Angels star Mike Trout says he has no interest in being traded

Mike Trout could become the first player to wear an Angels cap in the Hall of Fame — if, that is, he stays with the Angels.

Angels might be falling all around him, but Trout said Thursday he likes life in Orange County and said he is not determined to play for a team near his New Jersey home before his career is over.

“I’m happy where I’m at,” Trout said.

The Angels opened play Thursday with the third-worst record in the major leagues, and with a minor league system ranked as the worst. With ace Garrett Richards out for the season and pitcher Andrew Heaney, shortstop Andrelton Simmons and closer Huston Street all injured, the national parlor game has been to suggest trades for Trout that might restock the Angels’ farm system.

Trout said he is not thinking about a trade, and the Angels’ owner and general manager are on record saying Trout will not be traded. ESPN’s Buster Olney suggested the Angels might ask Trout whether he would be receptive to extending his contract, essentially offering him a lifetime deal.

However, with the season in progress and with four years beyond this one on his current deal, Trout said this would not be the appropriate time to talk about a new contract.

“I’ve got one thing in mind, and that’s to win ballgames,” he said.

Trout said he believes the Angels can contend — not only through the life of his contract, but this year.

“Guys are going to get opportunities,” he said. “It’s tough to see our ace go down, and one of our top starters, and our shortstop, and our closer. It all happened at once. It’s tough.

“It’s a long season. Teams go through injuries.”

Chacin in the house

Jhoulys Chacin pitched six years for the Colorado Rockies, with a 3.78 earned-run average. That in itself makes him a pretty good pitcher.

In 2014, his final season in Colorado, Chacin said he did his best to pitch with a labrum injury.

“I was just trying to throw the ball and not feel pain,” he said.

He sat out the final three months that season, spent most of last season in the minor leagues and signed with the Atlanta Braves last winter. He said he did not feel 100% until winter ball in Venezuela, just before he reported to the Braves.

The Angels acquired him for a minor league pitcher Wednesday, and he joined the team Thursday. He’ll start Saturday.

“I feel here I’ll have the opportunity I’ve been waiting for,” he said.

Chacin, 28, went 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA in five starts for the Braves. He is eligible for free agency this fall — and, of course, the Angels could flip him for a prospect this summer if he plays well and they do not.

“You go day by day,” he said. “Every start they give me, I’ll just try to take the most advantage and do the best I can.”

The Angels returned reliever A.J. Achter to triple-A Salt Lake to clear a roster spot for Chacin.

Radio waves

The Angels have called up an announcer from triple A.

With radio broadcaster Terry Smith out for the weekend because of a family wedding, the Angels turned to Steve Klauke, who has been the voice of the Salt Lake franchise since its inception in 1994.

Klauke has called more than 3,000 games for Salt Lake. He’ll call the Angels’ weekend series in Seattle.

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