Proposed Trout trade

[Tank]

From my close friend, who's a diehard cards fan:

I'm StL, you are LaA.

I want Trout. Halos going nowhere with current talent in AL West with Hou, Sea...

Nolan Gorman 2B, Dylan Carlson Switch hit OF, and Tyler O Neil OF ( all MLB level) and

Masyn Winn SS, Matthew Liberatore P, Michael McGreevy P.

That's a haul and a restart.

 

Thoughts? Opinions? I don't know the minors or the Cards talent pool enough to know if this is fair offer (assuming the Cards wanted to do this).

[Angel Oracle]

No thanks 

Plus, to even get the conversation started, they would need to include SS/3B Jordan Walker (#6 overall prospect).

I’d rather count on Trout staying healthy enough.   When he is, still as good as any player in MLB.

[jsnpritchett]

I actually think the Cards would probably be the ones to balk at that trade, especially if no money was being sent their way.

[failos]

Drop this “friend” from your life.

[Taylor]

LaA?

[UndertheHalo]

My opinion is that you have a fake friend. 

[Revad]

My ex was a Cardinal fan, and she had some pretty strange takes.  Of course she thought I was crazy as an Angels fan.

[Justin]

I'm told their fans are the best darn fans in all of baseball. 

[AngelStew43]

Once again, Mike Trout has a FULL NO-TRADE CLAUSE.  He is not leaving unless he OK's the deal first.  

Give up the trade Trout talk.  

[Taylor]

My friend plays Xbox with Scott Kazmir and said that the Angels are going to trade for Mike Moustakas.

[eligrba]

[EDinTUSTIN]

No team will take him on due to him being so injury prone coupled with that huge nine-figure salary. That and the fact that he is on the IL more frequently than in the lineup makes him too much of a risk.

[khouse]

2 hours ago, AngelStew43 said:

Once again, Mike Trout has a FULL NO-TRADE CLAUSE.  He is not leaving unless he OK's the deal first.  

Give up the trade Trout talk.  

Try saying that 3 times fast lol...

[Blarg]

Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off. 

That wasn't hard at all. 

[Trumboner44]

3 hours ago, AngelStew43 said:

Once again, Mike Trout has a FULL NO-TRADE CLAUSE.  He is not leaving unless he OK's the deal first.  

Give up the trade Trout talk.  

Do you know he doesn't want to leave?

[Duren, Duren]

And lose Ohtani to free agency next year or in a trade sooner? Two all time franchise icons one after the other? Why would Ohtani stay without Trout? 

Then wait three, four or five years developing no name prospects, hoping most turn into bona fide starters. Let alone stars? Projecting the future of prospects is still a crap shoot, even highly rated ones. 

Hardly the way to endear a franchise to a fan base. Talk about alienation. And with uncertain ownership.

Harken back to Gary Carter traded for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Floyd Youmans and Herm Winningham. All highly rated young players. None of whom moved the franchise needle while Carter was a key Series winning player. 

History is littered with similar results more often than not. 

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

And lose Ohtani to free agency next year or in a trade sooner? Two all time franchise icons one after the other? Why would Ohtani stay without Trout? 

Then wait three, four or five years developing no name prospects, hoping most turn into bona fide starters. Let alone stars? Projecting the future of prospects is still a crap shoot, even highly rated ones. 

Hardly the way to endear a franchise to a fan base. Talk about alienation. And with uncertain ownership.

Harken back to Gary Carter traded for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Floyd Youmans and Herm Winningham. All highly rated young players. None of whom moved the franchise needle while Carter was a key Series winning player. 

History is littered with similar results more often than not. 

Marlins nod heads emphatically in approval.

[Stradling]

Well you aren’t getting that kind of haul for anyone, but if Trout demanded a trade I’d make that trade.