Good to see this guy raking again
There was a wild game Monday night in the Bronx. Aaron Judge, Trent Grisham, and Mike Trout each hit two home runs. The Yanks went up 4-0, the Angels tied it 4-4, the Yanks went up 7-4, the Angels tied it again 7-7, then the Yanks went up 8-7, and the Angels roared back to take a 10-8 lead into the bottom of the ninth. A Grisham two-run shot tied it, and then Caballero doubled, stole third, and scored on a wild pitch.
The duel: The great Sarah Langs noted that this was the fourth time in MLB history that two multi-MVPs hit multiple home runs in the same game, and the first time in over 60 years. Trout and Judge actually impressed each other, and Judge called Trout “the greatest of all time” after the game.
The night after: Last night the offensive explosion continued, at least for the Angels. In the first inning Trout homered again, kicking off a back-to-back-to-back run with Jo Adell and Jorge Soler, across just five pitches. The Angels tacked on two more homers later and rolled 7-1.
Trout-ain of youth: Trout has been a superstar since he came into the league at age 19. He’s lost a lot of time to injuries over the the past five seasons, but he was relatively healthy in 2025 and this year at age 34 he looks like his old self. That a player this good has only one career playoff hit (a homer against the Royals in 2014) and has played in the postseason only once in a 16-year-career is one of the great tragedies of baseball. Let’s appreciate what we’re getting now.
