Angels' playoff hopes take drastic turn after injuries to Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout in back-to-back games

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The Los Angeles Angels have been in the fight to make their first postseason since 2014, but now, plenty of hopes are lost.

The team's two best players in Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout — both arguably the two best players in all of baseball — left back-to-back games with injuries.

Trout is expected to miss up to eight weeks with a broken hamate bone in his left wrist he suffered during a swing on Monday, and Ohtani left Tuesday's game with a blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand.

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Shohei Ohtani #17 and Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels line up for the National Anthem before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2023 home opener at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on April 07, 2023 in Anaheim, California.  (Harry How/Getty Images)

Entering Wednesday, the Angels were four games out of a wild card spot as they are in the midst of quite the slump. They were a season-high eight games over .500 back on June 18, but since then, they have lost 10 of their last 14 games and now own a 45-43 record.

Trout and Ohtani were both named to the 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle. It was Trout's 11th nod and Ohtani's third. Houston Astros' Kyle Tucker replaced Trout on the AL roster, and Ohtani will not pitch in the game.

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout (27) walks next to manager Phil Nevin as he leaves the game during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, July 3, 2023, in San Diego.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

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He could, however, still hit, which is huge for the Angels. Ohtani is hitting