasian said. “He’s pitched very well all spring. He’s handled himself like a pro. Work ethic is exactly what we expected out of the draft. We feel like he’s got weapons for both sides, and he’s somebody that can help us win baseball games.”</p><p>Washington was equally confident in Johnson’s composure. “Special kids come through the pipe sometimes,” he said. “We feel Johnson is special. It’s up to him now to go out there between the white lines and prove us right.”</p><p>The Angels have quickly built a reputation for fast-tracking top college players to the big leagues. Johnson now joins Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel, and Chase Silseth in a growing list of Angels prospects to make the jump in under a year — or, in Johnson’s case, no time at all.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Top Angels prospect drops ‘crazy’ message after shockingly making roster

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
25	1.08	9	0.84	1	0

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
25	1.08	9	0.84	1	0

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