Angels’ Mike Trout is about to make a lot of money for a long time
Mar 19, 2019, 10:12 AM
Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout talks to the media during a news conference at their spring baseball training facility in Tempe, Ariz., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Angels center fielder Mike Trout is about to get paid.
Trout is nearing a deal to remain with Los Angeles on a 10-year contract extension worth a record amount of $363.5 million. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports Trout’s extension, plus two years remaining on his current deal, will surpass $430 million.
Trout would have become a free agent following the 2020 season, and his new contract keeps him with the Angels through 2030.
At an average yearly value of $36 million, he will become the highest paid athlete per year, bettering the $34.4 million per season that Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke will have made over the length of his six-year, $206.5 million contract.
It’s also, unsurprisingly, a larger deal than the recent contracts signed by fellow baseball men Manny Machado and Bryce Harper.
Of course, fellow pro athletes chimed in, as did the general sports Twitter population, following the reports.
When Mike Trout finally answers Bryce Harper’s phone call this morning pic.twitter.com/Uql8DJCF04
— Daniel Shiferaw (@dshif) March 19, 2019
kyler murray after seeing this pic.twitter.com/jFaZAO55Ch
— Ben Clemens (@ben_c_18) March 19, 2019
Mike Trout's contract: $35.8 million AAV
The 2019 Tampa Bay Rays 25-man payroll: $39.7 million
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) March 19, 2019
— ℂ𝕒𝕪💧 (@caymiendavis) March 19, 2019
Luke Walton’s reaction to Mike Trout’s contract: “I called home, I said, “Babe, go buy a baseball bat. Throw all the basketballs away. We are now a baseball family.” (For his four year old son)
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) March 19, 2019
Hey @HoustonTexans, Mike Trout and I kinda look alike… so how do you feel about 12 years, $430 million fully guaranteed for me too? 😂😂😂
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 19, 2019
At $36M a year, Mike Trout now has a higher salary than the entire Kentucky Wildcats basketball team’s payroll. But not by much.
— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) March 19, 2019
Hey Mike Trout can I take out a loan…
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) March 19, 2019
Trout calling his friends with the news. pic.twitter.com/lqF3JFtMaC
— Carlos Navarro (@ToTheTopCarlos) March 19, 2019
Kris Bryant was informed that Arte Moreno bought the Angels for $184 million.
“That’s crazy,” Bryant said. “Mike Trout can buy that team now. Twice.”
— Andy "Kind Guy" McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) March 19, 2019
Sources: Emmanuel Sanders signs 1-year, $500,billion,kazillion deal to become closer for the @Rockies.
This is the only evidence that he can actual pitch but apparently it was enough to sign the largest deal in pro-sports history. pic.twitter.com/krteMDtuyd
— Emmanuel Sanders (@ESanders_10) March 19, 2019
— Miles (@m3hnash) March 19, 2019
Put the money in the big bag!!!! 😂🙌🏿💯 https://t.co/zATBNDPFre
— Dontrelle Willis (@DTrainMLB) March 19, 2019
— JP (@justus_parker) March 19, 2019
