Agree 100% with that.
Obviously they are. Organizations are a business, they aren't paying these guys to lose money.
MLB: Mike Trout Gettin' Paaiiidddddd
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I was listening to MLB radio this morning and they were talking about Harper and the Phillies. Apparently he grades out according to analytics as the second worst defensive outfielder in baseball. He should be a DH in the AL not your $25mil right fielder.
If Trout wants a deal, you make a deal
Well it depends... contracts are weird and I'm not super knowledgeable on the topic. But for example, Bryce Harper reportedly had a short-term, big money offer from the Giants that was something like 5 years 45 per year or something and he isn't near the player Trout is. But these guys typically want long-term deals (duh) and teams won't spend that kind of money long-term (duh). Trout's current contract is up in 2020 I think. IMO he could have easily signed for 40 per year or more on a long-term deal as a FA after the Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies, etc. got in a bidding war over him. And he would be worth ever penny of that... it wouldn't be a "wtf are they thinking?!" type deal like a Pujols, A-Rod, etc.
Harper is embarrassingly bad with the glove. I said in another thread that I'm thrilled to death the Phillies signed him for what they did... and I'm a Braves fan.
This is great for baseball. Hopefully the Angels can build a team around Trout once the Pujols contract is up. We need to see the best player in the playoffs.
Artie Moreno has never been shy about big contracts.
Vernon Wells
Josh Hamilton
Albert
None of those contracts went well for the Angels. This has a better chance to be a good investment.
The Angels are also looking for stadium upgrades. Long Beach has tossed their hat in the ring for a new Angel Stadium by the Queen Mary. Anaheim is still in the running too. Star power to help with those negotiations?
Will be an interesting couple of years for Angel fans.
Vernon Wells
Josh Hamilton
Albert
None of those contracts went well for the Angels. This has a better chance to be a good investment.
The Angels are also looking for stadium upgrades. Long Beach has tossed their hat in the ring for a new Angel Stadium by the Queen Mary. Anaheim is still in the running too. Star power to help with those negotiations?
Will be an interesting couple of years for Angel fans.
Good for Mike, but man, just dont see this working out well for the Angels. Really hard to build a good team when 1 guy is making so much of your payroll
If you asked 100 people who are casual sports fans who the best player in baseball is, how many would say Trout? He is miles ahead of anyone else. Miles. It's not debatable, yet I bet 40 people would say someone other than him. It's not that people don't realize he's good. It's more that people don't realize the trajectory he's on which, if things go somewhat as expected, will lead to easily the best of all time. I kind of compare him to Tiger Woods. Yeah, sure, the casual sports fan knew he was good, but they didn't know just how good he was for 10 years.
If you did the same thing for, say Lebron, he would get much higher numbers I bet.
Baseball is a divisional game I feel like. People know their own divisions.
I gotta disagree. He made 34 million in 2018. They just locked in the best player in baseball (maybe ever) for an extra 10 years at just 2 million more. Assuming he stays healthy (he's never really lived on the DL much) this is a STEAL for the Angels. Plus they'll be able to dump Pujols in like 2 years.
Baseball is going to turn into a financial game of 1 percenters. Some guys getting yuge contracts while other average C+ or B- players sitting around unsigned. It's kind of a mess. Pay a couple dudes cray cray money and try to fill out the rest of the roster with pre-freeagent kids.
Makes me nostalgic for the Mickey Mantle $100,000 contract.
Makes me nostalgic for the Mickey Mantle $100,000 contract.
