Around Baseball 2019

[Olerud363]

Well that was a red flag shown last year IIRC, that's way under his avg FB velo, could be something for sure.

 

I thought there was a rumor he was on the verge of signing an extension a few days ago?? I can't imagine the Red Sox extending him if there are any red flags. It will be telling if the extension is finalized or not. In the former case he's probably healthy, in the latter probably not.

[Dick_Pole]

Pujols isn't going anywhere until he gets his 2,000 RBI.

[TheHurl]

Watching the Angels game and Pujols is an absolute trainwreck at 1B. Three errors on two routine grounders in the same inning. They need to just accept the sunk cost and cut him.

 

There are a few milestones they obviously want him to reach. If he can get 18 RBI's (to get him to 2000) before Ohtani is ready to DH it would be a perfect time. He can Alomar it too...sitting at a .302 career average right now. A full season of .240 would probably leave him borderline to stay above .300. I'd have to do some math.

[G-Snarls]

Yankees sign Gio Gonzales to a minor league deal

 

Seems like he'll almost certainly get regular starts in April. Earns 3M if he makes the big league roster.

Edited March 19, 2019 by G-Snarls

[G-Snarls]

There are a few milestones they obviously want him to reach. If he can get 18 RBI's (to get him to 2000) before Ohtani is ready to DH it would be a perfect time. He can Alomar it too...sitting at a .302 career average right now. A full season of .240 would probably leave him borderline to stay above .300. I'd have to do some math.

 

I'm sure they're doing so rather begrudgingly of course

 

Won 2 World Series titles in St Louis

 

Has been in one playoff series in LA, in which he hit. 167

 

Watching him chase stats is not what they had in mind I'm sure. One of the worst contracts ever given out.

Edited March 19, 2019 by G-Snarls

[Grant77]

Mike Trout about to sign a 12 year 430 million dollar contract extension with the Angels.

[Krylian]

Mike Trout about to sign a 12 year 430 million dollar contract extension with the Angels.

 

Holy shitballs!

 

I wonder how Harper feels about this. Double whammy for him. His plan of courting Trout in the off-season goes out the window, and Trout's deal absolutely DWARFS his.

[Spanky__99]

Wowzers! He deserves it!

 

[glory]

Boras waits an eternity so he can beat Stanton's contract, and then a few weeks later Trout gets $100 million more.

 

Love it.

[flafson]

Hard to say that he deserves it, you basically pay him huge amount of money for past production. While he’s still elite, I believe his defence been falling off a cliff for a while now so it’s hard to believe he will continue this pace until he’s 40.

[Spanky__99]

[Spanky__99]

Hard to say that he deserves it, you basically pay him huge amount of money for past production. While he’s still elite, I believe his defence been falling off a cliff for a while now so it’s hard to believe he will continue this pace until he’s 40.

 

Deserves every cent.

[LGBJ29]

Hard to say that he deserves it, you basically pay him huge amount of money for past production. While he’s still elite, I believe his defence been falling off a cliff for a while now so it’s hard to believe he will continue this pace until he’s 40.

 

no it hasn't

[King]

Imagine having 600 mil in career earnings in the bank. I can't.

[Orgfiller]

Hard to say that he deserves it, you basically pay him huge amount of money for past production. While he’s still elite, I believe his defence been falling off a cliff for a while now so it’s hard to believe he will continue this pace until he’s 40.

 

Not really, his defense was elite his first season, that was probably an outlier, then he had a couple of poor/below-average seasons and has since settled in as an average/above-average fielder since. He's also gotten better as a hitter, consistently. He'll project for like 25-30 WAR in the next three years alone, Mike Trout is so good that unless injuries start to settle in he could easily produce surplus value in this deal, or more likely at least break even. That's worth it for literally one of the best players of all time, good on the Angels, hopefully they don't squander this opportunity like they have thus far in Trout's career.

[G-Snarls]

 

F'n awesome

 

Good for him

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

 

Stop the Insanity... I wanna get off of this world !!!! Shakes Head and says WTF !!!

 

And this is why Baseball is a joke , time for a Hard cap... the time has come, enough !!!

[dineke]

Holy shitballs!

 

I wonder how Harper feels about this. Double whammy for him. His plan of courting Trout in the off-season goes out the window, and Trout's deal absolutely DWARFS his.

 

Salary difference probably still smaller than the talent difference so Harper should be happy.

[Orgfiller]

Imagine having 600 mil in career earnings in the bank. I can't.

 

He'll also have produced billions of dollars in value for the Angels org. He's unfathomably good.

[glory]

Is the $430m counting the two years he has remaining or 12 years/$430m on top of what he has left?

 

If it's $430m on top of what he is already owed, then he's going to end up with over $570m in total earnings not counting any endorsements he has or whatever his signing bonus was. That's insane.

[Orgfiller]

Is the $430m counting the two years he has remaining or 12 years/$430m on top of what he has left?

 

If it's $430m on top of what he is already owed, then he's going to end up with over $570m in total earnings not counting any endorsements he has or whatever his signing bonus was. That's insane.

 

I would imagine it replaces his current deal, probably giving him a bit more AAV in those two years that he has remaining.

[LGBJ29]

Salary difference probably still smaller than the talent difference so Harper should be happy.

 

yup

 

Harper last 3 seasons: 11.8 fWAR

 

Trout last 3 seasons: 26.3 fWAR

 

Steamer also projects Trout to almost double Harper's fWAR next season

[Spanky__99]

Is the $430m counting the two years he has remaining or 12 years/$430m on top of what he has left?

 

If it's $430m on top of what he is already owed, then he's going to end up with over $570m in total earnings not counting any endorsements he has or whatever his signing bonus was. That's insane.

 

It includes the 2 years left... 35.8 AAV

[glory]

I would imagine it replaces his current deal, probably giving him a bit more AAV in those two years that he has remaining.

 

It includes the 2 years left... 35.8 AAV

 

So $430m on top of the $78m he's already made (according to BBREF). Over $500m. He did pretty well at this baseball thing.

[Spanky__99]

So $430m on top of the $78m he's already made (according to BBREF). Over $500m. He did pretty well at this baseball thing.

 

That's correct. He's signed through his 38 year old season.

[baseballsss]

That's correct. He's signed through his 38 year old season.

 

Happy to see Mike Trout get this payday but on a baseball level I wish he went to a team that was better managed. Probably never get to see Trout in the Workd Series now haha

[Spanky__99]

Happy to see Mike Trout get this payday but on a baseball level I wish he went to a team that was better managed. Probably never get to see Trout in the Workd Series now haha

 

Well, 12 years is a long time, lol.

[G-Snarls]

it’s hard to believe he will continue this pace until he’s 40.

 

Imagine if he could use the s*** that Bonds, ARod and Clemens used...

[Bobthe4th]

It’s time to relocate the cheap Rays:

 

[Bobthe4th]

Interesting article:

 

Mike Trout is rich after signing long-term with Angels, but he'll never be famous

 

The article surmises that only Harper and Judge would turn heads walking down a street. I just sent a message about Trout’s contract to a WhatsApp group of friends who are all sports fans, and only one had even heard Trout’s name before. Fair enough baseball has zero impact in the UK, but every single person in the group would recognise LeBron and have at least heard of a Tom Brady.

 

It just feels like baseball is so far behind other sports in marketing to fans and the wider public.