Trout, 12/430

[Moose Milligan]

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

[interloper]

Bonkers. I'm so glad he's off the board. The Manny/Harper thing was not good entertainment this offseason. 

[Can_of_corn]

Harper's recruitment didn't work.  I'm shocked.

Good on Trout and the Angels.  Hope he stays healthy.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Harper's recruitment didn't work.  I'm shocked.

Good on Trout and the Angels.  Hope he stays healthy.

Trout is what Harper thinks he is.  

[lovetoaster]

5 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Trout is what Harper thinks he is.  

That's such a great statement

[Luke-OH]

The PR/intangible value of having the possibly the best player ever as a career-long member of your team is probably pretty darn high. Smart move by the Angels, I'm sure they are insuring it to some degree against injury. 

[theocean]

WOAH. I like this deal for the Angels. $36M AAV isn't too other-worldly to have the best player in baseball in your uniform their entire career. Hopefully they can put a team around him so we can see him in some playoff games!

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Luke-OH said:

The PR/intangible value of having the possibly the best player ever as a career-long member of your team is probably pretty darn high. Smart move by the Angels, I'm sure they are insuring it to some degree against injury. 

Yep, it looks good for them.  Now, hopefully, they can build around him.  Trout needs to be in the playoffs and he needs a title.  

[interloper]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yep, it looks good for them.  Now, hopefully, they can build around him.  Trout needs to be in the playoffs and he needs a title.  

Seriously. Get this guy a ring already.

[interloper]

13 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Trout is what Harper thinks he is.  

God it's so true.

[Luke-OH]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Yep, it looks good for them.  Now, hopefully, they can build around him.  Trout needs to be in the playoffs and he needs a title.  

If Ohtani gets healthy, that helps a lot and they have a group of uber-athletic prospects, Jo Adell being the most likely potential star of the group.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Luke-OH said:

If Ohtani gets healthy, that helps a lot and they have a group of uber-athletic prospects, Jo Adell being the most likely potential star of the group.

Didn't they have the 30th ranked system a year or two ago?

[Luke-OH]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Didn't they have the 30th rank system a year or two ago?

Yeah, it was terrible, it's improved quickly. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Scott Boras right now:

 

[Natty]

So what, we have Davis.