Trout continues torrid tear in Milwaukee: 'I feel good at the plate'

When Hector Santiago offered a scouting report of Mike Trout on Wednesday, after the Los Angeles Angels grabbed a 7-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, neither his tone or verbiage suggested he was describing a man with a .220 batting average about two weeks ago.

"He's locked in, man," Santiago told MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez of Trout. "He's unbelievable. And you can tell. He's hitting the ball over the wall, he's on base all the time, he's driving in guys. You can definitely tell when he's hot."

To say Trout is hot is to argue the ocean is damp. After posting an uncharacteristically human .673 OPS through his first 14 games of 2016, the decorated 24-year-old hit .400/.455/.760 with five home runs over his next 13 contests and carried a much more becoming .941 OPS into his club's series finale with the Brewers. On Wednesday, all he did was go 2-for-4 with a walk, notching his first triple of the young season before smacking his seventh homer with a solo shot off Tyler Thornburg in the top of the eighth inning.

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"I feel good at the plate," Trout said. "I just made some slight adjustments. Getting the foot down. I'm seeing pitches like I should be and not missing pitches."

Heading into Thursday's off-day, Trout has 2.0 wins above replacement. The rest of the Angels' position players have combined for 1.3.

Santiago said he couldn't believe how high Trout's batting average was when he glanced up at the scoreboard Wednesday, given that the four-time All-Star was hitting .220/.333/.340 back on April 20.

"What's going on here?" Santiago joked. "Are they giving him extra points for every hit that he gets?"