OC Register: Mike Trout expects to ‘have conversations’ with Angels management about the organization’s future

[fan_since79]

Haha, I knew this was coming.

Goodbye, Mike. Have fun in Philadelphia.

 

[CaliAngel]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

You don't seem to understand much about how to run a successful business.

A business that wins baseball games and rings, or a business that multiplies its worth 10 fold in 20 years? 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, CaliAngel said:

A business that wins baseball games and rings, or a business that multiplies its worth 10 fold in 20 years? 

Paying Trout and/or Othani hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years is not going to come close to resulting in the Braves being worth 10X what they're worth today.  I'm not entirely sure if all of this is just a bit you're doing or if you actually believe it, but you don't really seem to understand how the Braves work and why they've been successful for the majority of the past 30 years or so.

[Stradling]

I love Mike Trout, but he’s literally only worth his current contract on this team as a legacy player. The risk to assume his contract is WAY too much for any team to consider. 

[mmc]

I really doubt he's moveable right now, unless we're eating so much money/taking back a bad enough contract to where it won't be worth it

[totdprods]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I love Mike Trout, but he’s literally only worth his current contract on this team as a legacy player. The risk to assume his contract is WAY too much for any team to consider. 

Agreed, but he's also the type of player who if, behind the scenes of course, he decides he really, really wants out, the two teams will find a way to facilitate it.

Obviously there are wildly different circumstances, but supposedly untradeable players are traded still. ARod, Hamilton, even Wells, trades like Matt Harrison, Hector Olivera.

[m0nkey]

Don't let them bully you, @CaliAngel.  I still love you

[CaliAngel]

5 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Don't let them bully you, @CaliAngel.  I still love you

I know it's sarcasm but I don't care. 

Right back atcha good sir. 

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Don't let them bully you, @CaliAngel.  I still love you

I didn’t bully him. I was very gentle. 

[CaliAngel]

Just now, Stradling said:

I didn’t bully him. I was very gentle. 

We're good Strad. 

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

We're good Strad. 

I thought so. 

[Angels 1961]

Mike, there is NO PLAN. I hope halos find a contender for you to go to. Eat what money they have to. You deserve to be on a winning team. Philly be nice spot for you. Enough losing for Mr. Trout send him home he deserves a winning team.

[rottiesworld]

He does that every season and it’s always the same shit and he is constantly get hurt now, so he shouldn’t say anything until he is able to stay healthy and play the whole season. The owner doesn’t care what Trout has to say.

[Slegnaac]

We know ol Mike's a multi-millionaire,
The haters all said "Mike move away from there"
Said "Atlanta Houston is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up his trucks and he moved to Philly. 

Pennsylvania that is.

Cheese steaks

Eagles games

Edited September 2, 2023 by Slegnaac

[Justin]

33 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Enough losing for Mr. Trout send him home he deserves a winning team.

Nonsense. He deserves what the Angels are paying him - which is a lot - and nothing more. 

[BTH]

3 hours ago, AngelsWin.com said:

There are going to be some conversations in the winter, for sure. Just to see the direction of everything and what the plan is.”

He’s gonna talk with upper management, hear that they plan to go for it in 2024, and he won’t get traded.

I’d be stunned if he asks for a trade or gets trades.

If there’s one thing we know about Arte, it’s that he hates rebuilds.

[AngelStew43]

IMO, this stinks of 2001.  75-87 in 2001.  99-63 in 2002, with only cosmetic changes.  

We have Trout.  We've added Neto, Schanuel, and O'hoppe, who are gaining experience.

The Angels will need to add two starters, to replace Ohtani.  Not because he's leaving, but because he won't be able to pitch for anyone until 2025.  

As for the complimentary players, I expect Drury and Moose to return, along with Moniak, Ward, and Adell. 

Like I said, there are some similarities between 2001 and 2023, I didn't think that one team could have so much go wrong, but this one did.

And I didn't even include Rendon in the picture.  If, by some miracle, we get anything out of him, it would have to count as a positive, right?

[Angels 1961]

33 minutes ago, Justin said:

Nonsense. He deserves what the Angels are paying him - which is a lot - and nothing more. 

He is wasted on Angels and after 8 losing seasons get rid of some of that contract. 

[DMVol]

2 hours ago, totdprods said:

I dunno, I could see Dombrowski and the Phils *almost* happily taking on Trout and at the very least a portion of his contract, and Trout being happy to be there. 

Take some cursory money back (Castellanos or Schwarber, which helps their logjam a bit at DH/OF), maybe someone like Rojas or Pache and a couple other fringy prospects and it wouldn't totally shock me. 

I think the Angels would have to pay or take back more money than that….I could see a trade with the Yankees, centered around Stanton and Trout….Trout is owed more money but Stanton is owed a ton too…Trout would have to ask and I assume Stanton has a no trade so probably not feasible….Yanks take on Trout’s deal and send a good prospect too…Angels stuck with Stanton’s deal but some financial room….

[LAA Road Tripper]

Sure, trade Trout. Eat a bunch of money and restock the farm as much as possible. It’s far past the time to bulldoze this pathetic shack down to the stubs and start over. Not that I believe the current regime has the capability of building it up again, though. That would require an Arte-less future which right now looks about as hopeful as the PAC 12’s does.

[cals]

Nobody is going to trade for Trout.

[ArkyAngelsFan]

1 hour ago, cals said:

Nobody is going to trade for Trout.

Yeah, I agree. Mike likes - no loves - living in Newport Beach and  doesn't want to be traded away from his $9 million dollar home. It's really that simple. Yeah, I know that he wants to win. I mean he's got to say that and all but the real question is, 'How much'? 

And that's the rub. Unfortunately, from what I've seen over the past several years he's not all that upset with the Angels losing ways ....at least no where near as upset as he would be if he was traded away and had to go somewhere else and leave his palatial estate in Newport.

Nope, my fellow Angels' sufferers Mr. Trout ain't going anywhere anytime soon. He'll just continue with the Angels, get injured and rehab on the beach while he smokes some brisket and chicken wings on the BBQ.

Surfs up!!

~ArkyAngelsFan~

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Hate to see him go but GTFO Trout. 
 

if someone is dumb enough to take his contract, I’d ship him tomorrow. 

[Angel Oracle]

6 hours ago, gurn67 said:

If I could exchange all of the players in the A's organization with the players in the Angels' organization I would in a second. Beane will have the A's back in the post season before Arte does (if ever).

Because Beane isn’t in love with having just power hitters.

[Erstad Grit]

Trout might need to look in a mirror and realize his inability to be in the lineup is a problem.

At minimum moving to a LF/RF would be a first step.