Angels’ Mike Trout diagnosed with left wrist fracture

SAN DIEGO — Mike Trout fractured the hamate bone in his left wrist on Monday night, the Angels announced on Tuesday. The injury typically costs a player four to eight weeks.

The Angels’ star suffered the injury on a swing in the eighth inning of a loss to the Padres.

As the three-time MVP spoke to reporters while he awaited the test results on Monday, he was distraught at the prospect of another injury.

“Just praying the results come back clean,” he said. “It doesn’t feel great.”

It turned out to be an injury that is fairly common among baseball players. Normally it occurs during a swing, when the knob of the bat presses against the bone at the base of the hand by the wrist. The bone is typically removed during surgery, and a player can return to action once the surgical wounds have healed and strength is restored.

Boston Red Sox infielder Yu Chang suffered a fractured hamate on April 24. He began a rehab assignment about a month later, but felt some discomfort and needed another month. He is currently on another rehab assignment.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was out two months with a fractured hamate last year.

Last year, Andrew Benintendi broke his hamate on Sept. 2 and had surgery on Sept. 6, and he did not make it back with the Yankees, who were eliminated from the postseason on Oct. 23.