Trout 12 years/$440 million! Its done!!

[Angel Oracle]

Assuming Adell's and Marsh's ascents, the OF is settled for at least the next 7 years.

[East Coast Bias]

Great and amazing news going into the season!!  After Harper signed, I thought this might happen but didn't hear anything for a few weeks.  Second best day in Angels baseball history!!!   

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, True Grich said:

That piece by Bob Nightengale is an "opinion" piece.

He wanted to say "suck it" but journalistic integrity and all that stuff....

[ten ocho recon scout]

9 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Yep -- you went on record in no uncertain terms...  And it happened.   https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2019/03/19/mike-trout-never-wanted-to-leave-los-angeles-angels/3211347002/   

Yet, Trout was certainly cognizant of the demands of playing at home. There would be endless ticket requests and demands on his time. He could no longer retreat quietly to the beaches. He would be a walking billboard where everyone would know what he was doing every waking moment.

That bit above from the article is almost word for word what you said to us...

I guess we can call off the hit men now eh?

Cheers, Bro!

Now we can use the hitmen to get albert to retire

[m0nkey]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

He wanted to say "suck it" but journalistic integrity and all that stuff....

He has that?

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

He has that?

Don't mess with my "suck it" narrative....   We both know he's a doucher!

[Docwaukee]

unbelievably happy and super relieved.  

what a great thing for this franchise and it's fans.  

Congrats to everyone here!!

and thanks to Chuck for giving us a spot talk about it.  

[yvangelfan]

9 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Hey Philli, Bryce, East Coast Media,:

Go F____ yourself!

 

This goes for all the posters on this board who kept saying Trout is leaving as well!

I really didn't think he wanted to stay here and be an Angel for life...pretty cool. Excuse me, I have to go F myself.

[Docwaukee]

I think we can all be glad that @ettin was wrong about the amount.  

[Mark68]

3/19/19

You got Bryce? That's nice.

We got Trout, his career throughout!

[floplag]

16 minutes ago, stormngt said:

just realized this.  His new contract doesn't add to the teams current budget does it?

A couple mil at most, negligible.  
This really garnered a lot of respect for the man from me, he could have easily and justifiably asked for 40 and gotten it, but hes not greedy and he sees the big picture.  The more has got the less the club might have to do other things, and he clearly wants to win.  

Right on top of this though Gammons and some NE media are talking about Betts getting a record deal before going to FA.  Maybe the talk should be Betts coming here to play beside Trout and Adell over Harper and he in Philly   

[bloodbrother]

That Angels logo is gonna look real nice on his HOF plaque

[Jeff Fletcher]

Clarifying...

It is one contract, for 12 years, starting in 2019.

It is worth $426.5 million.

He was due 66.5 million for 2 years under the old deal, so they just stuck 10/$360 on top of that. The reason it's one deal, instead of a new one, is so they can maybe move around some of the cash between 19-20 and 21-30.

[John Taylor]

Also can I say that this is such a Mike Trout thing to do and speaks to his character. He could have waited his contract out, tested FA, watched even more money offers (from PHI and NYY) come in, but in typical Mike Trout fashion, he wanted to get it done so he could focus on baseball. Generally when players say the line "I just focus on baseball" they tend to be full of crap, but Trout really does mean it 

 

Now lets win a few rings!

[Jason]

Christmas in March this year!!!

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 minute ago, RBM said:

It looks like the Luxury Tax Salary/AAV will go up around $12 M (from $24 to $36) but the payroll salary will only go up $2 M. That will depend on how the years are structured. The extension is 10/$362 M but could stay at $34 M or less for the next 3 years until we get out from under the Pujols deal and then go up.

As far as the luxury tax, I am pretty sure that it adds $12M to that figure starting now. So there's a chunk of the luxury tax space you were all worried about. 

In terms of actual payroll, it still could change for this year, depending how the numbers work out when the deal is finalized.

[Slegnaac]

Now we need Artie and the COA to make a long term deal.

[Cody Pendant]

It’s like a bomb hit SoCal, but instead of fiery death it exploded flowers and bunnies and good beer and aphrodisiac outward from its impact—everything just feels great in this moment. 

It’s like a WARhead, get it? WAR? Trout? Bomb? 

I’ll get my coat...

 

[Cody Pendant]

Sorry for huge font above. Not sure how that happened. I’m ecstatically happy!!!

[Blarg]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

As far as the luxury tax, I am pretty sure that it adds $12M to that figure starting now. So there's a chunk of the luxury tax space you were all worried about. 

In terms of actual payroll, it still could change for this year, depending how the numbers work out when the deal is finalized.

This is what you were imparting in previous posts about the Angels budget and how it wasn't really as much about the luxury tax. They knew they had cap space but it was to be used for the Trout extension. This was a ceiling their payroll had room to grow in. 

The operating cost budget was a separate issue and the extension fits into that as well. On first glance it is a modest raise from his current salary but has tapped that part of the budget permanently. 

They see other contracts expiring and offering more flexibility and the infusion of cost controlled promotion from the farm making the Trout extension a good business move. 

Sound reporting and analysis on your part. Some of the more pessimistic on the board should have paid better attention.

[Angelsjunky]

I want to have gay sex with all of you.

[Blarg]

Pass.

[Cody Pendant]

6 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Now we need Artie and the COA to make a long term deal.

Absolutely. Really want them to stay put. A lot of my family grew up or lived, if not in the shadow of the Big A, within the reverse-penumbra of the firework onslaught. 

Drove by it every summer morning on the way to Grandma and Gramp’s house off Ball. They’re long gone, but the Angels are still here. And so is TROUT! 

[Cody Pendant]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

I want to have gay sex with all of you.

What the hell—it’s that kind of day! 

 

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I want to have gay sex with all of you.

Can we get in n out and see captain Marvel first?

Not the fries though, those things are gross.