Trout will never stay with the Angels

[Glen]

Roll call for everybody who said that.  Post in here and admit you were wrong.

[mtangelsfan]

I predict crickets

[Spirit]

Hello?

 

 

 

Is this thing on?!?!

[Brandon]

This will be fun. I brought this up when it was first discussed and while I expected crickets, I actually got more defensive people than expected but it was mostly glossed over by the knee jerks.

[Glen]

"Enjoy him until 2020, but he's gone after that!"

[ScottT]

Love threads like this.

 

Can't wait for the one calling out the people that guaranteed Rene Gonzales would hit 20 home runs.   

[disarcina]

I said that -- gotta admit.......KUDOS to ARTE for STEPPING UP......

[Docwaukee]

I can't imagine another team would pay this kind of money on a player 4 years removed from free agency.  Not even the Dodgers or the Yanks.  

 

I'm betting that Trout just gets better from here, but still.  

 

every team in baseball would be ecstatic to sign Trout to this deal.  Every. Single. One.

[Blarg]

Last summer my brother was adamant that Trout was going to be a Yankee this year, that the Angels would trade him for Sabathia. We made a bet and now he owes me...

 

[Lhalo]

The Pujols contract will hinder the Angels from signing Trout... and so on... and so forth...

[Blarg]

Well, not just Pujols but the Hamilton contract as well.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

What about the Wells?

[gurn67]

There's a lot of tears on Yankees' and Phillies' fan boards tonight because that's all they've been saying for 2 years now.

[ScottT]

"Not worried about the Wells contract. The Angels will sign a $3 billion tv contract"

[nando714]

Only a matter time before we cry for the next contract

[tomsred]

That's delusional.

 

Most teams would have to reduce their average salary to under $1-2 million for each person on their 40-man roster.  

 

Big market teams will spend more than what Trout got when he's a been a free agent for a couple of years after this 6 year contract runs out.  I'd imagine he'll bee looking at $35-$40 mill/year by the time this extension is up if he continues producing.  

 

You realize that six years from now no one really knows what MLB salaries will be.  It's an artificial market, economic and competitive circumstances could produce market conditions that do not continue to expand each year.  We all get jaded by the ever increasing salary levels that ML baseball has grown accustomed to the past decade or so.  There are lots of uncertainties that could disrupt that growth pattern, such as a baseball union strike, bankrupt teams, institution of a salary cap, or a baseball scandal similar to the PED era to name a few.  For Trout, there are lots of circumstances that could kill his future earnings power, a serious baseball injury, a car accident, a serious health threat for example.  Trout was smart to lock up a deal to virtually guarantee a lifetime of protection financially.  After 2020 anything he gets, no matter how big or small, is frosting on the cake.  The first big contract guarantees protection to him, his family, and his future children financially; the second one makes him filthy rich.  I would argue that the first contract is the most important one.

 

A smart person never assumes things about the future about which they cannot control.

Edited March 29, 2014 by tomsred

[Glen]

I can't imagine another team would pay this kind of money on a player 4 years removed from free agency.  Not even the Dodgers or the Yanks.  

 

I'm betting that Trout just gets better from here, but still.  

 

 

 

Congratulations.  You're officially the only person who thinks that.

[Rochambeau]

Last summer my brother was adamant that Trout was going to be a Yankee this year, that the Angels would trade him for Sabathia.

Stay strong. At times it can be difficult having a retarded sibling.

[wopphil]

I was strongly in the camp of "offer a 22-year old $100+ mil and there is no way he will turn it down."

Now that being said, I wouldn't be surprised if he desires to play on the East coast and will be difficult/impossible to sign before free agency next time around.

[Angel Oracle]

The ONLY thing that matters is that Trout is here for at least the next 7 seasons, and not just the next 4.

[Jason]

I was a little concerned at one time that his desire to be on the east coast could play a role in his decision to sign. I did know that the Angels would do everything possible to sign him. This is awesome!

[Stradling]

I wonder if we put too much stock in where a player is from as it relates to where he wants to sign.

[sneaky_flute]

I wonder if we put too much stock in where a player is from as it relates to where he wants to sign.

Money walks, bullshit talks. 

[Stradling]

I think it's more than just money, it's the entire package. I am willing to bet it's almost more important to be where the wife wants to be during the season. Which actually makes sense considering the player is gone every other week.

[sneaky_flute]

Trout just established financial security for the rest of his life at the age of 22 and Southern California  isn't a bad place to live. The Angels also had a little more leverage considering Trout hadn't even hit arbitration. He's smarter than all the idiots like Dave Cameron who are suggesting that he should have held out for a contract that he may never even see, 

Edited March 29, 2014 by sneaky_flute