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Los Angeles Angels place superstar Mike Trout on injured list with hamate fracture in left wrist

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Clock IconJul 4, 2023Baseball

The Los Angeles Angels have lost superstar Mike Trout indefinitely after he sustained a hamate fracture in his left wrist while fouling off a pitch in Monday’s game against the San Diego Padres.

Trout was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday and will not play in next week’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Seattle after being selected as a starter for the 10th consecutive time.

“It doesn’t feel great. I mean, there’s no two ways to it,” the three-time AL Most Valuable Player and 11-time All-Star said after Monday’s game.

"I can’t describe the pain I felt. I never felt it before, ever, before this. I never had wrist problems or anything. Just freak things.”

Trout is batting .263 with 18 home runs and 44 RBIs in 81 games this season.

He was limited to 36 games in 2021 and didn’t play after mid-May due to a strained right calf. Last season, Trout missed a month with left ribcage inflammation and appeared in 119 contests.

The Angels (45-42) entered play Tuesday six games behind the Texas Rangers in the AL West and three games out of a wild-card spot.