On Tuesday March 19, 2019, the Los Angeles Angels and Mike Trout agreed to the largest contract in professional sports history. The all-star center fielder is now set to make $430 million over 12 years. Trout will receive approximately $36 million on average each year of this deal. The Philadelphia native will no longer be needing to accept those recruiting calls from Bryce Harper attempting to bring him over to the Phillies. I wonder if the Angels will now or in the near future try to acquire other players to become a serious contender in major league baseball. Trout is the kind of player that you can build a franchise around.
His MLB Career:
Trout is a perennial all-star making it to the summer classic 7 times so far in his career (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). He was named as the AL MVP two times (2014, 2016), and he has finished second in that regard about four other times. He has won the Silver Slugger Award 6 times (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), and was the proud recipient of the AL Hank Aaron Award in 2014. Also, in 2014 he led the American League in RBI’s, and in 2012 he led the American League in stolen bases.
Jeff Passan of ESPN had this to say, "A generational talent with an unparalleled set of skills among his peers, Trout has put together arguably the greatest start to a career in baseball history. In 1,065 games, he has slashed .307/.416/.573 with 240 home runs, 648 RBIs, 793 runs and 189 stolen bases. No player in history has put up more wins above replacement through his age-26 season than Trout's 64.3".
The Angels 2019 Roster:
Aside from having the All-Star center fielder, Trout, the Angels lack many other great players and it will most likely be a while before the Angels of Los Angeles make a run at a World Series championship. Below is a list of the 40-man roster that was invited to spring training.
Pitchers:
37 Cody Allen
38 Justin Anderson
39 Luke Bard
51 Jaime Barria
32 Cam Bedrosian
31 Ty Buttrey
53 Trevor Cahill
71 Jesus Castillo
67 Taylor Cole
43 John Curtiss
40 Luis Garcia
33 Matt Harvey
28 Andrew Heaney
36 Williams Jerez
65 Jake Jewell
73 Luis Madero
99 Keynan Middleton
17 Shohei Ohtani
64 Felix Pena
52 Dillon Peters
66 JC Ramirez
24 Noe Ramirez
57 Hansel Robles
45 Tyler Skaggs
72 Jose Suarez
35 Nick Tropeano
Catchers:
10 Jose Briceno
20 Jonathan Lucroy
44 Kevan Smith
Infield:
41 Justin Bour
22 Kaleb Cowart
7 Zack Cozart
6 David Fletcher
9 Tommy La Stella
5 Albert Pujols
84 Luis Rengifo
2 Andrelton Simmons
3 Taylor Ward
Outfield:
56 Kole Calhoun
21 Michael Hermosillo
27 Mike Trout
8 Justin Upton
Source: Passan, Jeff. "Angels, Trout near new $430M deal". ESPN. March 19, 2019
sharpe
5 years ago
That could be a record breaking deal generally but I think there's a few other athletes out there who'd earn a bit more money in the next decade or so than Trout. But it's no doubt impressive the length of the contract and the fact that the Angels franchise decided to throw so huge part of their budget to assure Trout...
That could be a record breaking deal generally but I think there's a few other athletes out there who'd earn a bit more money in the next decade or so than Trout. But it's no doubt impressive the length of the contract and the fact that the Angels franchise decided to throw so huge part of their budget to assure Trout signing, it looks inevitable now they'd have to build a team around him cause as David mentioned above they lack a good players at many other positions.
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