Sitting out not for Angels star Mike Trout

Reporting from ARLINGTON, Texas —  The Angels need Mike Trout to be an iron man. Fortunately for them, he plans to play every game this season.

“That’s the goal,” he said.

Trout has played in 107 consecutive games, 45 this season.

He ranks as the most valuable player in the major leagues, based on the WAR (wins above replacement) statistic at fangraphs.com. He had a 3.0 WAR entering play Monday; no one else on the Angels had a WAR above 1.0.

Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles was the only major leaguer to play in every game last season.

Trout, 24, has never sat out more than five games in a full major league season. He said he never has asked for a day off.

“I think it’s just knowing how your body feels,” he said. “If you have to take a day, you have to take a day.”

The Angels, rather than give him a day off, will use him as a designated hitter once in this series. Trout has played center field in 44 games; he was the DH in one.

“We talk to Mike all the time,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “He feels a DH day will help. He feels good.”

Cal Ripken holds the record of 2,632 consecutive games played.

“Unbelievable,” Trout said.

Tracking pitchers

Angels closer Huston Street could rejoin the team next week, and Tim Lincecum could make his Angels debut as soon as June 12.

Lincecum pitched a simulated game at the Angels’ Arizona training facility Monday and is scheduled to throw there again Saturday before reporting to triple-A Salt Lake.

That would put him in line to make his triple-A debut at Tacoma on June 2 or 3. Lincecum grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington.

The Angels want him to make at least two triple-A starts, so he could make his Angels debut in Anaheim on June 12 against the Cleveland Indians or in the June 13-15 series against the Minnesota Twins.

Street pitched a simulated game Monday and is scheduled for another Friday in Arizona. Scioscia indicated that Street would embark on a brief rehabilitation assignment thereafter; Street said he would do so if asked but might consider himself ready to return after Friday’s simulated game: “I’m not going to feel any more intensity in single-A or triple-A.”

Tracking numbers

Trout batted second, the lineup spot that statistical analysts say should be reserved for the best hitter in the lineup. The Pittsburgh Pirates bat Andrew McCutchen second; the Toronto Blue Jays bat Josh Donaldson second.

Trout usually bats third, but the Angels gave Kole Calhoun his first day off on Monday. When Calhoun returns Tuesday, Scioscia said Trout would return to No. 3, the traditional spot for the best hitter.

Scioscia said the Angels have considered batting Trout second.

“There are things to both sides of the ledger,” he said. “Mike is getting more RBI opportunities right now. I think that’s important.”

Short hops

Jim Abbott and scout Ryan Leahy will represent the Angels at the June 9 draft. Abbott was the Angels’ first-round pick in 1988. … The Angels said that outfielder Craig Gentry, on the disabled list because of a strained back, would remain on the DL because of what the team called a “personal medical condition.”

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