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Yea that a killer. It will never kill a team to pay for a guy who producing, it those contracts where you not getting return that really lowers your chances to compete. We will always have a soft spot for halo’s doing us a HUGE favor and outbidding us for Albert! Lol.
I hope cardinals give goldy whatever he wants far as a per year basis, just don’t want them to go more than 3-4 years, 5 tops (he already 31). They can absolutely afford to give him 30-35 mil per year and still field a competitive team around him as long as he producing at a high level. The 18ish mil per we paying Fowler is way more painful, along w the redic amount we paying for Cecil garbage ass. I’m of the opinion your franchise way better off paying a sure fire stud 30 mil a year than 2 middling bums that same amount!!Comment -
Lmfao, I am guilty of that! I wouldn’t recommend doing it, gets pretty messy and nothing left to eat!! Lol
The money these guys getting is all relative, sure to us it a ungodly amount but thing is the money is there. I can assure you owners wouldn’t be shelling it out if it wasn’t beneficial to them, I rather the talent take it home than it go in billionaires pockets. I think giving out contracts longer than 8 years is freakin crazy but the amount per isn’t a big deal long as guy producing imo.Comment -
Getting in around midnight, will probably play a little craps or blackjack than get some sleep for the gamesComment -
Trout is no big deal
He’s just the best baseball player out of 8 billion people on the planet.Comment -
Akihisa MeraComment -
Couldn't tell u for certain. Is 7 seasons enough to say he is Jesus Christ himself? When the Angels have the money to surround him will be at least a couple seasons, do we know he will still be at the exact same level and nobody else will be? How do we know Bryce Harper isnt going to shatter records with that short porch in right?Comment -
Harper power numbers gonna go thru the roof at that bandbox!! Philly actually a really good example of how trouts contract shouldn’t effect halo’s ability to get more talent in other places.
Of course we don’t know if trout still be performing at same high level in 3-4 years. Think it pretty safe to assume he will, imo it gonna be around year 6-7 when they gonna have to worry about a fall off, that prob be around time they have to switch him to a corner outfield spot.Comment -
Trout underrated actually
1 hitter know matter what he does cannot impact a team muchComment -
The premise of this thread is so laughable that it has to be an ill-conceived trolling attempt.Comment -
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-1.5 might have saved me by himself tonightComment -
Jesus....tried to give up a homerComment -
Not that I care but If Mike Trout played for any respectable franchise that put real talent around him like the Yankees or Red Sox he'd have 2 or 3 MVP awards and would be talked about as being an all-time great already. Arguing a baseball player is a choker based on 12 at bats when they were in their early 20s is one of the dumbest arguments I've heard on this forumComment -
Haven't read one word in the thread.
But the thread title is retarded.
Mike Trout might be the most underrated athlete ever.Comment -
Basically it comes down to these next 5-7 years. If he doesn't win a ring, then yes, of course. He also doesn't usually make the playoffs. But these are his prime years coming up, so this is where your thread will be proved right or wrong. Right now, it's too early to say.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
lol not overrated
Hitters do not carry teams
Good Pitchers stop good hitters EVERY TIMEComment -
He's the best but what I dislike about Trout is that he chose to stay on a losing team.
He's from South Jersey and could've looked at a team like the Yankees or the Phillies. Harper was trying to get him to play there. What does Trout do? Stay on a team with very little talent. Doesnt he want to win??????Comment -
Trout prob most under rated athlete of my lifetime
we've been lucky to watch some of the greatest of all time in their sports for most of us
Gretzsky, Mario, Jordan, Lebron, Brady/Pats, Bonds. They all came with proper media attention and fan hype
Trout gets 3 % of that.
He plays on a shit team in a shit time zone in a shit to watch sport that slowly accumulates #'s that can be boring to accumulate.
(getting an extra walk per week can make you super valuable in MLB, but that ain't exciting)
in other sports, a guy can have 1-2 career years and all the sudden they insert him into GOAT discussions
remember Steph Curry's first big year awhile back?
endless GOAT threads and articles on the basis of one year.
in baseball you often don't get appreciated until after the career is over and the numbers start to be looked over harder.
especially true now, because the fan generations that run the social media content and online articles are geared towards... a) don't care about baseball b) can't be "wow-ed" by very very very good non dramatic baseball results.
Trout has little flare-value
if you are smart, you'll enjoy him nowComment -
no pressure playing for Angels which does boost your stats
games mean nothing by all star breakComment -
Grand Slam TroutComment -
will go down 5 greatest baseball players ever
The Mickey Mantle of todays gameComment -
trout is amazing... he is much better than harper. and more consistent/reliable than machado. i'd have been very concerned giving harper much more than 5 years myself.
otoh, i don't understand the trout >>> babe ruth and barry bonds type stuff i see.. seems like espn or si.com or both are out to prove he's the greatest player ever, which he isn't.
i think the angels in time will be good with trout, simmmons, ohtani etc.... Orange County is a market that should attract free agents and the angels can pay them.Comment -
i would say that might be a negative for stats..... hard to stay focussed........ anyway, i've never heard anyone say someone's baseball stats are inflated from playing for bad team. most other sports "yes" but they have different structures where one players points may come at the expense of another playerComment -
Trout is much better than Harper. PERIOD.Comment
