Mike Trout is working his way back to the Angels after suffering a knee injury at the end of April but there's still no date for his return.

Even Mike Trout himself has been forced to acknowledge his new reality. Whatever optimism he feels in the wake of a new injury — such as the left knee bone bruise that currently has him on the Angels' 10-day injured list — Trout must at the same time acknowledge that he's a slow healer.