Run those banks. 8>)
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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The Mickey Mantle comparison has more to do with Trout's combination of speed, power, and charisma than any specific accomplishment on the field. Mike Trout is probably the best athlete to hit the mlb diamonds since Bo Jackson. Tremendous strength combined with world-class sprinter speed is a rare commodity.
I agree. Mike Trout’s the real deal and a good guy to boot. The numbers are mind numbing but if someone is going to get the biggest deal this year it ought to be him.
Today there are 30 teams and the odds are 1 in 15.
Based on how MLB has devolved over the decades, no one will ever come close to Mantel's WS records.....let alone even appearing in 12 World Series.
So it's unfair to compare Mantel to anyone in modern day baseball based on World Series records alone......
In which state does he claim residency?
The Astros regularly sell out or nearly sell out all season long. And the tickets aren’t cheap.
Whatever the traffic will bear.
I always see comments about MLB dying whenever a baseball related article is posted. It's just not true. The Washington Nationals had a .500 season last year and still averaged slightly over 31,000 in paid attendance per game.
I make it up there for about 10 games a year ( not last year...had a stroke and that ruined my baseball plans) and the park is always rocking. And it's full of families with kids.
All these best be hoping the bubble doesn’t burst......
Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout is close to finalizing a more
than $430 million, 12-year contract — the largest in U.S. professional sports
history — a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The reported $432 million deal comes weeks after Bryce Harper agreed to a
record-breaking, 13-year $330 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies
and surpasses the record once held by Arizona Diamondbacks Zack Greinke,
who signed a six-year contract that nets him $34,416,667 a year.
Trout’s contract, which will supersede the remaining two years of his
existing contract and keep the 27-year-old in Anaheim until 2030, will
score him $35,830,000 a year. Trout’s former six-year contract was
for $144.5 million.
Amazing!
And the teachers don’t even deserve that.
I don’t think so. Baseball brings in over 10 billion a year. Giving more money to the players is a good thing in the minds of the anti-capitalists. And if baseball sways someone’s vote, then they might want to rethink their priorities.
The guys probably don't have much of a chance of making the bigs, but they still have fun. A Home Run is a Home Run, whether in the local ballfield, or Yankee Stadium.
That, and my family can pay for parking, tickets right behind Home Plate, hot dogs, drinks, and a snack with a $100 bill, and still have some change left over. 100 Bucks wouldn't even let me look at the outside of Yankee Stadium.
Also, you sound a bit jealous.
It does not appear baseball or any other sport will ever run out of money. They have been predicting doomsday for decades and it never happens.
True. But that is not his fault. Mantle was fortunate to be on a winning team. It appears Trout is OK with being on a mediocre team, if that. That does not make him a worse player. Any one who judges a player by post season games is one dimensional.
Run those banks. 8>)
You make my point. Trout is playing with the Angles. He has no WS record. I’m just sayin’
Angels Games have had some relatively cheap seats, like $8.00 and $12.00. I hope the new salary does not make attending a game in person non-feasible for a family to do a couple times a season.
There was a local Single A teem near where I lived. I could drive 40 miles into LA to catch a Dodger game, and I saw many, or drive 12 miles and see the Quakes. 1/4 the price of a tickets cheep beer and dogs. It was fun baseball.
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