Feb 26, 2014 3 min read

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of a strained calf muscle, and pitcher C.J. Wilson does not appear to be seriously hurt after getting struck on the head by a line drive in batting practice.

Both players were injured during a spring training workout Tuesday.

Hamilton struggled in his first season with the Angels after agreeing to a $125 million, five-year contract, hitting .250 with 21 homers and 79 RBIs. The 2010 AL MVP reported to spring training 20 pounds heavier than last year after losing about 25 pounds following the 2012 season.

Hamilton left the clubhouse on crutches Tuesday after getting hurt during a baserunning drill.

“It’s something that will definitely heal on its own and it’s just going to take some time and the timeframe we’re getting is the minimum of a couple of weeks,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Wednesday. “As of right now we’re very optimistic that he’ll get back in here and he can get back in shape for the start of the season.”

Trout signs for a million: Mike Trout has his first seven-figure contract. Up ahead is what figures to be a nine-figure deal.

“It feels good,” Trout said Wednesday after agreeing to a $1 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

The salary is the highest for a one-year major league contract for a player not yet eligible for arbitration who wasn’t coming to the big leagues from Japan or Cuba or wasn’t required to have a larger amount because of the maximum cut rule. Ryan Howard earned $900,000 with Philadelphia in 2007 and Albert Pujols with St. Louis in 2003.

Tanaka ready for debut: Masahiro Tanaka knows that first appearance in a spring training game for the New York Yankees will be scrutinized.

Tanaka and Hiroki Kuroda will follow starter CC Sabathia in Saturday’s game against Philadelphia at Steinbrenner Field. All three are expected to throw two innings or 35 pitches.

“Obviously, I understand that some of the people are just going to look at the numbers of the game that I’m pitching in, but I’m not really too focused and worried about that,” Tanaka said Wednesday through an interpreter.

Tanaka signed a $155 million, seven-year contract in January. He was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year while leading the Rakuten Golden Eagles to their first Japan Series title.

“I feel that I’m getting into the rhythm, used to things,” Tanaka said.

Nationals’ Strasburg taking it slow: Stephen Strasburg says he’s “ready to rock.” Even so, the Washington Nationals aren’t rushing his spring debut.

Strasburg isn’t scheduled to pitch in the Nationals’ first two exhibition games. The team hasn’t announced when Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez or Doug Fister will make their first appearances this spring.

“It’s just kind of the way it stacks up,” Nationals manager Matt Williams said Wednesday. “There’s no meaning behind it one way or the other. It’s how he feels and how we stack that rotation.”

“I’ve talked with (pitching coach Steve McCatty) a lot about it and it’s just kind of the way it falls,” he said.

Williams added things will likely change following the team’s off-day on March 18. That’s when the Nationals could start setting up their rotation for the regular season.