March 21: Trout will make $36MM in 2019 and 2020 before earning $35.45MM annually over the remainder of the contract, Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times reports (via Twitter).
March 20: The Angels have formally announced Trout’s extension. The contract was announced as a 12-year deal, though that term also includes the two years for which he was already under contract.
The Orange County Register’s Jeff Fletcher tweeted today that it is technically being structured as a new 12-year deal and that the Angels have discussed moving some of the money he’s owed in 2019-20 back into the 2021-30 portion of the deal. Regardless of the exact structuring, the bottom-line numbers haven’t changed; Trout will be paid a total of $426.5MM over the next dozen years, effectively making the contract a 10-year, $360MM extension on top of the $66.5MM he was already set to earn in 2019-20.
March 19: The Angels are nearing agreement on a record-setting contract with superstar outfielder Mike Trout, according to ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan. Trout will be promised $360MM in new money over a ten-year term, according to reports from Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times (on Twitter) and Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register.
Trout stands to earn $36MM in each of those ten seasons. The deal leaves in place his preexisting $33.25MM salaries for the 2019-20 seasons, which he agreed to under a previous extension that was also negotiated by agent Craig Landis.
Trout will turn 39 during the final season (2030) of his new contract. In all likelihood, he and the deal will still be with the Halos at that time. The new agreement will not include any opt-outs, per Shaikin (via Twitter), and provides Trout with full no-trade protection, Bob Nightengale of USA Today adds on Twitter.
From one perspective, it’s a record-setting contract befitting Trout’s status as a player of historic excellence. But the salary numbers pale in comparison to Trout’s own productivity on the ballfield. Since his first full season of play, in 2012, the peerless center fielder has vastly outproduced every other player in the game with a tally of 64.2 fWAR and 63.8 rWAR. Others have approached and even bettered Trout in single seasons — somehow, he has only twice been awarded the American League Most Valuable Player award — but none of his contemporaries has maintained anything approaching his unfathomably consistent level of top-end output.
Viewed in that light, there’s an argument to be made that this deal actually underpays Trout — perhaps by a significant amount. It’s important to bear in mind that he was still two years shy of free agency, which he’d have reached at 29 years of age owing to his earlier contract. Nolan Arenado, just one season away from the open market when he new contract with the Rockies, had more leverage relative to his own abilities. But it’s still notable that Arenado — an outstanding player whose best season nevertheless lags Trout’s worst — commanded a then-record $33.4MM AAV over seven new contract seasons. Trout’s deal promises to be longer and larger, but to be sure, but not by a margin that reflects the gap in these players’ established performance levels. Unsurprisingly, Trout’s new deal also easily tops the previous record for total guarantee that was recently set by Bryce Harper and the Phillies. That was a free agent deal; Harper took a longer term (13 years) to briefly reach a new high-water mark in total guarantee ($330MM). Still, in terms of new money, the gap between the contracts is only $30MM. The Harper vs. Trout prospect debate has been resolved conclusively to this point: the former is a heck of a player and the most marketable commodity in baseball; the latter has somehow already compiled numbers that warrant placement in Cooperstown.
It’s hard to overstate the immensity of Trout’s on-field output to this stage of his career. He has only once finished a full season with less than eight fWAR: the 2017 campaign, in which he was limited to 114 games due to a broken wrist and nevertheless posted 6.9 fWAR. While he’s no longer quite as dynamic in the field and on the bases as he was when he first cracked the majors — he’s merely very good or excellent in those areas — Trout’s offensive ability has morphed and risen over the years. He’s now as likely to take a walk as he is to strike out and might hit forty home runs in any given season. He has reached .300+ isolated power and .600+ slugging percentage tallies in each of the past two seasons. Frighteningly, Trout was never better with the bat in hand than he was in 2018, when he slashed an immense .312/.460/.628 — nearly twice the productivity of a league-average hitter (191 wRC+).
We can safely presume that Trout will age and decline like most players. But he still promises to be a hugely productive player for many years to come. There’s always risk in a long-term deal, but you couldn’t pick a better or more durable player to stake a bet on than Trout. All things considered, the Halos certainly seem to have secured quite a lot of promised future output for their money.
Even beyond the value the team can hope to achieve, the Angels have now locked in one of the game’s best-ever players for his entire career. The L.A./Anaheim organization has had its share of difficulties with sizable contracts and hasn’t yet produced a consistent core of talent to supplement Trout. But it also has only three more years left to pay aging slugger Albert Pujols and has steadily rebuilt its farm system over the past several years under GM Billy Eppler. It’s easy to dream on Jo Adell joining Trout and Justin Upton to form the game’s best outfield and tantalizing to envision Shohei Ohtani returning fully from Tommy John surgery to make an iconic superstar pairing. Whatever happens with the club’s other players, though, the Halos have certainty regarding the task at hand. The Angels and Trout are now bound together in pursuit of an elusive World Series title.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
NOOOO !!!!! FREE TROUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On a serious note it’s the right thing for LA to do. He will be 42 when the contract ends correct ? 430 mill is WOWZA but deserved
Opt out after every year! Lol
Ha !!! Could you imagine that lmao
Very interesting that Harper and Trout are locked in deals on opposite coasts from where they live(d). If it ever becomes an issue for both at the same time, I guess the GMs will have to talk to each other. Both will have NTCs, but I’m sure both would be amenable if it came to that.
Are you suggesting a swap? Nah, I would prefer trout in in his final 6 years compared to Harper in his first 6 years (let alone his final 6 years)
I am truly shocked I believed he would hold out and go to Philly. I guess he is too nice of a guy to leave the team that drafted him. This can’t make Harper happy. His highest value contract didn’t last long. I wonder if he is going to go home for awhile and tell his daddy.
Hey, other than Orange County going blue, it’s a swell place to live.
@compassrose
You’re right, the only explanation as to why he stayed is because he’s a nice guy…..
#simpleminded
Wow!! Angels took his prime and now his career and probably won win a WS.
Well we’ll see. 12 years is a long time. Plenty of time to turn it around and build a title contender around Trout.
Mookie Betts: CA-ching. I can picture him listening to the opening of Pink Floyd’s Money.
Power hitters (like Big Papi) have longer careers than speed (like Crawford/Ellsbury). I love Mookie…but, I do not believe he will age as well as Trout. 12 years for Trout pays him thru age 39. I would not pay Mookie past age 37 (or do not expect much production). Give Mookie the Highest Annual Salary, but NOT THE YEARS!! Will it take $40M x 8 years…or $320M total? Or 9 years to total $360M? Same Total New Money…but, Higher Average!
At a $170M payroll, Trout will take up about 21% of it. How do you compete when you have one player taking up a fifth of your bankroll?!
Because payrolls and revenues wont increase in 12 years
All teams have the money…They just need to spend it
By having a player who produces 8+ WAR a season
He’s been a Angel for years now and they haven’t done a damn thing
Exactly, Mr. President.
Not all teams. Have you seen Tampa bays average attendance? Or the dbacks ?
Money isn’t made off of attendance
What does this have to do with anything? So the Angels will continue to not win? Forever and ever?
The two don’t compare. While Arizona is by no means packing the house, they are at least in the middle of the pack. They basically double Tampa’s attendance with 25000-28000 average per game. over the last few years. Tampa struggles to draw 15000.
It just looks worse than it is due to the cavernous ballpark they play in.
In all fairness that 1 player is Mike Trout who generally has more WAR than 3-4 decent players combined lol.
So what? We really have a misunderstanding of the relevancy of WAR and what kind of impact it has on a team. Despite multiple amazing seasons he has only made 1 post-season appearance. I’m not BLAMING him for the lack of post season play but if the team still needs 2 or 3 good SP, a good bullpen and a good lineup to compete then how is that player really worth $450 mil
I really think WAR is a great way to evaluate players but it’s clear that you can win a WS without him and that if you’re willing to allocate $450 mil to Trout then you better be willing to spend another $150-$200 mil annually to field a WS winner.
Trout, as great as he is, has had ZERO impact on increasing the Angels attendance. I don’t have time to do it again, but I researched where the attendance was higher BEFORE he debuted as an Angel and in fact, decreased AFTER he made his debut. His merch doesn’t even rank in the top 10.
Trout is an amazing player but this isn’t the NBA where 1 player, like a LBJ, can have a tremendous effect on the revenue of the team. If the Angels lost Trout he would likely be replaced by “some star” and the Angels would likely still average around 3 mil fans in attendance, Why? Because they were drawing better BEFORE he joined the Angels.
I guess the Angels had to do it since he’s the face of the franchise but I’m not sure their ROI will be worth it. And I’m saying that strictly from a dollars and cents perspective because the PROOF is that he has had no bearing on increasing attendance since it was higher for several years prior and has fallen or stayed flat since his debut. And he’s being outperformed by lesser players in terms of merc sales using the fact that his jersey isn’t ranked among the top 10 in the league despite being the best player in baseball playing in the 2nd largest media markets.
Here’s a list of the 20 players with the most jersey sales in 2018:from 1-20
Aaron Judge, Yankees
Jose Altuve, Astros
Javier Báez, Cubs
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Anthony Rizzo, Cubs
Kris Bryant, Cubs
Shohei Ohtani, Angels
Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees
Yadier Molina, Cardinals
Mike Trout, Angels
Buster Posey, Giants
Bryce Harper, Nationals
Freddie Freeman, Braves
Cody Bellinger, Dodgers
Andrew Benintendi, Red Sox
George Springer, Astros
Francisco Lindor, Indians
Carlos Correa, Astros
Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves
By having that one player produce more than any 5 players (that reached free agency) being paid $8MM combined.
When that player provides 25 percent of your offense.
WAR is a fantasy stat. How much does he produce at the box office? You pay him that much, you better sell tickets, and gain viewers.
Youre right…. Most of the revenue comes from hot dog sales. This guy…
Assume they increase the payroll to 340 mil by the end of the contract. They would still have about 10% of the payroll tied up on a player that would be in his 40’s. 4% of the roster taking 10% of the available payroll limits the type of team they can field, it is just simple logic.
Yes, because of the only time they’ve been to the playoffs with him, despite having a major league best 98-64 record in 2014, they laid an egg against the Royals, who did not even win their division.
hey 8 wins is 1/5th of the angels wins this year
you still need those 5 players and no, the WAR might be equal
1 Trout @ 8 WAR vs 4 players at 2 WAR …..but the actual ON FIELD value is obviously incomparable and silly to look at it that way.
WAR should be used to rank players production vs each other but this is that, …in the aggregate, Trout is worth 4 different players at 4 different positions is stupud and it’s borne out by the fact he hasn’t been able to drag his team to the playoffs the way LBJ dragged average rosters to the finals. That’s not Trout’s fault but it just highlights the misuse of WAR for the real world. With Ohtani, Upton, Simmons, etc they still need much more to be serious contenders.
Don’t take this as a knock on Trout because that’s not the intent.
but he doesn’t represent 25% of the teams total runs scored, hits or homers. and even if he did, which he doesn’t, it still obviously isn’t enough to make them a 95 win team. this isn’t a fantasy league. you need other players. even Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds ned other players and those guys had significantly more amazing offensive seasons. again, not a slight on Trout. he is the best player today.
baseball like football has a lot of roster spots you can pay guys the league min and still get production.
So according to baseball almanac:
Angels attendance from 04-10 averaged over 40k per game and since Trout debuted has averaged roughly 37.5k per game. This supports southbeach’s argument.
I will add the caveat that attendance league wide went down accordingly. At the very least though it shows that Trout has at best minimal impact on attendance
baseball-almanac.com/teams/anahatte.shtml
That the Royals didn’t, but I seem to recall them winning something else? The World Series. Meaning it’s not like they just laid an egg against a team just barely able to get in the playoffs that easily got eliminated the next round. A playoff team is a playoff team, and if you got beat by the eventual champions, than you weren’t alone in your defeat.
The Angels signed a 3 billion dollar deal with Fox. Do you really think that Trout had nothing to do with that? The contract calls for 10/360 with no opt outs and a full NTC.
Eppler will continue to be patient because the farm is ready to produce. Trout was obviously satisfied with the numbers and he loves playing in Anaheim. A different player probably would have gone through FA and held out for more money. I applaud Mike Trout for not being a Scott Boras type client.
but money is made off of concessions, memorabilia and TV contracts which correlates pretty well with attendance..
Jersey sales are relative to how long the player has been a star in the major leagues! Once you purchased a Mike Trout jersey you don’t need a second one! Other than Kershaw the rest of the players above Trout haven’t been stars for nearly as long!
Attendance falls in line with winning record and if your team was in the playoffs! To still average over 3 million fans with no playoffs in the last 4 years along with loosing records without Trout what would the attendance numbers have dropped too? Pretty remarkable the team has averaged over 3 million per season since Trout became a star year after year!
You are failing to include the fact that the angels went to the playoffs 5 times between 04-10. That helps with ticket sales. Since 2011 they have been to the playoffs one time. That hurts ticket sales. However having the best MLB player on the team they stayed 30% over average al attendance.
You also didn’t mention that 1999-2002 the angels avg 25000 per game. In 2003 angels Jumped t0 41K avg. Again to my point year after World Series was won in 2002. To truly analyze his impact you would need a large enough sample size of him being unable to play and fans knowing this in advance. To arbitrarily used a random example of years as a baseline to claim he doesn’t help attendance is flawed. Statistically speaking a players worth can and is determined through WAR.
Take an average value of war at 5 million per war. Trout avg is over 9. So he is on avg worth 45 million per year to the Angels over his deal. Today he is worth about 63 million per year to the Angels.
Final analysis – Stating he hasn’t increased ticket sales is misguided. He has very much helped mainted ticket sales. You put him in the Midwest or east coast and way more exposure. He has never played in STL. I have tickets to all 3 games this year already. I can’t wait
Freeman, Posey, Molina. all have been in the league longer than Trout
Let’s see 3 million fans , $100 is 300 million. Seems like attendance pays a lot . Let’s have fans not show up for 20 straight games and test your statement
That’s quite a list
Right answer award for the person who answered that salaries will likely go up over time and overall payroll, too.
Trout will earn 19.5% of a $170 million payroll in 2019. 19.5% in 2020. Cespedes will make 19% of the Mets payroll this season and won’t even play. How can they compete with 19% dead money in one player?
yowch
You think the Angel’s charge an average of $100 per ticket? Per Forbes it’s barely above $30. Not that $90m is nothing but they make a lot more theough their cable contract (150m/yr) which Trout had something to do with
My bad I’m a Cub fan. $100 on ticket $100 on beer $100 for 2 dogs and pretzel
a team will have boosted attendance for roughly 1o years after a WS win. Naturally near 2012 the attendance at Angel stadium started to decline
Won win situation for all involved
You must have great foresight considering some of the players Trout will play with during the contract probably haven’t even entered high school yet.
If it starts this year it will take him through his age 38 season. Not too bad
His age 40 season just reach the article buddy.
the article is incorrect, though. he’ll turn 28 this season. 11 more seasons after that and he’ll turn 39, not 40.
He has two more years in his current deal, and this extension would begin afterwards. So essentially he’s locked up for another 14 years
Whoops, I instantly realized you’re right and I’m being a dingus. Cleary I should have my morning coffee now
he might become the Karl Malone of baseball one of the best players to never make the playoffs.
Im not sure what to make of this comment…
No, the 12 year contract starts now
Did you mean to never win a championship, because he’s already made it once and there was plenty of times that Malone made it, but despite being a great player, like Trout is, he could just not get it done.
When you say “he’s already made it once” do you mean the playoffs or the World Series? Because the two are completely different…
there is no 12 year contract, he’ll finish the 2 years of his previous extension and then the 10 year $360 mil extension kicks in
at BDBK you should reach the article, it says he will turn 39 last year of contract.
He’s under contract for 12 years….
It’s only a 10 year extension…ie…12 total years
Except that Karl Malone made it to the finals with the Lakers, where they were swept by the Pistons.
Exactly
Malone made it twice with the Jazz too in the late 90’s, losing to Jordan’s Bulls.
The contract is an extension of his current 6/144 he signed in 2014. He will receive 10/360 starting in 2021. He will start the last year of the contract at age 39.
Thank you! Everyone here forgot how to do math. No wonder America is on the downturn.
He’s 27 now so no.
He doesn’t play for the Dodgers. He plays for the Angels who play in Anaheim..
Still an underpay. Hopefully he’s smart and asked for 2 or 3 opt outs
you don’t get what trout is all about.
Opt outs are still a smart thing. The chances of him winning MVP 4+ times in the next 7 years are very high. If he wins 3 more mvps in 25% of that deal he can opt out and get more money.
I know exactly what trout is about. He wants to win. The complete opposite of bryce Harper..who is all about the money
There is a difference, Trout had already gotten the money (his first extension was over $140mil) and Harper hadn’t.
If he wanted to win, he wouldnt have stayed with the angels.
The article stated that there was NO OPT-OUT clause.
You don’t think there was some kind of plan/strategy laid out for the future to contend was part of the sell? I do. There might not be much more they can do before Pujols is off the books, but their goal ultimately should be and probably is to win a World Series with Trout leading the way, even if it means going above and beyond what we’ve seen in recent years.
There are NO opt outs.
Trouble is, if they don’t build a team around him, it’ll all be for nothing.
$400 million is not “nothing”
BUT. WAIT. I thought he was GUARANTEED to go to PHILLY?????
LMAO!!!!
So many dumb Angels fans telling management and ownership to dump Pujols. Mike Trout has been watching how the organization treats its older declining veterans. If you don’t think that played into Trout’s decision, you’re a fool.
How are they treating Pujols? If they could cut ties and pay nothing they would. All the Angels are doing idd trying to squeeze as much out of him and hoping that he doesn’t regress to the point where he has to be removed. don’t make any more of it.
They are treating Pujols like a human being that will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. You guys really forget that teams should be treating their veteran players with dignity. I’m sure that is an allure that the Angel’s organization has. They don’t cyclically dump players every season (Dodgers)
Well treating your Veterans well got the Angels mediocrity and got the dodgers to the World Series twice. Yes they lost, but it’s 2 more pennants than the Angels.
All I can say is there are no guarantees in baseball. Angels currently have a top 10 farm system and haven’t signed any big contracts recently. In 2 to 3 years the Angel’s WILL be competitive with young players and extra money to supplement with free agents. Use your critical thinking skills.
No, don’t free trout. I hear it’s a great tasting fish.
Gonna Stay Wallowing in the Meyer of the Angels,Surprised! Good Luck with that!
They’re ripping up the last 2 years of his current contract, so he’ll only be 40 at the end of the contract
they are not ripping the last 2 years of previous deal
27 + 12 = 39
He will be 39 when his contract is done
I know crazy math right
no. he’s 27 now (won’t be 28 until August). And it’s 10 years on top of the 2 he’s already signed for. So he’ll be 39 in August of his last year (meaning he plays at 38 for the last year of the new deal).
Go over your numbers again. He will be 40 in August of his last year.
27 now, 28 this August. Add 12 to each. 39 in spring training of his last year, and in August he will be….
nevermind, looked at his bio and see you’re right. It’s not 12 years after this year, it’s 12 including this year so add 11.
no. They would void the final two years of current contract.
39
Actually, he’ll be 39 when the contract ends, as it’s a simple 10-year $360M extension (keeping the existing two year contract in place).
How many teams would take that contract on the free market, given no cost to draft picks? I’d say more than half the teams in the MLB would agree to that.
Evidently he’s not interested in winning a World Series. At least this keeps him away from the Spankees!
Having the best player go elsewhere would be emotionally devastating for the organization! The Redsox never recovered from selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees so you can’t allow Trout to leave over money! His actions prove his character is night and day above Harper and Machado who are all about nothing but who would pay them the most money! Ohtani came to the Angels because of Trout and with Adell up soon the Angels will be very good for a long time! Fans all across the country could only hope they find ball players with Mike Trout’s character and integrity!
So you’re ripping Harper and Manny for taking the most money offered but lauding Trout who was given the most money EVER by the Angels? We can speculate that he would’ve received more money in 2 years as a FA but it’s far from a guarantee that it would be there.. Greatest player today or not, the biggest markets have shunned away offering 10 year $300 mil deals and a few f them have their own in-house commitments to address which might prevent them from adding another $400 mil contract… Yanks have to address Judge..Sox need to address Mookie.. Dodgers might have been open to the pursuit. Two years is a long way away and an injury could’ve cost him tens of millions. It was a smart move for Trout.
I believe he will be 39 years old at the end of the contract.
He will be 39 when his contract ends
I do follow this site and here is what I find fascinating.
Trout’s Salary
’18 = $34,083,000 / 3+4+8+3 is 18 adds up to 9.
’19 = $36,000,000 / 3+6 adds up to 9.
’20 = $36.000,000 / adds to 9.
10 year extension $360mm adds to 9 | owed $66.5MM adds to 17 adds to 8
’21-31 = $$35.45MM / adds to 17 adds to 8
Prior signing bonus 15-18 / $833,333 adds to 5
Signing bonus 19′-29′ / $1,666,667 from adds up to 40 to 4 (a raise of $833,334 adds to 6)
Prior + Current / 5 and 4 which adds to 9
Final signing bonus in ’30 is $1,666,674 adds to 36 adds to 9 (a raise of $7)
Why a raise of $7 because the number 7 is the seventh letter, which is “G” in the English alphabet.
Salary + Bonus = 37,116,667. adds to 9.
average salary $35,541,666.666666664 adds up to 7
Okay, I’ll bite; what is the significance of 9 and 7?
previous contract paid him $73,000,000 15/16/17/18.
new contract $426,500,000.
which adds up to $499,500,000 so 4 + 5 + 9 + 9 = “27” = “9”
to be honest I don’t know. I’m scratching the pattern forming part. But the symbolism side of it I have yet to fully dig into it, the actual meaning and symbolism and origins of numbers and letters. And how to apply that to everyday reality, if any wants to contribute feel free.
The Angel Trout, plays the Harp in Philadelphia. I also believe there is some biblical ties here as well, if you factor in Harper and do word etymology research.
city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean “brotherly love,” from philos “loving” (see -phile) + adelphos “brother”
/Here is my first clue.
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” Mark 1:17
1:17 = Move the 1 over and you have 27 Michael Nelson Trout’s jersey number, add them up and you get 9.
Nelson is a patronymic surname meaning “son of Nell,” a form of the Irish name Neal, from the Gaelic Niall, which is thought to mean “CHAMPION.”
Champion – The word had been borrowed earlier by Old English as cempa. Sports sense in reference to “first-place performer, one who has demonstrated superiority to all others in some matter decided by public contest or competition” is recorded from 1730.
Nell also means “bright, shining one”. The shining one, the light barer, Lucifer.
Modify the slash going through the letter N and make it vertical and you have “Hell”.
Harp from Old English hearpe “harp, stringed musical instrument played with the fingers,” from Proto-Germanic *HARPON-
What is a Harpoon? A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large FISH.
1610s, from French harpon, from Old French harpon “cramp iron, clamp, clasp” (described as a MASON’S TOOL for FASTENING STONES TOGETHER), from harper “to GRAPPLE, GRASP,” possibly of Germanic origin, or from Latin harpa- “hook”
Nelson (n.) type of WRESTLING HOLD, 1875, apparently from a proper or surname, but no one now knows whose, according to etymology.
Crazy Nelson and Harper connection right here.
They have been FASTENED together with the Philadelphia connection just to name one. But still this needs more looking into.
davidcoonce74
“Okay, I’ll bite; what is the significance of 9 and 7?”
I still dont know but from simple/bare thinking. What is missing from the 7 to make a Mike Trout? The 2 is missing to make 27 to add up to 9. The “2” is Bryce Harper.
Harper’s middle name is Aron Max.
There is a book titled “East of Eden” 1952, a book about two families.
Here is a quote.
Sam goes in to see the boys—it has been Ten years since he helped to name them. Aron has dropped the second A from his name and Caleb prefers to go by Cal. Aron raises rabbits, and Cal has taken to gardening—this makes Sam smile knowingly.
Sam goes in to see the boys 10 years later. Aron has dropped the second A from his name (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim). And Caleb prefers to go by Cal?!?!
“Aron raises rabbits, and Cal has taken to gardening—this makes Sam smile knowingly.”
Who is Sam?
WOW!?
Remember the Rabbit in The Matrix? Also remember the NECK is where they plug themselves back into the Matrix.
Rabbit Etymology = Rabbit punch “chop on the back of the NECK” so called from resemblance to a Gamekeeper’s (Sam the Gamekeeper) method of dispatching an injured rabbit.
Caleb in Phoenician and Ugaritic, meaning “servant of the Lord”.
So both Cal and Aron serve the Lord/Gamekeeper
How does this tie together? Harper’s middle name MAX.
Circus Maximus is a ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome!
Circus = Circle Us
We’ve all been here before past present and future. Were all connected.
Truth is stranger then Fiction.
“Aron has dropped the second A from his name (Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem); prediction of a trade to the Dodgers? and Caleb prefers to go by Cal. Aron raises rabbits, and Cal has taken to gardening—this makes Sam smile knowingly.”
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become Fishers of men.” Mark 1:17
Harper = Latin harpa- “Hook”
davidcoonce74
“Okay, I’ll bite; what is the significance of 9 and 7?”
“I still dont know but from simple/bare thinking. What is missing from the 7 to make a Mike Trout? The 2 is missing to make 27 to add up to 9. The “2” is Bryce Harper.“
Reflecting now the “2“ looks like a hook.
Harper – Latin Harpa- “Hook”
“Circus Maximus is a ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome.”
Bryce Aron “Max” Harper’s hometown of Las Vegas is very similar.
Power hitters (like Big Papi) have longer careers than speed (like Crawford/Ellsbury). I love Mookie…but, I do not believe he will age as well as Trout. 12 years for Trout pays him thru age 39. I would not pay Mookie past age 37 (or do not expect much production). Give Mookie the Highest Annual Salary, but NOT THE YEARS!! Will it take $40M x 8 years…or $320M total?
one of the big fishes of free agency are off the board
That’s a clownfish comment, bro!
The clownfish signed for $100M less.
I see what you did there… fish… trout…. well done
ChiSox would have offered him $0.5BIL with incentives.
Trout signed too soon.
Lol what? They couldn’t even get Machado even with jay and alonso. You think they’d throw down nearly double the amount of money they offered Machado for Trout?
They offered the non-hustling Machado what he is worth.
You don’t overpay just to say you signed him.
Trout worth more.
I see what you did there.
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become Fishers of men.” Mark 1:17
Harper = Latin harpa- “Hook” and we all know Harpoon to hook a fish.
Move the one over in 1:17 and you have 27, Trout’s jersey number.
Woah……
Isnt the Powerball $430 million right now?
I’m in Kalifornia, and it’s showing $550 Million. Geez, the cash payout is only $335,000,000. I’d never be able to survive on that.
If you ever win it, feel free to share the wealth
Gotta take the cash payout they’ll kill you if you choose to get it in payments so that they don’t have to pay you
WOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
Wow
DONT DO IT MIKE
As a Phillies fan, this breaks my heart.
Very surprised that he didn’t even test the market. Basically gross negligence by his agent. It’ll be key to see when the opt outs are.
Hard to say taking $430M is negligence.
Great comment. Short, sweet and to the point.
Agreed
It is when he could’ve made more as a free agent and actually went to a popular team.
Nobody would come close to that offer. His agent is giddy for their cut.
Right? Negligence. Lmao. Players struggled to get 300 million this offseason. He signed for 430 mil two weeks later. Haha
Ehhh I can see a few teams coming close to that. Again, very surprised he didn’t test the market.
No one can come close to that contract.
Biggest contract is sports history isn’t negligence…
You don’t think Mike Trout would’ve of gotten 35mil offer on the open market when Johnny Hustle got 30 mil avg? It’s negligence imo. Trout must’ve wanted to stay and end the talk or give the Angels a nice prospect package in a trade 🙂 lol
Yep. Eppler you rock!!!
Artie. You rock!
What is the upside of testing the market just to prove that other teams would “come close” to that number. Even if he could top that, it wouldn’t be by very much and certainly wouldn’t be worth risking injury over the next couple of years and losing value. This deal is a no brainer for him/his agent.
“Trout must’ve wanted to stay and end the talk”
Then it’s not negligence. An agent’s job is to deliver what his client wants, not what other people think his client *should* want..
Trout seems like exactly the guy who puts staying with one team for his whole career and avoiding drama above getting every last possible dollar. And that’s what his agent just delivered..
You suggest negligence while also suggesting Trouts preference to stay?
By going to a team that’s actually popular and closer to where he lives. Not to mention a proven winner.
$430 million is negligence what are you on
Given the Machado and Harper contracts, it would be gross negligence not to recommend he sign that deal if offered.
OK, it’s your opinion, I have mine. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say the market rules don’t apply to a true generational talent. He probably gets at least 40 mil AAV on the open market, and with PHI,NYY,BOS,LAD,CHI, etc bidding on him .. I’m sure it goes higher. The merchandise revenue he’d bring in would be huge, and cover his costs.
Well one good thing for the league is, now the bar is set. Going to be hard to justify more money that trout so teams FO can now better plan
@ tac3,
1. Mr. Trout, his family and distant relatives, are set-up for then next 100 years unless the Socialists succeed in taking over the country and confiscate his money and possessions.
2. Mr. Harper is an entertainer that thinks he’s a personality. Mr. Trout is a ballplayer – a REAL generational talent. He and his family don’t need to spend every day the next 2 years having everyone they run into ask where he’ll be playing in the future.
Oh, you mean like in the 1950s, when the top marginal tax rate was 94% and the economy was booming under such notable socialist Presidents as Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower?
as another post above indicated, Trouts merch sales arent even top 10. attendance has leveled off and even dipped below what it was prior to Trout making his debut. this argument doesnt hold water.
“Oh, you mean like in the 1950s, when the top marginal tax rate was 94% and the economy was booming under such notable socialist Presidents as Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower?”
davidcoonce74;
You know as much about economics and history as you do about baseball…….
Harry had trouble getting the Post-WWII economy going.
When Eisenhower left office in 1960 the America economy was stifled. Democrat John F. Kennedy pushed through needed tax cuts. The economy immediately began growing, and stayed strong till the recession in ’72 kicked in as the bill for Vietnam came due. Taxes were slowly raised and the economy stagnated through 1980. Republican Ronald Reagan pushed through tax cuts, and by 1982 another era of prosperity started.
Nice comeback davidcoonce. People like Vandals live in a world of paranoid fantasy.
Vandals — Reagan overplayed his tax cuts and was FORCED to quietly raise taxes numerous times. Bet you didn’t know that, huh? They don’t teach that at Breitbart University.
And “boom” time periods are complicated (certainly not as simple as Vandals is presenting), one thing you are conveniently leaving out is the price of energy, namely oil. That was a much bigger factor but the economists love to ignore that factor (probably the biggest factor).
Thirty years from now, Reagan will go down in history as the worst president in US history (by far). He met a crossroads of policies his first year in office and chose the one that will destroy us all. Thanks Ronnie!
Vandals is also named Samuel and also named TrimReaper in various guises. I don’t really mind that none of them know how to look up economics; I’m more annoyed that they think I don’t know how to look up real wages and economic growth from 1950-1970, which is pretty easy to find. And also that one fellow seems to care enough about me to use at least four different user names to go after me on what is, essentially, an ephemeral public forum that matters very little.
But I’m happy about Trout and the Angels. This is a baseball forum, so let us celebrate baseball!
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Note where actual wages began to stagnate, i.e, when they stopped growing. It was 1975 – around the same time we started cutting taxes on the massively wealthy. Wages have never recovered.
lol
Explain how when taxes go up, so does unemployment……and tax revenues go down.
Obama/Dems kept raising taxes. Tax revenues went down; deficit exploded (doubled in 8 years); unemployment was chronic; economy at a standstill.
Right after the recent tax cuts business invested and expanded. Unemployment went down, and real wages went up for the first time in over 20 years. And while businesses and individuals are being taxed at a lower percentage, since a month after the bill was passed the Federal government gets record revenues each month.
Guess you schooled me!
Deficit is exploding even worse; and you know as well as I do that changing what counts as a “worker” as Trump’s administration has done, doesn’t mean unemployment is “down.” (People who have two jobs, like me, are now counted as two separate employees. In the past they were not. Voila! Instant drop in unemployment!)
The economy collapsed under GWB a year before Obama was elected, mostly because of profiteering by billionaires. But this isn’t a baseball discussion, Samuel.
Yes but the effective tax rate on the top 1% at that time was “only” 42% and that included state and local income taxes. That is still 7% higher than what we see today. The problem today is the corporate tax rate.
Except that CNN Business ran a story in June that there are more job openings being posted by employers than workers available to fill them. Funny how stats get in the way of a good rant, huh?
Yes, because people are working two jobs to make ends meet. My grandfather, a WW2 Vet, in the 1950s, bought a house and raised ten kids on one income as a lineseman for a power company. His wife didn’t work then, although she had a college degree. You can’t do that now.
Neither was a socialist.
Just here to tell Starbucks A) I’m not Samuel….B) You still don’t have a clue about, well, anything. But thanks again for your efforts.
OIh, interesting. You just happen to write exactly like him and target my very infrequent posts, just like him. OK then, Samuel/TrimReaper/Vandals….let me know what to call you for real. Much love.
only you would see getting $100 mil more than any other contract as a bad job. insane. i imagine the agent did what his client asked him to do.
At approximately $700K per week for the next 12 years… I think he’s ok even if he missed a few mil
GOOD
Breaks your heart? You’re really that easily manipulated by the media into believing that Trout to the Phillies was even vaguely a thing?
Come onnnnnn.
I was thinking the same. Phillies fans really thought they’d land trout?
That they did.
mine too—–sad for us. good for him tho
eleventy-billion dollars
Hahahaha. Yes
$35.8M per year. Way more than Harper.
Woot
But wasn’t he basically already playing for the Phillies?
Well according to Phillies fans he was!
The Brinks truck has arrived.
That’s Fort Knox money.
Holy freaking crap! Trout must have Stockholm syndrome to stay there.
More like Geneva syndrome, because he’s banking.
Artie just can’t help himself
It’s a good deal.
Good for the Angels. I like to see star players remain with one team.
for a weather guy he does not get much in orange county.
have you seen the weather here this winter?
He has the winter off and can now afford to go to whatever weather he wants, on his own jet or yacht or whatever other mode of transportation he desires.
To think this and alberts contract will be on the same payroll for years to come. Yikes
Pujols is only for 3 more seasons (including this year), thank goodness. I’m sure the last couple years will be problematic but the AAV is only going to be slightly above what he is earning now so in that respect I think the Angels got some value long term.
The total amount is fine. The length is a bit worrisome.
Next up is for pitching and to re-sign simmons.
Also calhoun’s contract is up next year and the angels signed everyone to 1 year contracts so it will be interesting to see what the roster will look like
I wouldn’t worry about the length. He’ll do three years of GOAT laps. Much better value than Harper or Machado deals- IMO.
Doesn’t he get paid more after it expires ?
1 million per year for 10 years …
Pujols only has 3 more years left on his deal (counting this year). And there’s always the possibility that Pujols retires before the deal ends.
Albert to wife: Honey, I’m going to walk away from $59 million.
Wife: (Scowls.)
I honestly believe he is going to retire after the St Louis series this June. One last moment in the sun at the place where he made himself a hall of famer. He has stayed away from making any type of comments about the trip back so far. He is playing his cards close to his chess but I think he knows the writing is on the wall. He got his 3,000 hits and 600 homeruns and there is no chance on passing any one of any significance during the rest of his time on the team. He can ride off into the sunset a hero and become a special assistant to Eppler.
he is only 27 HR from Mays. that seems pretty significant to baseball history.
no chance he retires early. none
Albert only has 2 years left. This entire extension is after Pujols is off the books
Actually, this is sort of moot.
Trout’s previous deal had him earning 35M the last two years of his contract (i.e the next two years) So he’s really only earning ~800K more over those years. The only year that the contact extension overlaps w/ Alberts contract is in Alberts final year, and there is at LEAST some potential he retires ahead of that season. Even if he doesn’t, its just one year.
He wanted to be a lifelong Angel. Good for him. Would have most likely gotten more in the open market, but he still gets paid what he deserves for the most part.
Don’t think he would have gotten anything near what he is getting from the Angels.. He literally making 130,000,000 more than Machado and 100,000,000 more than harper.
He has compiled more career WAR than both Machado and Harper combined. He plays CF and doesn’t have down years or an attitude problem. I think plenty of teams would have gone to 430 and beyond.
Awesome and from a Yankee fan. Bryce didn’t have the biggest deal for long lol. But then Trout is a much better player.
Holy Smoly!
now just pay for pitching and get a new development staff. pitchers constantly with elbow, shoulder and forearm issues is the sign of a problem.
trOuT To pHiLly
NOOOOOOO
Poor Mike.
I mean he’s going to get paid $430 million, I think he’s pretty happy.
So an extension would mean that the 12 years start after his current deal ends? I hoped he would hit FA but good for him and the Angels ensuring he spends his whole career there
Nope it replaces it immediately and starts this year. Deal ends in 2030
Mike you were so close to being free of baseball purgatory why
funny how everyone acts like he had no choice but to take the money here. He could have got just as much, paid less tax, and played for a team with a clearer trajectory, but instead caved to his agent. Obviously he might just like the Angels, but youd have to wonder if it was a bit of a jump.
“…caved to his agent.” That’s the most ridiculous comment ever in the history of comment boards. Congratulations.
Haha Phillies!
I feel bad for the xabials of the world who won’t get to see Mike Trout in a Yankees uniform.
Dont. Next up is dreams of mookie betts.
Most overrated player in baseball 1 mvp seaason under his belt lets see hom repeat that success.
Betts narrowly lost the AL MVP to Trout in 2016. He’s not a one-year star.
You honestly think Mookie Betts is the most overrated player in baseball???
I’m verbally downvoting this terrible comment. Truly mindless.
I know Betts wasn’t the main reason for it happening, but I think imindless , which makes sense, by the way said it because the Dodgers lost the World Series again and just need to lose the World Series this year and next year to become the Buffalo Bills of baseball.
Ellsbury 2.0 (And yes I know he is way way better and younger so the Yankees would pay him 16 yr, $600m.)
He’ll sign an extension with Boston.
Where are all the conspiracy talks among owners now?
tell that to gio gonzales
Wow…I hope 2 of the 12 years replace his current contract. Otherwise this will end badly for Anaheim.
It sounds like that’s the case.
They rip up his current contract and give him a new 12 year contract starting now.
After reading the updated post, it does indeed look to be the case. It’s hard to hate it but I doubt he’s worth it at the end. Hopefully he ages more gracefully than Pujols has.
There’s every reason to believe Trout will age better than Pujols; Trout is far more athletic than Pujols ever was, and plays a premium defensive position and plays it well. Pujols was always a first baseman, basically (the Cards tried him at third and left but he couldn’t handle it). Pujols has always been slow; even in his prime he routinely was among the league leaders in GIDP, and he’s currently the all-time leader in that category, with nobody really close to challenging him. In the statcast era Pujols has routinely ranked as the slowest player in baseball. In 2018 he was dead last in sprint speed, behind guys like Brian McCann and Yadi Molina. Trout will slow as he ages, of course, but he’s not going to get that slow – he was the 37th fastest player in baseball last year.
Trout is also a more selective hitter than Pujols ever was – players who walk a lot tend to age better than players who don’t. Pujols has never been a huge walks guy. His career high in unintentional walks is just 77. (He also was never a strikeout guy – he made lots of contact, which is great except now it’s mostly bad contact).
Pujols was also older than Trout when he signed that contract – he was 31, coming off his worst MLB season (but still pretty good). There have always been whispers that he is older than listed, but it’s pretty hard to get away with that post-9/11 and that’s just speculation. Teams are a lot better know at understanding aging curves and what kinds of players age better than they were when they were handing out contracts to guys like Pujols and Crawford and Wells.
WOW!! That’s a Hell of a deal! But if anyone deserves to get a deal like that it’s him. That’s awesome for him. Now if they can actually put a winning team around the guy.
That will be difficult…
Even before this monstrous deal they couldn’t put a winning team around him so I do agree. It’ll be difficult. But they need to figure it out. I know when Pujols retires or his contract is up Trout will still have prime years left so by then they should be able to. I just don’t get if they can spend this type of money why haven’t they spent money on too starters and relievers. Pitching has been there problem for as long as I can remember
Wow
GET THAT MONEY MIKE!!!!!!!
I’m depressed now… he’s really has to play with the Angels… THE ANGELS.. his while career…geesh
So much for the Bryce tampering complaint by the Angels.
i almost feel like the timing has something to do with the deal. perhaps it scared the angels into jacking up the offer, of maybe the league stepped in.
With every penny but sucks that he is stuck in Anaheim.
And the Philadelphia fans cry themselves to sleep tonight..
I think they’ll be fine with Harper, Realmuto, Segura, Robertson, Cutch….etc. Not to mention the talent they already have.
The Phillies organization is not foolish; they were not relying on the pipedream of signing Trout. Some fans were sure, but I don’t think the Phillies realistically expected to land Trout. They already have a great squad, and plenty of money to build around it.
I think we’ll see the Phillies in more playoff games than the Angels, but I could be wrong, and that’s why baseball is always good times.
As a fan of course I would have liked to see Trout on my team, but I’m also not going to complain about seeing Trout and Ohtani together for years to come. This is good for baseball.
Oh I agree, it’s good for baseball. Also agree that the Phillies see more playoff appearances in that span than the angels. My comment was strictly based for those fans (as you mentioned) who essentially thought it was a guarantee that trout comes to Philadelphia. Once machado signed in SD, I saw dozens and dozens of “we don’t want machado, we want Harper and are gonna get trout after that”….. just a little bit of counting chickens before they hatch. That’s all I was addressing. Agree on pretty much everything you said
Yea. There were even fans who didn’t want to sign Harper, believing they should wait on Trout. Totally foolish.
It’s only good for baseball if the Angels manage to build a perennial playoff team so we can see the best player in the postseason. There is nothing to suggest that they have the ability to do this any time soon as they are stuck in purgatory with no real direction.
They are a better team than most people think. They’ve been derailed with injuries. One healthy season and this team is in the race.
This is very bad for the game. The best position player is stuck on an unpopular team that is not even #1 in its own market.
at the very least it makes the Harper deal that much more worthwhile.
Exactly right, DarkSide830. And it makes the fans who wanted to wait on Trout seem quite foolish.
I love this. Good for Trout to get that much (although it would have been cool to see him flirt with $500 million two years from now), good for the Angels to keep him, and good for baseball to see its best player stay with the same team. It’s great all around.
Nope it’s bad for the game. Had he signed with a popular team that’s actually #1 in its own market it would’ve made more money. Trout playing for an unpopular team is horrible for the game.
still won’t win a world series
Yesss!! I knew he wasn’t going anywhere!!!
That’s unfortunate for most fans. As a generational talent, I really wanted to see him test FA
Harper can’t carry this studs jockstrap …
Replace Harper with literally any other baseball player and it still applies…
Very true. I still find it comical that Harper and Trout were compared so heavily coming up.
I actually think Arenado should be in that conversation for #2 player in baseball. Different positions, but he is head and shoulders above Harper. Still, a distant #2 to Trout.
I don’t think Arenado is quite the second best player. I usually think less of the coors field affect than most do, but Arenado is a victim. There’s no doubt that’s he’s extremely good, as evidenced by his away numbers being very good (especially against the Giants ugh), but I wouldn’t put him second after trout.
Mookie Betts is the #2 player in baseball.
Some even thought that Harper was better.
Why is it comical? Harper was on the cover of SI at 16 years old.
What’s comical is how many people think Harper is a bumb
id take mookie or Arenado over Harper any day, if im honest
I am not one of those people that thinks he is one, because I know that he is a great player, because I’ve looked at the statistics, and I don’t need anything else to know it.
Not surprised at all. Trout is a stand-up guy. He likes where he is. The Angels did the right thing.
Mike Trout is one of the greatest players ever, good for him contract, How is this gonna effect the team spending for the next ten plus years,are the owners and teams making that much money that they can now give out 35 million dollar per year contracts, plus they already have Albert Pujols at 20 plus million, will they be able to afford and more players,they will have to build through the farm system.
Hey! Please keep those thoughts of Perversion of players on your own dam team.
This isn’t new money they are spending. He was already making over $30mil a year. It’s offset when Pujols goes. They set themselves up for this with all of the 1 year deals this winter…brilliant planning.
After all the wait that overrated Harper put everyone through, he’s now overshadowed in every way, and rightfully so. Harper is small potatoes in comparison.
I think the only people comparing Harper and Trout are silly fans. I don’t see how this extension relates to Harper at all. Of course Trout is better.
Why make it a competition? This is all fan-speculating nonsense. Harper doesn’t give one iota about Trout’s extension. He’s probably happy to see a fellow athlete making the money he deserves. Fans like to put this spin on things.
Harper got paid. He’s happy. Trout’s getting paid he’s happy. ‘Nuff said. It’s not like Harper has a dart board with Trout’s face on it. They’re in different leagues. They have nothing to do with each other.
Harper simply made a joke about recruiting Trout because he’s a Philly guy. It was nothing.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ALL THE TRADE TROUT STOPS NOW!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
THANK YOU ARTE!!!
Holy crap…it happened!
Daaamn.
I am feeling incredibly smug right now. Hahaha!
Congratulations to Mike Trout and to the Angels. To Trout for signing the largest contract in baseball history and wanting to stay with one team for a career. To the Angels for securing, arguably, the greatest talent of this generation.
Congrats. Big moment for Angels fans. Honestly im pretty shocked it happened so soon. I’m really surprised he didn’t test the market, to accelerate his chance to win. Honestly, I hope the Angels don’t sit there an not upgrade their pitching now. Money is great and all, but at some point you the non playoof seasons have got to get to a player. Hope he wins eventually in LAA, just not against my Phillies.
The Angels have quite a bit of money coming off their books over the next few years. Couple that with young, cost controllable talent in their pipeline and you have to have a positive outlook on Trout’s future ability to play year-in, year-out in the postseason.
I realize the same could be said for Trout on multiple teams. The Phillies are set up for long-term, sustainable success. The problem the Phillies are going to run into is that the entire National League East decided to get good at the same time, with the exception of the obvious, Marlins. Health will determine your fate in that division. Good luck luck to you as well.
That’s not arguable
So if Mookie Betts were to sign an extension now, what would it look like? Somewhere in between Harper and Trout? 11/350?
I think so for sure. I would assume closer to the Harper end of things. I like the 11/350M guess.
He and Bonds will go down in history as the greatest players to never win a ring.
Listen to all the Angels haters. Jealous? Yep!
not that jealous they don’t prove the statement wrong
Well, there’s also Ted Williams and Ernie Banks.
Griffey Jr?
There’s also Ichiro, Gwynn, Marichal, Yount, McCovey, Carew, Yaz, and of course, Ty Cobb.
Trout has twelve years now to win one with the Angels; even without a starting pitching staff last season they were basically a .500 team. It’s a stretch to say they’re going to be bad for the next twelve years – they have three elite players on the team right now in Ohtani, Trout and Simmons – that’s a core that you can build around.
hahaha!! All those Philly fans must be WTF? To think he was headed there next!! hahaha!! Harper telling a guy from that area you need to come here. Ummm….even Trout knows Philly South Jersey is the most depressing place next to Deadtroit and Northern Jersey NYC. Thanks but I’m happy right where I am. Cali girls Hollywood!! No brainier. I give Harper a month and he will soon realize how depressing it is!!
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
LOL…Enjoy Bryce, PHI!
We will! And Realmuto, Segura, Hoskings, Robertson, Nola…etc.
It’s not like the Phillies signed Bryce just to get Trout. And can you imagine if the Phillies didn’t get Harper? I’m really glad they didn’t just wait on Trout like some of the sillier Phillies fans wanted them to do. You got to make a splash when you can.
He’ll make more in one day than most of us make in 1 year, heck, 2+ years for many others….
That’s awesome on the part of the Angel’s.
for trout, too!
take that, all those fake fortune-tellers!
Philly what?? Trout’s all about that Newport life suckas!!
*Beach, Where no means yes and Yesethamphetamines.
Mike is definitely worth it as a player. This guy is the real deal.. only once in his career below 8 fWAR and he missed quite a few games that season.
Mike Trout deserves this contract. He is definitely the best in the game. I wanted to see him with the Philadelphia Phillies, but it is good to see that he could probably finish his career with only one team, the Angels.
Once Pooholes is off the books and are able to add thru free-agency again; and some of these young prospects emerge to play alongside trout , sky’s the limit with a good GM.
..Astros can’t be good forever right ??
Stay healthy Angels!
You couldn’t be any more, spot on!
The Astros shouldn’t be, but they might have really short rebuild periods. The Angels needs to hit on ther prospects which is easier said than done. Trout should help them win over some FA battles. Will see what happens for them. With that 35 mil salary on the books, the Angels will definitely Ned the young prospects to produce while they are cheap. Possibl3 for sure, will see what happens
True, because all good things must and will come to an end, same goes for all bad things.
nooooooooooooo
Obviously I wanted him on my favorite team but i’m not even necessarily upset that he wont be. Im upset that he is stuck on the Angels. Theyre about to miss the playoffs for the 5th season while having the best player ever and their payroll at its max.
“…stuck on the Angels.” Um…he chose to stay. It wasn’t mandatory.
I call your Harper, and raise you a Trout
Haha Harper made sure to get enough to be called the highest paid player in sports history to stroke his ego. I hope he made sure to live it up for those two short weeks
Actually Harper took less money annually in order to play for one team for the rest of his career. It’s only Boras who cares about highest paid player…etc.
Trust me. Harper is plenty happy, as is Trout. Only fans and media care about these silly spins you’re trying to put on things.
Love how much of a slap in the face this was to Bryce. He tried recruiting him, got fined, then Trout re-signed for $100 million more than he got in free agency
lol yeah I love that he has egg on his face now too
Harper was never officially fined.
For that amount of money I would play in Siberia wearing shorts!
Now Harper is stuck alone in Philadelphia LMAO
Yup … he’s allllll alone, stuck on a horrendous team, with no ace pitcher, no farm team to keep their window of contention open. Minus Trout, I’d bet Harper would swap the Phillies entire roster for. What team do you cheer for? I need a new bandwagon to join.
Alone? Realmuto. Hoskins. Segura. Nola. McCutchen. Plenty of money to spend in the future as well.
Yeah. He’s real alone. The Phillies are better than the Angels on paper, and are set up to be for quite some time. The Angels made a no-brainer extension that I would have been shocked not to see happen. Harper is happy. Trout is happy. Baseball fans are happy.
I don’t understand why people love to stir up fake controversy.
Trout don’t do it !! You could have had it all. You could have been tag teaming all of the women in nyc with judge, your own yankeeography special, trout day, your own trout flavored slurpie at the stadium !! 🙁
you must be 12!!
You must take life too serious !
“You could have been tag teaming all of the women in nyc with Judge…”
You just answered your own question. He has too much class to romp around with less talented players in that type debaucherous environment. Integrity IS “having it all.”
Ha ha. About time someone snubs their nose at the Yankees and their deep pockets. Money can’t buy loyalty. Trout has shown he doesn’t “Want it all”.
Thank you Mike Trout, a member of the LA Angels FOR LIFE!
Love it. A lot of money and obviously a risk, but to see guys stay their entire career with one team just makes me happy. This will be a first ballot hall of famer that never has to decide what team to go in with. Great stuff. I’ll look forward to taking my future kids to see Mike Trout’s plaque at Cooperstown in approximately 17 years.
Another one who takes online too seriously ^_^
Read it and weep Phillie fans and Yankee fans.
Someone in your head rent free?
All Philly fans remember this day, when it all ended. 3/19/20 the worst day in Phillies Franchise history.
It’s 2019…
oh man I’m losing track of years, I have a newborn fml
It’s not that bad. I don’t know why everyone expected Trout. Phillies are coming off one of the best offseasons in history. I’m pretty happy with where they are at right now. Plenty of money to fill holes in the future too.
I was just joking really. Trout cant pitch anyway, Phillied need a premium LHP.
The worst day in franchise history? Hardly. Missing out on a player that was two years from free agency? It’s foolish to think that is the worst day in franchise history.
It’s good that he signs this before 2020 when Ocasio-Sanders takes over and takes 90% of Troutski’s dough.
Guess Harpers recruiting pitch wasn’t very convincing!
So the whole garbage offseason of “Harvey-Cahill-Allen-Lucroy” was because they wanted to sign Trout to massive extension.
The question remains, how do you compete with one player taking up so much of your payroll? You certainly can’t surround him with the aforementioned players and expect to win, but what’s the alternative, expand your payroll to unfathomable proportions?
You’re not a bright fan.. Stay in New York.
haha what garbage you are
You don’t know much. I predicted Trout would sign with the Angels prior to the completion of the Stadium deal, which the Angels are about to get.
If was far from a garbage off-season? They did what they needed to do without long term commitments. The Angels are competing for a one game playoff. If they stay healthy, they will.
As far as the Mets, they are the King of Garbage off-seasons. So how much of the Payroll is Cano going to take up.
lol you think i’m a mets fan. think i’ll string you along a bit for comic relief.
again, all teams have the money…they just need to decide to spend it..
I knew it. An angel for life . true loyalty.
In B4 fake angel fan HaloShane makes some stupid comment.
He can’t help it. HaloShane is stupid, how could you expect smart comments?
good for him, and he wouldn’t of gotten $500 million at 29. no team even the Yankees would of paused him $50 million a season for 10 years. so the Angels did the right thing. now they need to figure out how to maximize that time
People really need to buy a vowel. Four out of the last seven years that Angels have played meaningful games in late September and that’s with devastating injuries. They never tank and they always have a high payroll.
They about to get a new stadium deal, the Astros window is closing and are one off few teams that always tries to field a competitive team.
They are not the Yankees or Red Sox. But as far a being competitive, they are on the next wrung of the ladder.
Never tanking, high payroll, best player ever, and they miss the playoffs for their 5th (its been 5 years, right?) straight years? Wow sounds promising
They never tank. They have missed the playoffs, and they also have been hit by devastating injuries.
As far as promising, I think so.. They may go into 2020 with a new stadium deal and a staff of Ohtani, Skaggs, Heaney and Cole.
Right, if they never tank and still suck it doesnt give reasons to be optimisitic. 12 years is a long time though.
Yankees were riddled with injuries to their better and still won 100 games. Meanwhile, Angels have a pitcher go down and its the season
theres a point where chronic injuries go from unlucky to an major prohibitive issue. You cant say that you have a chronic problem with issues withought trying to fix it.
You know, he couldve had $420MM, but no. He haaaad to get $10MM more. Wasted opportunity to be cheeky
suck it harper
Wow. This almost makes me hope Mookie has a couple average years this year and next. Almost.
In that 12 years. He’ll make the postseason 3 times. Never going further than the ALDS. He could have gotten 10/450 if he waited. More than likely by Anaheim as well.
another fake fortune-teller still in biz?
think its called a prediction
No, it’s conjecture.
Phillies fans punching air…
It’s too bad the Angels have a manager that doesn’t know what to do with talent like Trout.
Huh? So Ausmus didn’t know what to do with Miggy?
He’s batting Trout second so he already has more of a clue than Scioscia.
Correct, Ausmus did nothing with Cabrera, VMart, JV, Max, Price, Porcello, etc. Terrible manager.
He got into a world series. That’s not nothing.
You might want to check your facts.
No he didn’t. He failed miserable with a WS caliber team
My bad. Thank you for the correction. He took over two years after the World Series run. He may stink.
I do know Sciosica was a dinosaur and didn’t have a clue how to manage a bullpen. I’m hopeful that Ausmus isn’t a dinosaur and based on the new technology the Angels are using this year, I’m hopeful.
I’m an optimist and appreciate those that are optimist. I think the Tigers might even be good this year. The problem with Ausmus is he’s milk toast. Can’t generate any excitement in the clubhouse or on the field. Bad bullpen management, terrible with the media.
Where was the pitching depth?
LMAO @ Phillies fans
YES!!
How great is that.
And after all that waiting for Bryce to try and get the biggest contract ever, he gets surpassed before the season even starts.
Poor Phillies fans.
I wouldn’t cry for us too much. We have a great team and ownership is committed to winning. Can’t say that about a lot of organizations.
The competition is gonna be pretty tough in that division, I still see the Nats as the best, but we all know you can’t predict baseball.
That “great” team will still only get you 4th place in the NL East.
And your telling me the Mets can beat them withought half of a healthy team, because thats what they will have.
First of all, 4th place? I don’t really see that, but it could happen in this tough decision. Second of all, the Phillies are set up for years to come. They’re going to be fine. Unlike some of our fans, the Phillies organization never seriously considered Harper coming to Philly. They smartly went after the players they could realistically get. They added 5 All-Stars this offseason. Everyone likes to talk about Harper, but 5 All-Stars in one offseason. Phillies fans are very happy. I know people are trying to make it seem like the Phillies missed out on Trout, but that’s not the case. Trout was never a Free Agent. The Angels did the right thing.
This is a great day for Angels fans. Why pull the Phillies into it at all?
The only thing that would have made this better is if it had occurred while Harper was still unsigned because no one would have cared where he signed after that.
MLB is very healthy, but team market disparities are very, very unhealthy.
congratulations for trout and the angels. both did the right thing.
Sounds like the Gimmecrats at the Kremlin in Sacramento are the biggest winners today! Man that’s a whole lotta tax revenue to redistribute & thus buy votes!
God Bless Kaliforniastan…
why are you showing aversion to paying taxes? the flood in northern mid-west? it will soon flood missouri plains. who is going to fix the damages to infrastructures? some rich individuals?
Because income tax especially at the federal level is theft & I’ll always advocate for the INDIVIDUAL working more for themselves & less for the government but I digress…
even jesus tells us to pay taxes.
I didn’t know we were a theocracy?
Man, I bet you hate the police and the military and the interstate highway system. Socialist institutions, all.
unless you’re from NY, California pays your state’s welfare checks, so you should be a little nicer to us.
California has 12% of the US Population but takes up 33% of all welfare in the country. Facts are facts.
for every $1.00 California gets from the Federal government, California pays $1.30 back in taxes. Facts.
At what point did you see me advocate for the welfare state both social AND corporate? You’ll never see that from me…
California spends $100 billion on welfare for it residents every year. Trout just made a family in East L.A. very happy.
Told you guys.
Laguna Beach is too nice. Philadelphia is Philadelphia, you’d have to pay trout 600m for him to leave Orange County.
I’m sooo happy the Angels locked up Trout. We got our inner-circle HOF staying with us for looks like ever
Only Phillies fans actually thought that Trout was a possibility!
Your right, why would he leave SoCal for Philly (and is certainly isn’t because their primed to win with the acquisitions and money they have…..they haven’t won anything yet).
I find it funny how so many people are saying that Trout will never win a ring. Thanks to this extension, he’s going to be there for a long time, more than enough for the Angels to build a true contender centered around Trout. And Trout is only 27, so he’s got plenty of prime years left.
Other than Pujols, whose contract is up in 3 years, the Angels don’t have bad contracts on the team. In fact unless I’m missing something they don’t have too many big contracts on the team at all, so they have plenty of space to work with and build a contending team.
Somehow, the Angels are unable spend to improve the rotation/bullpen all that much and yet they have plenty of space to work with. hmmm
They pissed away his prime years and now they’ll piss away his career. Imagine what his talents could have done for a contending team.
I don’t mind it. I don’t want MLB to turn into the NBA with 4 or 5 super teams and 25 or so teams going into ST already knowing they have no chance to win. Good for the Angels and the Rockies for locking up their franchise players.
People wanting Trout to leave the Angels doesnt imply that he go to one of the juggernauts. Machado going to the Padres is a good example to look at. He went to a young team with a lot of room to grow. There are a lot of teams like that out there. Imagine Trout in a Blue Jays uniform or something. Theyre division rivals with my favorite team and yet thats more exciting to me than seeing Trout on the Angels for another 12 years.
I like the way Trout took care of his business. Made a decision about his future on his terms and kept negotiations silent. Points for loyalty too. The guy is admirable. Let’s see if the Angels can hold up their end of the bargain and assemble a championship team around him.
This
Trout’s not playing there for free. I think Anaheim’s “end of the bargain” is the $430 million they are paying him. People are unbelievable. Angels just agreed to top Harper’s record setting contract by $100 million, but somehow some “fans” immediate response is to try to disparage the organization and act like they are not trying to win. Also, points to the Angels organization for keeping negotiations quiet and showing loyalty to the player.
And people want a salary cap? Bwahahahaha!
Honestly, I don’t understand this at all. Why would Trout do what he WANTS to do instead of what the fans want him to do?!? Makes no sense at all. He’s supposed to read these comments and sign with the Phillies or Yankees in two years… maybe alternate 1-year contracts so he could play for both franchises!
Big news, and something I figured would happen. This is why I loved the Phillies signing Harper. You can’t just wait on a free agent. Look at Arenado and Trout. You have to make a splash while you can.
Thank you, Mike Trout. You saved us baseball fans from another free agent circus. Hope you make it to a World Series soon.
circus? he’s a generational talent and seeing the bidding war with him hitting FA in his prime would have been one of the best things ever
Now will the Angels bring in some players to help get Trout a shot at a World Series?
Take a look at the Angel’s payroll for the next couple of years. Just with Albert Pujols alone coming off the books frees $40 million
He’s the best player in baseball. No doubt! He also seems like the kind of guy that provides a lot of intangibles to his team. He has earned every penny of his current contract and deserves, at least based upon precedent, the money that he got.
With that in mind, I can’t help but wonder about paying that much for one player, no matter who the player is. How many times has this one player helped the Angels to the point of making the playoffs? The answer is ONCE, and they were SWEPT in the division series. This says nothing about Trout’s lack of ability; in fact, it’s quite the opposite. It proves the point that even with a player of his magnitude, they cannot carry a team.
During the past 7 years, the Angels have been unable to put together a good enough team around Trout. You could argue that they could or should have tried harder, but at the same time, they have tried quite a bit. Knowing this, is it wise to devote so much money to 1 player? If it is worth it, then certainly Trout is the one to get it. I’m just not sure it is wise. But… I wish him and the Angels the best.
Barring injury, Trout will uphold his end of the bargain. I’m not so sure about the Angels organization. The team has a lot of needs, and not much obvious help in the minor league pipeline. However, Trout and Ohtani are a good start.
Our pipeline is stacked. You’re thinking of 3 years ago.
Good for him (and well deserved)…but will the team do anything to help him win?
head east young man…
Jeees, and the Marlins just hired Trout’s second cousin on the third side twice removed to take tickets…I was sure he’d wind up in Miami…..
Congrats to both Trout and the Angels FO….navigated what could have been a difficult situation with a lot of skill.
Wow that’s crazy. Good move by the Angels of course but you have to wonder whether they will ever field a winning team around Trout. Wonder if he lasts the whole contract in LA. Only a handful of teams could take on that sort of deal. Would be neat to see an all time player play for one team in his career, you don’t see much of that anymore
Well, that certainly frees up a lot of hypothetical spending by big market teams.
Trout’s gotten used to those tee times in October. He didn’t want to risk losing them.
every golf club has an opening if trout is coming to play.
Hahahahahahha!! Ya baby!!!!! Go Angels!!!! “HeS GoInG tO ThE PhilLiEs”
As a Phan, I’ve been writing for a long time that the possibility of an extension were huge..I think this shows that Mike Trout is not only a great player, but a very intelligent man also…this extension is great for both player and team…
This deal, once complete, only means that it gives financial certainty to a team that would acquire Trout in a trade. So obviously, the Yanks, Phils, Cubs, or Dodgers will make a trade with the Angels by this time next year. Has to happen. All the super fans that post here about these teams will start posting that before the ink is dry on the contract.
So they signed a 12 year deal so he could be traded next year?
No That is what some super fans will be saying once the deal is signed. They were already saying how Trout would never sign an extension with the Angels and boasting how their team would sign Trout. It was in the bag. They will simply shift gears and start the trade scenarios after the extension goes through and they will argue among themselves who has the better pieces to offer the Angels to make the deal work. Just wait for it! 🙂
Yep. They will argue it even with his full no trade clause.
Not surprised the Angels did it and he is young enough that if he has no injuries should make good on more of the years of the deal than not based on his track record so far as a hitter.
@gozurman1, LOL
The Angels might not be as bad as the Rangers were but Alex Rodriguez performed on his contract and still nothing happened for them. I think it is good for the fans though. Rodriguez deal was 63 million more than the second biggest contract so it was quite a jump, the extension part is only 30 million larger than Harpers so it is probably not going to be as profound as Rodirguez contract was.
I told you, Phillies fans.
WOW! Rendon next? I think these last two offseasons have scared these players a bit, they just don’t wanna take a chance on the open market.
It’s a wonderful day to be a halo fan
I’m very happy about this deal. My nephew is a pitcher in the Angels system and it would be awesome if he could make it to the majors. He’s friends with Jo Adell. I’m hoping the Angels can go postseason in a few years. Then anything can happen.
Hahaha love it. I know Phillies fan are mad about this, which is funny. well Bryce so much for your big contract hahaha.
Phillies fans have absolutely nothing to mad about this offseason.
True, but I’m sure some fan are mad that trout signed a extension with the angels.
Of course. Everyone would like Trout, but I couldn’t picture a team letting a talent like that go to free agency.
Called this for years…..some people like trout want to be with one team their whole career. Good for him! One of the greatest ever!
“It seems, then, that he’s…”
“Then” has dubious importance at best in this sentence. “It now seems” works way better.
On behalf of Angel fans around the world, i’d like to just reach out to all you “free trout” and “but… he has season tickets to the Eagles” crowd and say: nana nana boo boo, stick your head in doo doo. You never knew what you were talking about lmfao
Tears of the Philly Fans are particularly delicious this morning…