Angels star Mike Trout will serve as the captain for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. There's a chance he could face off against Angels teammate Shohei Ohtani.
“I’m going to be up there screaming,” he said.takes place the following month, and Trout will be there.’ star center fielder is the captain of Team USA. The Eagles, like Team USA, have a home-field advantage. And, as Trout noted, each is a top seed.The Angels are for sale and Joe Lacob, one of the owners of the Golden State Warriors, reiterated on a podcast what he said in August. He’s exploring the purchase of the team.
Team USA is the defending WBC champion, winning in 2017 after Japan won the first two editions of the tournament and the Dominican Republic won the third. Trout, who declined to play after his 2012 American League rookie-of-the-year season and 2016 AL MVP season, said he watched the 2017 games and appreciated the atmosphere and intensity of the tournament.As captain, he recruited some players, and others reached out to him.
Once the WBC concludes, Trout will return to the Angels, in search of the first postseason victory of Trout’s career. No major league team has gone longer without a playoff appearance than the Angels, who last played in the postseason in 2014. “I think Perry has done a great job bringing in some pieces that we were missing last year,” Trout said.Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani’s twofold case separates him from today’s players and should give him a boost in winning this year’s MVP again.
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