Angels extend Mike Trout

[Price]

6 year extension.

mg5: :holyshit: :sex: :yesyesyes:

:trouty:

 

[EmpireWF]

Trout deal for $144.5M. Average annual value is nearly $24.1M. Makes Trout third #Angels player with AAV of at least $24M (Pujols, Trout).

@Alden_gonzalez

Free agent at 29.

 

[Youk]

I don't math well, how many years does that make it? Slacking on the info.

 

[Primetime]

I don't math well, how many years does that make it? Slacking on the info.

6 year extension.

mg5: :holyshit: :sex: :yesyesyes:

:trouty:

 

[dave]

Who is Trout's agent ... and why did he sign off on that deal?

 

[Youk]

cant quote your horseshit

He added that later after my friendly reminder.

 

[EmpireWF]

Who is Trout's agent ... and why did he sign off on that deal?

Why wouldn't he?

 

[MVPete]

Who is Trout's agent ... and why did he sign off on that deal?

Not Scott Boras would be my guess.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Trout should have been the first half billion dollar deal.

 

[dave]

Why wouldn't he?

I get that it's a lot of money, but on market value, Trout's deal sucks. If Cabrera is worth $29M a year, what is Trout worth? Giving up six years of free agency for that deal is insane. The agent that told Trout he should sign that deal should be fired.

 

[Price]

He's only giving up 3 years of free agency.

 

[dave]

He's only giving up 3 years of free agency.

Three years from now that could be $16 million a year lost because he settled for $24M a year, maybe more. He never should have signed for more than three years. If he told the Angels he was good for 3-years and $72M, they do the deal in a second. Instead, he gives them three years of his free agency too. Insane. I get that this is great money for you or I, but in market terms Trout just lost at least $50 million, maybe more.

 

[Palooza]

Three years from now that could be $16 million a year lost because he settled for $24M a year, maybe more. He never should have signed for more than three years. If he told the Angels he was good for 3-years and $72M, they do the deal in a second. Instead, he gives them three years of his free agency too. Insane. I get that this is great money for you or I, but in market terms Trout just lost at least $50 million, maybe more.

Pretty sure it says in the contract that he is getting $50 million worth of diamond encrusted Beats, so he can sell them and donate the money to charity.

 

[Primetime]

Three years from now that could be $16 million a year lost because he settled for $24M a year, maybe more. He never should have signed for more than three years. If he told the Angels he was good for 3-years and $72M, they do the deal in a second. Instead, he gives them three years of his free agency too. Insane. I get that this is great money for you or I, but in market terms Trout just lost at least $50 million, maybe more.

So the Angels would pay Trout $72M for nothing? He would have been on the team until 2017 regardless of pay. The Angels are paying him for those 3 extra years as there is no other point to the deal.

 

[SethMode]

Three years from now that could be $16 million a year lost because he settled for $24M a year, maybe more. He never should have signed for more than three years. If he told the Angels he was good for 3-years and $72M, they do the deal in a second. Instead, he gives them three years of his free agency too. Insane. I get that this is great money for you or I, but in market terms Trout just lost at least $50 million, maybe more.

 

[EmpireWF]

Three years from now that could be $16 million a year lost because he settled for $24M a year, maybe more. He never should have signed for more than three years. If he told the Angels he was good for 3-years and $72M, they do the deal in a second. Instead, he gives them three years of his free agency too. Insane. I get that this is great money for you or I, but in market terms Trout just lost at least $50 million, maybe more.

LA only does this to get some of his early FA years. Why does Trout agree now? Because otherwise, he won't be making $20+ mil for a few more years and who knows what may happen health wise. So, he gets big money earlier than normal AND if all goes well for him, he can get another big deal before he's even 30.

 

[NAHSTE]

Great deal for both sides, this seems to be the new way of operating for clubs. The Angels lock up the prime years and get a slight bargain on a short-term FA deal which they had no prayer of getting Trout to sign once he hit the open market, and Trout still sets himself up for another huge deal down the road.

If Trout hits the FA market at 26, he is commanding an 8-10 year commitment at some ungodly AAV. Getting him signed for his age 26-29 season is a coup for the Angels no matter the dollars. Meanwhile, Trout gets paid upfront now and doesn't have to navigate the arbitration process year to year. He is assured security for life should his career (god forbid) go the way of Sizemore or Griffey, and this won't prevent him from still getting a record setting deal once this one expires.

Nice compromise for both sides and great for the game of baseball. Fail to see a downside.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Great deal for both sides, this seems to be the new way of operating for clubs. The Angels lock up the prime years and get a slight bargain on a short-term FA deal which they had no prayer of getting Trout to sign once he hit the open market, and Trout still sets himself up for another huge deal down the road.

If Trout hits the FA market at 26, he is commanding an 8-10 year commitment at some ungodly AAV. Getting him signed for his age 26-29 season is a coup for the Angels no matter the dollars. Meanwhile, Trout gets paid upfront now and doesn't have to navigate the arbitration process year to year. He is assured security for life should his career (god forbid) go the way of Sizemore or Griffey, and this won't prevent him from still getting a record setting deal once this one expires.

Nice compromise for both sides and great for the game of baseball. Fail to see a downside.

Just to inject it, Trout hits FA at 29 years old unless the Angels extend him. He's likely getting an enormous extension that is greater than the one Miguel Cabrera just got, if salaries continue to go up. Great for Trout to set himself up like that again, but it's certainly a downside for the Angels, where they have to decide if they let him walk at peak production, or pay through the nose on his decline.

It's not an easy answer, and it will be talked about the same way people are talking about the Cabrera deal now.