LA Angels Tuesday News Crash: Fired Up

Because there’s not much to look forward to this year for this time, this is a nice fluff piece on Trout’s resurgence. It’s been good to see him back to his vintage self, rather than the player who ended last season with the worst numbers of his career.

It’s really interesting how his numbers are much better on the road than at home. Could add more fuel if he feels like it’s time to waive that no-trade clause.

Based on this article, as much as Trout is a very gifted athlete, it looks like he also didn’t take good care enough of his body as he was entering his 30s.

Late last season, as he was grinding through the Angels’ schedule, he felt that some of his mechanical adjustments were starting to work. As he moved into the offseason, the Angels talked to him about reducing his weight, with the theory that he would reduce the stress on his body — his legs, in particular.

Trout changed his workout program, an adjustment that has carried into the 2026 regular season. In the past, he would do an upper-body workout twice a week, a lower-body regimen twice a week, and then take Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off. Instead, he’s working out daily, but sometimes to activate his physiology instead of lifting heavier weights — he might do as few as eight reps of the same exercise and call it a day.

Trout hired a nutritionist and focused on eating less junk food on the couch before he goes to sleep, and along the way, his weight dropped to 230 pounds, which is about eight to 10 pounds less than in previous seasons. He noticed an immediate difference late in the winter with how his legs and knees felt. As spring training games started, Trout had a goal to get back to a sprint speed of 30 feet per second — a target he hit a couple of times.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48677767/mlb-2026-mike-trout-angels-changes-offseason-return-vintage-form