ESPN: Angels Open to Trout Trade

[Pat Kelly]

Do the Os kick the tires on this?  RF /DH MOO bat upgrade.  Maybe Angels pick up some of the $ depending on the prospects.   Could likely provide value that no one else could match without doing long term damage.   Better veteran bat than Hick or Frazier LOL. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38369441/report-angels-open-trading-mike-trout-wants-out

[yark14]

Let's book it.

[Mooreisbetter27]

I really like Trout but the guy gets injured a lot. And doesn’t he have back issues?

No thanks.

[Gurgi]

He also cost like 245 million.  No way Angelos picks that up and gives up prospects.   Some other team will stupidly take on forever injured Trout but it wont be the Orioles.

[oriole]

The only team out there dumb enough to take on Trouts contract AND send prospects are the Angels. 
 

I wouldn’t want him even if it was purely taking on the rest of his contract. $37 million a year for the next 7 years is stupid money for a guy who is on the wrong side of 30 and is creating a habit of going on the IL every year. That’s not to say the guy isn’t going to be a great player, but it’s not worth the risk. 
 

I would do something along the lines of trading a couple of our top pieces if it meant they pay like $20 million a year on his contract. But that ain’t happening 

[Frobby]

Can we put him in a Time Machine and go back about ten years?   If so, I’d be interested.   Otherwise, he’s still a very good player when healthy, but he’s hurt too much and probably won’t come close to earning his astronomicsl salaries  between now and 2030.  He’s got 7/$259.8 mm coming to him.  He’d have to produce about 32.5 WAR to be worth that.  

[Aristotelian]

Might they be interested in Hays plus prospects?

[Gurgi]

I think this is perfect for a dumb team like the Yankees or the Rangers.   The Orioles are not going to get close to this guy for nothing. 

[Gurgi]

Why dont they package Trout and Rendon together and pay 300 million of the guaranteed money and we send them Norby.   Then maybe.   

Honestly that would still probably to be too much money for us to spend.  

[CallMeBrooksie]

Sounds like Steve Cohen's music

[Frobby]

I wonder if Mookie Betts could eventually pass Trout in career WAR.   He’s a year younger, seemingly a lot healthier.  He has some serious catching up to do but he’s piling up some good numbers.  

rWAR: Trout 85.1 (2.7 this year), Betts 64.2 (8.0)
fWAR: Trout 85.1 (3.0 this year), Betts 58.2 (7.9 this year).

I guess closing the fWAR gap is almost impossible.  rWAR a lot more feasible though very difficult.  

Trout is starting to feel a lot like the Ken Griffey of his day (though he already has more rWAR than Griffey in about 55% of the PA).   The injuries won’t quite let him do what he used to do.
 

[OriolesMagic83]

22 minutes ago, oriole said:

The only team out there dumb enough to take on Trouts contract AND send prospects are the Angels. 
 

I wouldn’t want him even if it was purely taking on the rest of his contract. $37 million a year for the next 7 years is stupid money for a guy who is on the wrong side of 30 and is creating a habit of going on the IL every year. That’s not to say the guy isn’t going to be a great player, but it’s not worth the risk. 
 

I would do something along the lines of trading a couple of our top pieces if it meant they pay like $20 million a year on his contract. But that ain’t happening 

I would say Cohen, but he seems to have figured out you can't just buy your way to the World Series (unless it means buying prospects).

[spleen1015]

1 hour ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

I really like Trout but the guy gets injured a lot. And doesn’t he have back issues?

No thanks.

This times a million.

[Jagwar]

Let him go to the Yankees and hang out on the IL with Stanton. 

[Winter]

if planning on spending that kind of money for hitting you can do it in free agency and not trade away prospects, if prospects are traded it should be to shore up the rotation long term.