ESPN: Mike Trout finalizing 12-year, $430 million extension with Angels, report says

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per ESPN:

Star center fielder Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are finalizing the largest contract in professional sports history, a 12-year deal worth more than $430 million that will smash previous records and could keep the greatest player of his generation with the Angels for the remainder of his career, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Trout, who has won two American League MVP awards and finished second four times, will receive an average of nearly $36 million a year, topping Zack Greinke's previous record average of $34.4 million with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The $430 million-plus total is more than 30 percent larger than the $330 million deal Bryce Harper signed with the Philadelphia Phillies on March 2 and bests boxer Canelo Alvarez's deal with DAZN by more than $65 million.

Trout was due to be a free agent following the 2020 season, at which point he was expected to set off a frenzied bidding war among the largest-market teams in the game. The clamoring already had begun, with Harper lobbying for Trout to join him in Philadelphia, which is 45 miles from Trout's hometown of Millville, New Jersey. But the Angels will nullify that possibility by tacking on 10 years to the final two seasons of his current six-year, $144.5 million deal, sources told ESPN.

A generational talent with an unparalleled set of skills among his peers, Trout has put together arguably the greatest start to a career in baseball history. In 1,065 games, he has slashed .307/.416/.573 with 240 home runs, 648 RBIs, 793 runs and 189 stolen bases. No player in history has put up more Wins Above Replacement through his age-26 season than Trout's 64.3.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26306935/sources-angels-trout-430m-extension

Win Twins!!
 

For those keeping track at home:

If this deal works out, Trout will get $221,193 per GAME for 12 seasons, or $98,173 per DAY, every day for 12 years.

Win Twins!!
 

Baseball isn't worth a 2 dollar ticket for the very reason that payroll is out of control. And, moron after moron is sucked into the gate to watch what they could do for free in a church softball league with their friends and family. And, the beer and dogs are cheaper and easily affordable.
 

Baseball isn't worth a 2 dollar ticket for the very reason that payroll is out of control. And, moron after moron is sucked into the gate to watch what they could do for free in a church softball league with their friends and family. And, the beer and dogs are cheaper and easily affordable.

Good of you to educate others on what to do with the money they earn. Not surprising though... Sounding more and more like Broke/Cruze every day
 

Baseball isn't worth a 2 dollar ticket for the very reason that payroll is out of control. And, moron after moron is sucked into the gate to watch what they could do for free in a church softball league with their friends and family. And, the beer and dogs are cheaper and easily affordable.

Yeah, guys like Mike Trout and Mookie Betts are no more entertaining than watching a 50 year old overweight softball player try running around the bases.
 


He's going to get paid over $50,000 for each strike out...

Honestly that is mind boggling money. $100k a day, every day for 12 years.
 

He's going to get paid over $50,000 for each strike out...

Honestly that is mind boggling money. $100k a day, every day for 12 years.

Think about what the top actors make for some movies. I believe Robert Downey Jr made like $80M for Iron Man 3 alone.
 

Think about what the top actors make for some movies. I believe Robert Downey Jr made like $80M for Iron Man 3 alone.

I don't like comparing sports money to other types of money. RD Jr did his job and got paid for it. Trout could literally strike out 4 times in a game and still make $220k.
 

I don't like comparing sports money to other types of money. RD Jr did his job and got paid for it. Trout could literally strike out 4 times in a game and still make $220k.

He also made a little over $3K a game when he finished 2nd in MVP voting in back to back years and about $6K a game when he won his first MVP. In those cases, I would say he did his job better than just about anyone else in the world could yet made no where near the most. Just like with Mauer, it usually evens out in the end to some extent.
 






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