Mike Trout will need two or three more days of batting practice and to play in a minimum of two or three minor league games before being activated, a timeline that could put the Angels center fielder in a position to play in the July 11 All-Star game at Miami.
But the Angels don’t want Trout, who underwent surgery May 31 for a torn left-thumb ligament and was expected to be out for six to eight weeks, to rush his rehabilitation in order to make his fifth consecutive All-Star start.
“I don’t think Mike is pushing his rehab to any schedule,” manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday.