Angels' Mike Trout expected to be available Friday in Cleveland

Jeff Fletcher, The Orange County Register on May 29, 2025

Published in Baseball

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Mike Trout will be activated from the injured list when the Angels play in Cleveland on Friday night, a source confirmed.

The Angels had no official announcement, but their official transactions page listed Matthew Lugo being optioned to Triple-A on Thursday.

Trout has been out since May 1 because of a bone bruise in his left knee. The Angels have said the final test for him would be running the bases, which he did at varying levels of intensity on Tuesday and Wednesday. Manager Ron Washington said after Wednesday’s workout that Trout still had not run the bases at 100%, but it’s possible the Angels determined what he had done was sufficient.

Trout also had some at-bats against an Angels minor league pitcher on Wednesday.

The Angels could use the addition of the three-time American League MVP to their lineup, which has gone cold during a five-game losing streak. The Angels have scored just five runs in the five losses.

Trout, 33, was hitting .179 with nine home runs and a .727 OPS when he was hurt. He had started all 29 of the Angels games at the time. The Angels have played 26 games without him.