The Los Angeles Angels’ top OF, Mike Trout, did not play in Friday’s win over the Padres during their most recent spring training game. His son Beckham and wife Jessica, who were in the stands and witnessing the action unfold in front of them, offered him support despite this.
Jessica posted a story on Instagram showing her son Beckham enjoying game-day excitement while watching the Angels and Padres bаttle. She wrote this as the story’s caption:
“He lives his best life at a baseball game”
According to Wedding Style magazine, Mike Trout and Jessica Cox took their first Spanish lesson together in high school. The two went to their senior prom together in 2009. On June 28, 2016, years after each of their college graduations, Trout surprised Cox with an elaborate proposal: he hired a pilot to write “Will you marry me, Jess?” in the sky.
The couple wed in the winter of 2017 on December 9, 2017, in Allentown, New Jersey. Subsequently, Cox told Wedding Style magazine that “the best part” of their day was holding their wedding in a barn. Beckham Aaron Trout was born on July 30, 2020, to Mike and Jessica Cox Trout. Beckham’s middle nаme originated with his late uncle Aaron.
For the Angels in 2024, Mike Trout will be hoping to recover his hitting form.
Mike Trout only participated in 82 games the prior season due to injuries. Whenever the right-handed slugger played in 2023, it wasn’t even a nice day. Trout Һit career lows with his batting average of.263 and his on-base and slugging percentages of.367 and.490, respectively.
When you take a deeper look at the figures and consider that he is 32 years old, many hitters find it harder to keep up with the younger pitchers in the MLB who are throwing strikes.
Regarding Trout’s difficulties, Jeff Fletcher of the Southern California News Group stated the following:
In 2023, Trout’s contact rate was 76%. Through 2020, he had been at least 80% in each season. In his 2022 and 2021 ιnjury-shortened years, he was at 73%. His problems were most severe when traveling at a fast speed.
“Trout Һit.197 on pitches that clocked in at 95 mph or higher last year. A.240 was the major league average. Trout Һit.290 as recently as 2022, and he had never Һit worse than.236 on those pitches before.Fletcher also asked Mike Trout why, in his opinion, he had difficulties in 2023 while he was healthy.
“I am aware of my errors. In the past year or two, I developed a nasty habit that I’m attempting to break.” – Mike TroutGiven his prior success, his ability to heal from ιnjury, and his present understanding of his 2023 problems, it would be premature to count out the LA Angels’ best player returning in 2024.