August 25 : Trout is now officially on the IL, per a club announcement, with recalled in a corresponding move. August 24 : The Angels are placing back on the 10-day injured list, general manager Perry Minasian informed reporters (including ). The three-time MVP had just returned from an IL stay on Tuesday. Trout started in center field that night, going 1-4. He sat out both games of todays doubleheader, ceding the position to . Minasian indicated that Trout remained in too much discomfort when hitting to continue playing through the injury. The GM didnt provide a return timetable beyond noting that Trout wont swing a bat for at least a few days. His 23 campaign was derailed when he broke the hamate bone in his left wrist on a swing. Trout underwent surgery on July 5 and was given a four-to-eight week recovery timetable. He briefly made it back around seven weeks later but evidently cant proceed. Dave Stieb Jersey With five and a half weeks remaining on the schedule, it seems fair to wonder if Trouts season could be in jeopardy. The Halos playoff hopes were already all but extinguished 48 hours ago. Since the 11-time All-Stars effort to return, Los Angeles was swept in a three-game series by the Reds and lost as a pitcher . This will be their ninth straight year without a playoff appearance and, with the club now six games under .500, likely their eighth consecutive losing record. As the Angels find themselves in the all too familiar position of playing out the string, theyll presumably move cautiously with the future Hall of Famer. Trout has hit .263/.367/.490 over 362 plate appearances still well above-average output but easily his worst rate stats since his age-19 rookie campaign. Moniak, who is hitting .282/.313/.496 through 278 trips to the dish, is likely to take over center field between and . Ryan Yarbrough Jersey