The Latest Breaking News from Mike Trout

The plot thickens in the latest fantasy football drama between Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson, as three-time AL MVP Mike Trout was implicated as the “worst commissioner in fantasy sports.” If you need to catch up, Tommy Pham received a three-game suspension for slapping Joc Pederson during batting ...

NEW YORK — Mike Trout refused to allow himself to be dragged any further into the fantasy football dispute between Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson, a controversy that included Pham slapping Pederson in the face last Friday and being suspended for three games.

This story continues to be the weirdest.

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ hitters played catch up with Jordan Montgomery on Tuesday night. After leaving the lefty hanging with minuscule run support, they owed him and seemingly paid up all his runs for May in his last start of the month. His catcher, Jose Trevino, led the way…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although recent injuries have forced Angels manager Joe Maddon to shuffle his lineup, one consistent piece has been Mike Trout.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani was on the mound, Mike Trout was batting in front of him in the lineup, the Angels had the third-best record in the American League … and half of the seats were empty.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…

Talk about a cool front

ANAHEIM, Calif. — On Wednesday morning, within 12 hours of the Anaheim City Council killing the Angel Stadium sale, the city of Long Beach renewed its pitch to lure the Angels. On Wednesday afternoon, the city of Anaheim formally asked the Angels to agree to void the deal and preserve…