ANAHEIM — This time, Mike Trout means it.
After Trout hit his 400th career home run on Saturday night , a moment of celebration amid a frustrating season, he said that he had finally figured out a “solution” to the issue with his swing this year.
On Tuesday, Trout acknowledged that he has said that before, only to drop back into a slump.
“Before, it was like a Band-Aid, to make it work,” Trout said. “I think this is more of a solution this time. To be able to confidently know what I’m doing, and be able to get to a spot and start early and be on time every single time, I think it’s something to build on in the offseason.”
Trout, 34, is a three-time league MVP and a certain first-ballot Hall of Famer. This season, despite playing more games than he had since 2019, he posted some of th