One of MLB's best players is switching things up ahead of the 2025 season.
While speaking with reporters at the start of Los Angeles Angels' spring training, Mike Trout announced that he'll switch positions this year.
"Kind of just threw everything on the table," he said of his discussions with the team this offseason. "As in what's best for me body-wise [to] keep me on the field, and came to the conclusion that I'm gonna go to right field. I like it, try it out, see where it goes."
Trout has been a career center fielder since his major league debut with the Angels in 2011. He's played right field just 17 times.
"I just want to be on the field... I'm with it."
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Despite being widely considered one of the best players of his generation, the 33-year-old Trout has dealt with a multitude of injuries throughout the last several years. Since 2019, he's played more than 100 games just once.
"I mean, just look at my last couple years," Trout said on Monday when asked about his previous hesitation to move off center field. "Just trying to preserve the legs and go out there and run some balls down in right. That's what we came to. I'm with it."
Perhaps the position change will bode well for the 11-time All-Star and three-time AL MVP. The Angels open up their 2025 regular season on the road, taking on the White Sox from Chicago on Thursday, March 27 at 4:10 p.m. EST.
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