Fish Oil

I believe they said he has good baseball IQ and a good attitude as well... 

Griffey's career as a Mariner is particularly easy to compare, because it ran for his age 19-29 seasons, just like Trout so far.
Griffey (1989-99): 1535 games, .299/.380/.569, 398 HR, 167 SB, 144 wRC+, 68.5 fWAR
Trout (2011-21): 1288 games, .305/.419/.583, 310 HR, 203 SB, 172 wRC+, 77.8 fWAR
One thing to note is that Griffey had played quite a few more games--1535 to 1288 (+247)--both because he almost a full season at age 19, but also was generally healthier.
But as you can see, Trout was significantly better, mostly because he walked a lot more. But also, Griffey put up those numbers in a much higher offense context, thus those triple-slash numbers aren't quite as impressive as they look, as evinced by the huge difference in wRC+.
Or to put that in context, among all players through age 29, here is how they rank in wRC+ and WAR:
Griffey: 71st in wRC+, 13th in WAR
Trout: 9th in wRC+, 5th in WAR
Trout's wRC+ of 172 is between Musial/Mantle at 173 and Pujols/Mize at 169, whereas Griffey is tied with players like Paul Goldschmict, Arky Vaughan, and Todd Helton.
Up until a couple years ago, Trout was 1st in WAR at the same age, but due to the covid-shortened season and then last year's injury, has fallen behind, but he's right between Ruth and A-Rod. Griffey is right between Aaron and Mathews.
One more thing. Trout was a much better baserunner, with 62.1 career BsR compared to Griffey's 7.9 through age 29, but Griffey was a better defender with 86.0 Def runs vs. Trout's 17.6.
 

after being away from the game for a year (and having no idea what kind of baseball stuff he's been doing in that time, if any), i'm going to figure he'll be in AAA at best to start the season, especially if this lockout continues.

lol
"I just want to be regular Ty"
He learned quickly that being regular Ty doesn't pay very well. 

That said, some interesting tid-bits in the write-up. For instance, I agree with this take wholeheartedly:
At this point, I'm not sure what the Angels can do about this. I think this is why Doc and others have so emphasized depth. There's no way to not be hit hard by losing Trout, but there's a difference between replacing him with a 0 WAR guy and a 2 WAR guy. 
I really think ZiPS--and many on this forum--are too bearish about Marsh. Marsh is a ball-player: he has that "it" factor that makes players good. I'm not saying he's going to be a star next year, but he's going to be better than ZiPs suggests (.249/.319/.367, 1.1 WAR). I see something more like .270/.340/.400 and 2.5 to 3 WAR, with gradual improvement over the next two or three years.

He is Heaney's replacement. His contract was also the exact amount as Heaney's. Just hoping for a different outcome. Thor is basically the replacement for Cobb, but for much more money. Hopefully more money equals a much better outcome. If not, we basically have the same team as last season.

You don't want Stroman because his Twitter behaviors hurt your feelings? 

Sign Stroman and Iglesias and I think its a successful offseason. It's not the best but most teams will probably say the same thing. 

Go up 5 fwy

The good: The Padres and Rays both went after him in two of the last three years
The bad: The Mets did the other year

In all seriousness, it's a really good add. I just hope it's not a move made not made to replace Iglesias or another closer, just an addition to the pen.
It's also pretty expensive. We're basically at $30m committed already of the expected $50m, with 1-2 SP, CL, a RP, and a back-up C at the minimum still needed.  
Arte's spending this winter, or we're about to see a bunch of prospects traded, or we're going to see Thor as our #1 and Loup closing games. 

Wouldn't we have gotten better players with a trade in July than a 2nd round draft pick.

Because Kent Bottenfield was the piece.

Plus he's old and could fall off a cliff soon.
Dodgers would get his blue eye, and we'd get his brown eye....

Reminds me of the Kinison bit when love knocks on the door for the tenth time (at the 1:00 mark)
 

Not really, most of us realize AW kicks ass.

I hope he lands the job.

About time.  The Padres would become a very dangerous group with Scioscia managing.

He should be the manager for the Angels

Swanson was the one guy I was sure would get canned once Perry got acclimated with the system.  Nothing against the job Swanson did, more a case of believing the Minasian/Tamin combo would want to bring in their own guy.  This is also the reason I said I didn't view the 2021 draft as Perry's - it was still Eppler's guys, and whatever scouting happened was done with those scouting principles in place.  
Looking forward to seeing who they bring in and how they handle the draft next season.

Good scouting leads to successful trades.

Their continual budget situation is why they don't have a lot of drafted players. When their drafted players turn out good, they can't afford to keep them so they are traded for good young talent.

Ok but he needs to actually hit.

Prior to last season, it was widely known that in order for Eppler to keeps his job, the Angels had to win. They did not and he lost his job.
So... please explain to me how the narrative about Arte not caring about winning has any merit?

#bringbacksosh