Mike Trout is headed back to the injured list with a sore left hand.

The Los Angeles Angels reinstated Trout from the IL on Tuesday after missing 38 games with a hamate fracture in his left hand.

Trout suffered the injury on July 3 and had the hook of his left hamate bone removed on July 5. 

"He tried to swing yesterday, and it didn't go so well," Perry Minasian said. "We're gonna put him back on the IL and give him some rest and see where that goes."

Trout, a three-time American League MVP and 11-time All-Star, is hitting .263/.367/.490 with 18 homers and 44 RBIs in 82 games this season.