CBS Sports reports:
Trout went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over Texas on Tuesday.
Trout struck out in two of his first three plate appearances before crushing a 442-foot homer to left field in the eighth inning. The perennial MVP candidate has smashed 15 long balls since the All-Star break to take over the MLB lead with 43. He has scored 104 runs, driven in 100 and slashed .293/.436/.651 in 567 plate appearances.
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Will this year be Trout’s best as a big leaguer though? In what is sure to be a highly non-controversial piece, one baseball writer has taken a stab at ranking his seasons (not including his brief 2011) of his career from worst to best. Read more HERE.
"This feels weird to say about an MVP-winning year, but 2014 is easily Trout’s worst full season as a major leaguer. It featured his highest strikeout total (and also the highest in the league) and lowest full-season WAR figure. He stole only 16 bases after swiping a combined 82 in his first two seasons. His walk rate plummeted to the second-worst mark of his entire career. He couldn’t figure out fastballs, slugging a paltry-for-him .507 against them. And overall, 2014 featured his worst batting average, on-base percentage and OPS+ figures."
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