Three Up, Three Down: Mike Trout Is Getting Even Better

[Chuck]

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/three-up-three-down-mike-trout-is-getting-even-better/

Mike Trout, OF, Angels

The best player in baseball is somehow getting even better. Only now just 26 years old and starting to enter his prime—a crazy thought in itself—Trout is on pace to set career-highs in batting average (.336), on-base percentage (.458) and slugging percentage (.720) while reaching 200 hits, 57 home runs, 114 RBIs and 138 runs, all career-highs as well. A year after leading the American League with a 1.071 OPS, Trout is on pace to do more than 100 points better, currently sitting at 1.178. Oh, and his defense is getting better too. He’s on pace for 21 total zone fielding runs above average in center field, per Baseball-Reference, which would be the highest mark of his career. With Trout performing at an other-wordly level, it’s the Angels—not the Astros—who hold first place in the American League West and are on pace for a 100-win season.

[T.G.]

Impossible. 

[Griffey's Corner]

GO TROUT!!!!! Win us a WS!

[Griffey's Corner]

let us not temper are expectations. Next year let's push him to hit .370 with 70 HR's!.... Maybe Trout can tell the front office to bring in more support. It would be awesome if all the players on the team try to be like Mike Trout & emulate themselves and start improving every year as well.

[Angelsfan1984]

Hopefully he doesn't change his name to Giancarlo Trout

[Dick B Back]

[zenmaster]

Mike should decide he needs to become a pitcher. 2, 2 way players = win!

[Second Base]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/three-up-three-down-mike-trout-is-getting-even-better/

Mike Trout, OF, Angels

The best player in baseball is somehow getting even better. Only now just 26 years old and starting to enter his prime—a crazy thought in itself—Trout is on pace to set career-highs in batting average (.336), on-base percentage (.458) and slugging percentage (.720) while reaching 200 hits, 57 home runs, 114 RBIs and 138 runs, all career-highs as well. A year after leading the American League with a 1.071 OPS, Trout is on pace to do more than 100 points better, currently sitting at 1.178. Oh, and his defense is getting better too. He’s on pace for 21 total zone fielding runs above average in center field, per Baseball-Reference, which would be the highest mark of his career. With Trout performing at an other-wordly level, it’s the Angels—not the Astros—who hold first place in the American League West and are on pace for a 100-win season.

If it were ANY other player on the planet, we'd call those pace projections stupid and ridiculous.

But Mike Trout entering his prime....anything is possible.

[Taylor]

And tdawg is getting harder.

[fan_since79]

Teams will be lining up in a couple years to give him $400 mill.

We'd better not blow this. 

[Angelsjunky]

It is probably not appropriate for me to look at threads like this when I have high school students in the same room with me.

#themtoo

[Dick Enberg]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

Teams will be lining up in a couple years to give him $400 mill.

 

Per season at the rate he's going!

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Angelsjunky said:

It is probably not appropriate for me to look at threads like this when I have high school students in the same room with me.

#themtoo

[VariousCrap]

It is time to start the Church of Mike Trout.  There is nothing we should believe in more than his talent.  

[Dick Enberg]

7 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

It is time to start the Church of Mike Trout.  There is nothing we should believe in more than his talent.  

Hope my Sunday School Teacher doesn't read this!