MLB Shuts the Door on Mike Trout HGH Rumors in Statement
By Mark Powell
The MLB offseason took a turn for the bizarre with the Astros sign-stealing scandal, and the latest Mike Trout rumor follows that theme.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer and the son of former MLB player Scott Brosius publicly accused Trout, the pound-for-pound best player in baseball, of using a therapeutic loophole to take Human Growth Hormone.
MLB has since put these rumors to bed.
MLB and MLBPA address how therapeutic use exemptions work, including for HGH -- which has never been granted to a player pic.twitter.com/Gm3xQvUFgE
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) January 17, 2020
Long story short, Trout has never been given the freedom to take HGH for therapeutic means while participating in MLB games. Despite what the likes of Brosius and Bauer (who has since walked back his comment) say, Trout is dominating the game he loves fair and square.
While we can't confirm the validity of the so-called thyroid issue that Brosius points to, MLB has at the very least stated Trout does not have permission to take HGH for the treatment of this rumored issue.
Mike Trout logging on to twitter this afternoon pic.twitter.com/ZJNWoJAW6T
— Ryan Horvat (@RyanHorvat) January 16, 2020
Trout's legacy is intact for now, and his legend should only grow on the diamond despite the efforts of his colleagues to bring him down.