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By Tom Verducci Back from injury, Mike Trout is ready to lead the Angels to the playoffs—and prove that he’s still No. 1 player in MLB. Like a gunshot in a forest, a clarion blast pierced the quiet of the back fields at the Angels’ spring training complex, where Double A and Triple A preseason games between the Angels and Rockies played out on adjacent fields in front of no more than two dozen spectators. It was the unmistakable sound of major league contact. Mike Trout, batting in the Double A game as a tune-up for the season, ripped a long home run off a minor league Rockies pitcher who neve…