The five reasons why Mike Trout will be an Angel for life.

[John Taylor]

Finally an AW thread that has aged well.

 

Well written @Dochalo I actually remember reading this thread and it gave me some hope at the time that trout would stay, as I was 50/50 on it.

[Tank]

On 7/28/2017 at 2:00 AM, Dochalo said:

5.  Most baseball players don't run home to mommy - There is quite a bit of hoopla around Trout being from the east coast.  So what.  Most players are on a team that isn't close to their home town.  Even after they've hit free agency.  Especially superstars.  A lot of them chase the money.  But otherwise they chase wins.  The distraction of being at 'home' can actually be a detriment.  For a superstar like Trout, it certainly seems like it could be.  

4.  We're gonna be good - We'll win a wild card spot in 2019 and we'll win the division in 2020.  You heard it here first

3.  Arte will pay him - there won't be shenanigans.  When it comes time, Arte will back up the truck and give him enough to where becoming a free agent won't even be something he will consider

2.  Albert Pujols - yes.  Albert Pujols, but not for the reason you think I mean.  Albert should have stayed in St. Louis.  He was beloved by the fans and when you are a declining superstar, that's important.  Why?  It's called grace.  It the reason why David Price hates Boston.  Or any other free agent isn't as happy as where they were when they came to the bigs.  He'll impart this on Mike. If Albert is worth anything over the next 4 years, it will be this.  

1.  Mike Trout want to win HERE.  Most players want to win with the team they've been with.  Not all, but I think Mike does.  Because of numbers 2-5 and because he's loyal.  He wasn't the the top pick in the draft.  The Angels believed in him and he will return the favor.  Money and wins need to a be a non issue and they will be.  He has no loyalty to the phillies or yanks or any any other teams.  So if you remove all the other variables, he will stay.  

pretty good prognosticating for a left-handed hare lip.

let's hope #4 comes true as predicted.

[UndertheHalo]

Rip Claude.

[Inside Pitch]

 

9 hours ago, Lou said:

i agree 

LOL...   I wondered which of the 5K or so posts all saying the same exact thing across every thread you were going to choose to "I agree" to.  

 

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

 

LOL...   I wondered which of the 5K or so posts all saying the same exact thing across every thread you were going to choose to "I agree" to.  

 

That post that Lou “agreed with” was his Opus.  

[Lou]

13 hours ago, Dochalo said:

thanks!

#6 would have been his interest in the farm system.  I didn't know about this until recently.  To me this means he was in all along.  Not that it guaranteed he'd stay, but that he bought into the process.  If we had a terrible farm, I actually think he'd have waited longer to find out where it was going.  But the fact that Billy has been able to do what he's done with the farm in such a short period ended up being extremely important.  

 

you're forgetting that "The farm won't correct itself in two years when Trout will be entering his contract year"

[Docwaukee]

43 minutes ago, Lou said:

you're forgetting that "The farm won't correct itself in two years when Trout will be entering his contract year"

the farm didn't correct itself.  Eppler fixed it.  

[Claude]

[Inside Pitch]

No you aren't....