The Official TROUTstanding Thread

[Stradling]

His Knows How To Win Above Replacement is taking a big hit right now.  

[Chuck]

Mike Trout is the first player ever with 275 HR and 200 SB before their age-28 season.

— Adam Chodzko (@AdamChodzko) September 1, 2019

[Chuck]

 

 

[Chuck]

Just to keep this updated per @nate's thread. 

Can't wait to check this out, @Jeff Fletcher

 

[Taylor]

[tdawg87]

Mike Trout.

[Dick B Back]

There is no other player with his skill set:

1. Hit the ball

2. Do the weather

3. Chauffeur foreign dudes

[Blarg]

That would be a damn good prank. Set Trout up as an Uber driver in Orange County as he picks up fares in his Mercedes Benz and see who figures out who is picking them up. 

And if he gets a tip.

[Chuck]

[Chuck]

 

[Taylor]

[Chuck]

 

[JustATroutFan]

2019 Trout was actually very similar to 2014 Trout. Not just the fact that he won the MVP both years. Think about it, his batting average for both seasons was still pretty good and he was a great home run hitter in both seasons. And to top that off, his stolen base numbers were low by his lofty standards, 16 in ‘14 and 11 in ‘19. But the biggest difference between the two seasons is his plate discipline. He’s always had terrific plate discipline but 2014 was the year in which he struck out 184 times. This season, he struck out just 120 times, albeit he had over 100 more plate appearances than he did in 2014. But unlike 2014, I’m not concern about Trout being an maintaining being elite hitter coming into next season. A big part of that was his strikeout rate in ‘19 was pretty much in line with his other seasons in which he batted over .300. Just had bad luck with BABIP this past season. Could you imagine if his BABIP this past season was in line with his career norm? We might have seen something like a .340/.500/.700 slash line from him. That’s incredible. 

[T.G.]

 

[Chuck]

 

[tdawg87]

[T.G.]

 

Full interview airing at 9:35 a.m. on MLB Network Radio.

[Taylor]

Why does Trout wait by his phone? He should just hang out on AngelsWin.

[Lou]

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Why does Trout wait by his phone? He should just hang out on AngelsWin.

Technically, there's a guy who follows him around carrying his phone for him.  I believe his name is @tdawg87

[tdawg87]

[Second Base]

Does anyone else notice that there are no players atop The WAR/700 list that have played the majority of their careers in the modern era (post 1980) outside of Bonds, A-Rod, Pujols and Trout? Bonds and A-Rod will forever have an asterisk by their names, and Pujols isn't that high on the list.

Trout is the only player in the modern era that has dominated his competition in a manner that players from previous eras did.

Baseball has just gotten so much harder. Everything down to the analytics, and player development, it's near impossible for players to separate themselves anymore. Everyone is too damn good. 

Think of the greats not on this list. Griffey, Cabrera, McGwire, Suzuki, etc...

And Trout is 27% better than the second best player if this decade. 

Simply put, we've never seen a player like Mike Trout before, and it's a safe bet that we never will again in our lifetimes.

[Angelsjunky]

[Blarg]

Well said, AJ.

[Lou]

On 12/31/2019 at 1:59 PM, Second Base said:

Does anyone else notice that there are no players atop The WAR/700 list that have played the majority of their careers in the modern era (post 1980) outside of Bonds, A-Rod, Pujols and Trout? Bonds and A-Rod will forever have an asterisk by their names, and Pujols isn't that high on the list.

Trout is the only player in the modern era that has dominated his competition in a manner that players from previous eras did.

Baseball has just gotten so much harder. Everything down to the analytics, and player development, it's near impossible for players to separate themselves anymore. Everyone is too damn good. 

Think of the greats not on this list. Griffey, Cabrera, McGwire, Suzuki, etc...

And Trout is 27% better than the second best player if this decade. 

Simply put, we've never seen a player like Mike Trout before, and it's a safe bet that we never will again in our lifetimes.

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