Mike Trout Reinforces His Halo

Post date: Mar 21, 2019 4:39:50 AM

The smoke has cleared, and the dust has settled. The apprehension of Mike Trout leaving the Angels in two years is no more. The biggest transaction of the off-season has been completed before even having the chance to become a free agent. I wanted to wait until the deal was official before I wrote this entry. It's now official, Mike Trout has signed a 12-year, $426.5 million contract, for the sake of simplicity I'm going to round the number of to 430 million since that's what the major media outlets have been reporting. The press conference will be on Sunday, March 24 at 3 PM. Pacific daylight Time.

I am ecstatic, the Angels have secured Mike Trout in Angels' uniform for the rest of his career. The contract, is the largest contract ever signed in the history of North American sports. No one deserves this type of contract more than Trout. He plays the game the right way, and much like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he speaks softly and carries a big stick.

Some sports pendants are questioning the contract, they argue that no matter what he does Trout can never live up to the contract; and still others, question the contract arguing that he is not marketable because he is not outspoken like other players, that's not Mike Trout style, and I doubt it will ever be. As I mentioned in my previous entry, Mike Trout is a throwback to a classic baseball player. He doesn't call much attention to himself and he quietly plays the game the right way, and I applaud the Angels for securing both his future and the future of the team. He is the best player of his generation, and if he can continue playing at the level that he's currently playing that is, if he doesn't get better which is a very scary proposition within itself for the rest of Major League Baseball, he may go down in history as the best player to ever play the game of baseball.

In addition to questioning the contract, detractors have questioned Mike Trout's desire to stay with the Halos, arguing that the Angels are "generic" that it was going to stay in California the Dodgers, the Giants,and arguably the biggest brand in baseball, the Yankees would be better choices for his career. I would argue against the Angels being "a generic franchise"; yes, the Angels may not be a marquee franchise like those mentioned above, but this is where Trout wanted to be, and the team of course, wanted to keep them. Mike Trout is a highly intelligent person and player, it is my belief, he would have tested the free-agent market if you didn't see something in the Angels franchise that pointed to his future ability to be successful with the team.

As a fan, I would like to thank Mike Trout for loving this team is much as a fan base does. I personally look forward to many wonderful and successful years to come, congratulations Mike Trout!

-ICE