Signing(s): Angels sign Mike Trout: 12 years, 426 million

[Neutrinos]

Don't understand these comments about the Angels had better "stop wasting him" and "build a team around him"

99.9% of the population would trade places with him in a heartbeat, and some of you feel bad for him because his baseball team doesn't win more games?

He's going to be paid 35 million dollars a year to live out his childhood dream. If he needs a championship to be happy, then f*** him!

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Don't understand these comments about the Angels had better "stop wasting him" and "build a team around him"

99.9% of the population would trade places with him in a heartbeat, and some of you feel bad for him because his baseball team doesn't win more games?

He's going to be paid 35 million dollars a year to live out his childhood dream. If he needs a championship to be happy, then **** him!

I'm (and I'll guess most everyone else) speaking from an Angels POV. Not Trout's.

 

[mightyquack]

He’s 26 now so this 12 year deal won’t kick in until he is 28? So this goes until he is 40?

Low maintenance star guy like a Fitzgerald for the AZ cardinals. But didn’t the angels learn from Pujols about signing guys that long? His current deal pays him $33 million per for this year and next.

When it's Mike Trout, you sign him for however long he wants. You're going to let the best player in baseball walk in his prime because you refuse to sign him past 35? I don't think so.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Sweet merciful crap that's a lot of money,

 

[GKJ]

If the Angels don't expect to be contenders relatively soon, then they would not have made this deal.

 

[Voight]

Having Trout signed for life should make it easier to convince players to sign there.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

If the Angels don't expect to be contenders relatively soon, then they would not have made this deal.

Wasn't the same thing said when Albert signed???

 

[rangerssharks414]

He’s 26 now so this 12 year deal won’t kick in until he is 28? So this goes until he is 40?

Low maintenance star guy like a Fitzgerald for the AZ cardinals. But didn’t the angels learn from Pujols about signing guys that long? His current deal pays him $33 million per for this year and next.

Pujols was also almost 32 when he signed.

 

[Terry Yake]

Having Trout signed for life should make it easier to convince players to sign there.

true

but trout has been with the team since 2012. the angels have had a ton of time to surround him with talent. sure they brought in ohtani but what have they done aside from that? throw money at cj wilson and josh hamilton?

its pretty inexcusable to have the best player in the game 7 seasons now and have zero playoff wins to show for it

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

He’s 26 now so this 12 year deal won’t kick in until he is 28? So this goes until he is 40?

Low maintenance star guy like a Fitzgerald for the AZ cardinals. But didn’t the angels learn from Pujols about signing guys that long? His current deal pays him $33 million per for this year and next.

not out of the question that a guy like Trout can be a top producer at the end of the deal.

As great of a hitter as he is, there's always the transition to DH in his mid 30s.

For example:

David Ortiz @40: .315/.401/.620, 38 HR, 137 RBI, 1,091 OPS, 164 OPS+
- led the league in RBI, Slugging and OPS

granted he's clearly the outlier, but it isn't unheard of

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Turns out this is a 10 year/360 M extension that kicks in 2021.

 

[Terry Yake]

so it kicks in during his age 30 season and runs until he's 40

he doesn't seem like the kind of player who will slow down drastically after he reaches a certain age

 

[MMC]

As an Angels fan, I obviously love this deal, but we have done an absolutely embarrassing job of surrounding him with a good team, and now that we have him long term, that needs to change. I am sick of watching every other star young player win playoff games, when by far the best of them all has to sit at home every October. Now that we don’t have to worry about him leaving, it’s time to get our heads out of our asses and put together a contender.

 

[Machinehead]

Jesus Christ baseball needs a salary cap. In 5 years these deals are gonna be big enough to build entire ballparks

Baseball has a salary cap.

It's just not a devastating succubus like it is in the NHL.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Baseball has a salary cap.

It's just not a devastating succubus like it is in the NHL.

 

[Machinehead]

Baseball's tax threshold is $206m.

All 30 teams have a 25-man roster making under $206m.

It's a salary cap.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Baseball's tax threshold is $206m.

All 30 teams have a 25-man roster making under $206m.

It's a salary cap.

 

[Habsqqww]

How come major league baseball players get paid so much more than NFL and NHL players @Marc the Habs Fan

Tavares who hit FA as a premier player only got 7 yrs 77 m

Trout was extended for 12 years and 430m

Why the stark differential

Maybe because they play twice as many games as NHL and 10 times the number of NFL games??

More games means more income for the owners

 

[Lukin1978]

Will he fall off a cliff like Pujols before the end of the deal?

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I'm not surprised as I explained in the Harper thread I expected him to re-sign and what Harper was doing was not going to impress Trout. He is not an attention whore and his personality doesn't mesh well with Philly or New York. He's not emotional he is just emotionally consistent, never says anything interesting he let's his play do the talking and the Angels are close to putting a winning team around him with a much improved farm system and the owner probably told him he'll spend money when the window opens

 

[King Mapes]

Don't understand these comments about the Angels had better "stop wasting him" and "build a team around him"

99.9% of the population would trade places with him in a heartbeat, and some of you feel bad for him because his baseball team doesn't win more games?

He's going to be paid 35 million dollars a year to live out his childhood dream. If he needs a championship to be happy, then **** him!

Of course he wants a championship? Isn't that what all players want?

 

[King Mapes]

How come major league baseball players get paid so much more than NFL and NHL players @Marc the Habs Fan

Tavares who hit FA as a premier player only got 7 yrs 77 m

Trout was extended for 12 years and 430m

Why the stark differential

Because baseball makes a lot more money? Pretty simple.

 

[NHL WAR]

Hard to say how the back half of the deal will turn out, but the first few years will be a steal. You can't sign more than 3 or 4 good relief pitchers in FA for the yearly price of the 2nd coming of Mickey Mantle/ Willie Mays/ Hank Aaron.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

true

but trout has been with the team since 2012. the angels have had a ton of time to surround him with talent. sure they brought in ohtani but what have they done aside from that? throw money at cj wilson and josh hamilton?

its pretty inexcusable to have the best player in the game 7 seasons now and have zero playoff wins to show for it

They have rebuilt their farm system and stopped chasing win now moves. Trout, Ohtani, and Simmons are all elite talents and their top prospects Jo Adell is projected as one as well

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Will he fall off a cliff like Pujols before the end of the deal?

Before the end of the deal, probably. With 6 years left on the deal, like Pujols? Less likely.