For the Angels to retain Mike Trout, it cost owner Arte Moreno more than twice the $184 million he paid for the entire franchise in 2003
Mike Trout, left, is getting an extension $100 million richer than Bryce Harper's recent contract with the Phillies.
Trout, a seven-time all-star and two-time American League Most Valuable Player, is already considered the best player of his generation, and at his current trajectory could rank as the best of all-time by the time he is done. And now, it appears, he will finish his career with the only franchise he has ever known; the new contract reportedly has no opt-outs.
But those possibilities all disappeared on Tuesday. The Angels — who, notably, have made just one playoff appearance in Trout’s eight seasons — worked quietly behind the scenes in negotiating with Trout, as word of those discussions failed to leak until Tuesday’s blast that a deal was near. For the Angels to retain Trout, it cost owner Arte Moreno more than twice as much as the $184 million he paid for the entire franchise in 2003.
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