Posted on 03/20/2019 8:21:27 AM PDT by pgkdan
Major League Baseball doesn’t market its individual players as much as leagues like the NBA and NFL, so a lot of people might not have heard of Mike Trout. But he’s been arguably the best player in baseball for over five years, and now he’s the highest-paid athlete in the country.
Trout, 27, is set to sign a contract extension that will pay him a total of over $430 million until he’s 39 years old. Born in New Jersey, Trout was picked by the Angels in the first round in 2009. He was AL rookie of the year in 2012 and has been an All-Star seven times, baseball’s MVP twice, and he’s finished second in MVP voting four times.
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Harpers ‘record breaking’ contract didn’t even last a month!
That is more than all the high school teachers make in NJ.
Only in America!
MLB teams are relying on an unending stream of TV revenues to finance these deals.
That scenario is about to meet the hard, cold reality of cord-cutting.
I wonder if he’s a democrat. If so he needs to give up 80% of that money to taxes.
16 years ago, the Angels were purchased for $200 million
Mike deserves it. He’s the Mickey Mantle of our times.
That’s a mind blowing number! But Trout’s dad a HS baseball coach...he’s not complaining.
That’s over twice as much as I make. :D
One baseball player making more than all of the high-school teachers in New Jersey is only going to help the socialists at election time.
Most average people out there are going to look at that stat and say “ummmmm…...no. Time to redistribute.”
Yeah, I don’t see baseball surviving as it had before. NFL, NHL, NBA all have quite strong ticket sales and fan interest, but MLB seems to be waning quickly. You can see it in high school sports as well - parents are more willing to put their kids in soccer for spring sports than baseball.
If he lives in a blue state he will.......................or plays in any he must pay the ‘Jock Tax’..................
LOL! Me too...
I never heard of him until I saw this thread title. I suppose the dwindling number of pro baseball fans have heard of him, though. I think if they each chip in ten bucks they may be close to paying off this salary. :)
Yes, but you have good benefits. That may make up the difference.
He’ll never be able to spend all that before the world ends ...
maybe they see it as the athlete deserves it for their talent/skill/whatever?
I get your point, but I’m just trying to think like a Leftist.
He’s the pride of Millville NJ.
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