From The OCR Angels Blog - Angels renew Mike Trout's contract for 4 percent over the minimum

[AngelsWin.com]

As expected, the Angels could not reach an agreement on a 2013 one-year contract with Mike Trout, so they renewed his salary for $510,000, which is just 4 percent over the major league minimum of $490,000.Over the past five seasons, the reigning...

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[Angelfan79]

I understand not showing other players up but come on they couldnt do a little better than that! If they play this type of game later he wont be an Angel!! Not a good way to start negotiations with our franchise player of the future!!

[Wallerrrr]

eh. if he performs well this season offer him a fatty contract. from a business standpoint, the team has controll over him for several more seasons...no need to overpay now IMO. He's 21..i wish Mervyns paid me half a million dollars when I was that age

[Angelfan79]

I hear you on that but i just hope this doesnt begin some bad negotiations with his agent!!

[Wallerrrr]

i dont either...there is so much time between now and when trout hits free agency....to stress about this impacting contract talks for years to come is pretty funny

[AZMike]

eh. if he performs well this season offer him a fatty a contract. from a business standpoint, the team has controll over him for several more seasons...no need to overpay now IMO. He's 21..i wish Mervyns paid me half a million dollars when I was that age

I'll drink to that