“I feel good,” Trout told reporters before Wednesday’s 11-2 loss to the Astros (via the Orange County Register). “I feel fine. Just being cautious. I think I’ll be available to hit tonight, and I should be fine to play tomorrow.”
Angels manager Brad Ausmus wouldn’t be quite as definitive Wednesday.
“We’re going to get him evaluated again when the doctors get in here, and hopefully he’ll be able to go tomorrow full bore,” Ausmus told reporters. “But I can’t swear to that.”
Trout left Sunday’s game against the Mariners after the second inning and underwent an MRI exam Monday that showed a small strain in his right calf, the team announced. He has been listed as day-to-day since.
“Calves are tough,” he said of treating the issue with caution. “You want it to be one or two days and not six weeks.”
Trout, 27, has an AL-best 30 home runs as well as 73 RBIs while slashing .306/.456/.668 in building a case to win his third MVP award. He entered Sunday’s game on a tear, even by his elevated standards: He was hitting .429 with eight homers and 18 RBIs over his last seven games.
The Angels are 50-47 after Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Los Angeles, which closes a four-game set against Houston (60-37) on Thursday, is 5 1/2 games out of the second AL wild card and 10 games back of the first-place Astros in the AL West.
