ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout had yet to resume running as of Sunday, two days after an MRI on his left knee showed no new injury.
Trout had surgery on May 3 to repair a torn meniscus in the knee.
The three-time MVP began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday, but exited after just two innings because of soreness in the knee. Trout said Friday that turned out to be some scar tissue that broke up while he was jogging on the field.
He said then he hoped to resume running “any day now,” but did not do so on Sunday, manager Ron Washington said.
“It’s all on Mike and how he feels if he can go out there. We can’t force him,” Washington said.
“He’s dealing with something,” Washington continued. “He’s never had a surgery like that. The scar tissue pop scared him. He’s going to ramp it up. I hope to have him soon. To put a timetable on it, I don’t have it. But I hope to have him soon.”
Washington said Friday that the Angels planned to activate Trout when he's ready instead of sending him for another rehab stint.
An 11-time All-Star, the 32-year-old Trout hasn't played more than 119 games in any of the past five seasons because of various injuries. He is making $37.1 million in the sixth year of a 12-year, $426.5 million contract and will earn that salary in each of the next six seasons.
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Angels' Mike Trout hasn't started running again after setback in rehab from knee injury
Angels' Mike Trout hasn't started running again after setback in rehab from knee injury
FILE - Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout sits in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, June 7, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif. Trout has said an MRI on his left knee came back clean and that he is hoping to resume his rehab soon. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germany on Saturday was still in shock and struggling to understand the suspect behind the attack in the city of Magdeburg.
Identified by local media as 50-year-old Taleb A., a psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist, authorities said he has been living in Germany for two decades. He was arrested on site after plowing a black BMW into a Christmas market crowded with holiday shoppers Friday evening, killing at least five people and wounding about 200 others.
Prominent German terrorism expert Peter Neumann posted on X that he had yet to come across a suspect in an act of mass violence with that profile.
Taleb’s X account is filled with tweets and retweets focusing on anti-Islam themes and criticism of the religion while sharing congratulatory notes to Muslims who left the faith. He also described himself as a former Muslim.
He was critical of German authorities, saying they had failed to do enough to combat the “Islamism of Europe.”
He has also voiced support for the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Some described Taleb as an activist who helped Saudi women flee their homeland. Recently, he seemed focused on his theory that German authorities have been targeting Saudi asylum seekers.
Neumann, the terrorism expert, wrote: “After 25 years in this ‘business’ you think nothing could surprise you anymore. But a 50-year-old Saudi ex-Muslim who lives in East Germany, loves the AfD and wants to punish Germany for its tolerance towards Islamists — that really wasn’t on my radar."
On Saturday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters: “At this point, we can only say for sure that the perpetrator was evidently Islamophobic – we can confirm that. Everything else is a matter for further investigation and we have to wait.”
An image taken from a video shows police officers arresting a suspect after car drove into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (TNN/DPA via AP)
A person stands by flowers and candles placed outside St. John's Church near a Christmas Market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
