SAN DIEGO -- The Angels were dealt a huge blow on Tuesday, as superstar center fielder Mike Trout?was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left hamate fracture.

Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 11-time All-Star, sustained the wrist injury on Monday, when he fouled a ball back while facing Padres right-hander Nick Martinez in the eighth inning at Petco Park. Trout is expected to be out roughly four to eight weeks, which means he¡¯ll be out until at least early August and possibly into September.

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Trout said he had several players who sustained a hamate fracture reach out to give advice and heard it can take as soon as four weeks to return, but he acknowledged it often takes longer. He¡¯s still getting a second opinion to decide whether he¡¯ll need surgery, but it¡¯s considered likely.

¡°I kind of knew it wasn¡¯t good,¡± Trout said. ¡°It¡¯s just a freak thing. I had a lot of guys reach out who had the surgery or the injury before. Some guys came back in four weeks. Some guys took longer. We¡¯ll see how it goes.¡±

Outfielder Jo Adell and right-hander Gerardo Reyes were recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. Right-hander Victor Mederos was optioned to Double-A Rocket City. The Angels now have an outfield combination of Taylor Ward, Hunter Renfroe, Mickey Moniak and Adell.

¡°I think everybody in there knows we¡¯re going to have bumps in the road and we¡¯ve had guys go down,¡± Angels manager Phil Nevin said. ¡°We¡¯ve had the same motto since the beginning of the season that those things happen and it¡¯s the next man up and we keep playing. No one's going to feel sorry for us. No reason for us to do the same.¡±

Trout, who was selected as an All-Star for the 11th time and as a starter for the 10th straight year on Thursday, had been heating up at the plate. The injury means Trout, who was voted as a starter, will miss his third straight All-Star Game.

¡°It¡¯s tough,¡± Trout said. ¡°I was really looking forward to it. It¡¯s frustrating.¡±

The 31-year-old has a slash line of .333/.438/.648 over his past 15 games, with four homers, three doubles and seven RBIs. Trout has slashed .263/.369/.493 with 18 homers, 14 doubles and 44 RBIs in 81 games this season. His OPS of .862 is a step down from his otherworldly career OPS of .994, but he worked to fix his mechanics in mid-June and had been looking more like his old self.

Trout said he was told by the training staff that there was nothing he could¡¯ve done to prevent the injury -- it was just an unfortunate injury that occurred on one swing of the bat.

¡°Looking back, I had no soreness or anything like that,¡± Trout said. ¡°Just felt something really painful and weird. Talking to other guys, it's basically the same thing that happened to them. It¡¯s frustrating because my body has felt great. I had a routine and was sticking with it and this freak thing happens. But at least it¡¯s not crazy serious or season-ending.¡±

Adell, 24, will now get his chance as a regular in the outfield. The former top prospect slashed .271/.376/.580 with a Minor League-leading 23 homers in 72 games with Triple-A Salt Lake. Adell is expected to see time in both center field and right field with Trout out. Moniak will continue to start against right-handers; he started in center on Tuesday with Adell on the bench.

¡°I¡¯m glad to be here, but the circumstances aren¡¯t great because you don¡¯t want to see Mike go down and miss any amount of time,¡± Adell said. ¡°But I¡¯m going to come in and, hopefully, do my job and keep this thing rocking. We have a really good thing going here, and I want to be a part of that.¡±