While you're at it I've got a question about 1:20 Is that "Sowry" I'm hearing? I better not be watching no video about baseball made by no Canadian. I'm deep south!!
The ONLY meaningful stat in baseballs is team ERA. Dump all the centuries of baseball stats, from all the different eras of spitballs to juiced balls and whatever, into a multinomial regression program, and the ONLY variable of ANY statistical significance is team ERA. I've seen this done and witnessed the results. Good pitching beats good hitting. It's as simple as that. And this is a zero-sum game, as it happens. Good hitters only acquire their stats when facing pitchers who suck, which most of them do or we wouldn't remember the stand-outs.. When facing top-shelf pitching, the best hitters statistically suck. There are a few exceptions for truly exceptional hitters but they are so few and far between as to be insignificant in the grand scheme of things for the average MLB hitter. I think Yogi Berra said something like "90% of baseball is 80% pitching", and he wasn't far wrong, even in his way of expressing himself. IOW, buying offensive firepower at the expense of pitching is stupid. If your pitching can shut down the other teams, even if they have a few very talented hitters, then you're going to win most of your games. The best hitters are only intentionally walked if the fielding team lacks confidence in its pitchers to strike them out or make them hit into double-plays. If the fielding team lacks that fear, then the best hitters on the other side almost always strike out or hit into double plays. Seriously, 333 is considered a great batting average, but it still means that guy is out 2 of every 3 times to the plate. IOW, at worst, even the generally unexceptional run of pitchers still win 2 out of 3 plate appearances against even the top-shelf hitters. So there is more to leverage in finding the best arms than there is in finding the best bats.
The fact that the Angels had Trout and Ohtani but still blew their post season chances is insane. I know anything can happen, but you had the two best ball players in the world and still couldn’t even make the wild card. Shoulda been in win it now mode.
@@laisaechao7289 Poor management. Granted Pujols was past his prime but still good enough that you’d think they could contend a lot better than they did.
Trout's tragedy is of his own making. He chose to take a long-term contract with the Angels rather than becoming a free agent and moving to a contending team. He prioritized comfort over winning.
That's how I feel too! He could sign with a contender, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, even Astros and he'd have his ring(s). But instead he chose to stay with Angels year after year. For what?? He's not gullible or naive; he chose to stay with a dont-give-a-f team. So he asked for this and he got it.
the fact that ohtani did it and took on the heat says everything. yes you leave your loyalty but its obvious the owner is expecting the minimum to spend on the team at the expense of big names. how is that loyalty when they treat them like 9-5 employees who do the minimum. like 4 years of the same conversation of this angels team and now theyre down to one great player. yet, i think trout enjoys this complacency. never once has he shown signs of wanting to move away.
It's a shame his career was wasted on a franchise that really didn't care. It makes one wonder what other players in MLB got lost in history because their ownership was trash.
@@nofurtherwest3474 yes their very notorious record of spending in free agency and well thought draft picks surly did wonders for the angles. arte doesnt gaf about anything but his wallet
Trout chose generational wealth I would have too. As a anaheim native the pain I have endured for the angels and ducks has no bounds. Arte needs to sell this team to a competent person
Atre Moreno is the worst owner in baseball. It started when he traded David eckstien and he was mvp for st Louis when they won the world series and continued with the likes of Vernon wells Gary Matthew's jr.and made no effort to keep shohei..
Let’s all be clear. We’re all pretending he got robbed. He signed contracts based on getting rich. He made choices knowing would never get where he wanted with the Angels.
I agree. This isn't the dead ball era where teams own their players. He could have signed elsewhere and work his way up the minors but in today's game, it's rare to find a one team player out there. He decided to sign that contract to tie him up til 2030. He did it for the money, if he wanted championships then he should have shopped around. I mean Ohtani saw the writing on the wall and decided he wasn't going to stay on, he wanted to be a champ. Trout is being paid just like he wanted.
@@paullarkin7584 Loyalty to WHAT? To an ownership that clearly has no intention of building a winning team around him? Sorry, the word is DELUSIONAL if Trout believes otherwise. Something tells me he doesn't though; he fully understands that Angels will never win and he seems oddly OK with that. Nah, This dude is just fine with his lot. Maybe the lesson is for us: Never want more for someone than they want for themselves; to do so is futile...
Trout had the chance to leave the Angels when his contract was up, and instead of moving to another team, chose the easy path of security and familiarity. He has no one but himself to blame.
Poor fella suffers so ----- all he gets is about $148,000 a game whether he plays or not. Nobody forced him to sign that 12-year contract averaging $23.8 million a year. I find it difficult to feel too sad over his "tragic" fate!
Don't get me wrong, the man is incredibly succesful and made a bag. It's just tragic that one of the best players of all time has only season the post season once and has been plagued by injuries towards the back half of his career.
I feel about as sorry for him as I can feel for a guy who's made generational wealth playing a game that most of us love and play (or have played) for free. So yeah, not "tragic". But I do get the point of the video -- would be nice to see him play in October once in a while.
If you're looking for a flaw in a narrative sense, you could call it loyalty. Trout signed an extension to stay with the Angels instead of pursuing more money on the open market. He choose to stay, he should the Angels trust and it will probably cost him a world series
this! Dude should have just left and went anywhere else. Honestly the least competent org in the league, literally had the two best players in the league and couldn't even sniff the playoffs. Even Oakland can put a strong team together every once in a while and make it to the playoffs in the same division.
He didn't waste his career. He's been at the top of his sport for a decade, and will be first ballot HOF. He never won a championship or a World Series, but that's down to limitations with his team and owners. He's certainly been richly rewarded and his family is financially secure for life. I'd call that a result.
He committed to one team, one set of fans, and one city. You don’t see that everyday. I applaud him for having the career he has without having any backup.
@@rickmoranis5242you could put the top 5 best players in baseball on the same team and they could still miss the playoffs. This ain’t basketball buddy.
@@djLagwayEnjoyerand not once did he say he can win with Ohtani. He only corrected the guy above by saying Trout had another amazing teammate. He had backup.
People are acting like Mike Trout is the only great baseball player that's never won a ring. How come Ken Griffey Jr. , Barry Bonds, Ted Williams or Tony Gwynn never got this kinda smack? All those guys were also on WAY better teams.
A close friend of mine is a die heart Angels fan. I just question myself as to what is there to be a fan over with this franchise? Year after year failure appearances to the playoffs? A crooked team owner? Seeing such an amazing team player waste his professional career on a sub par team? I’ll never understand.
Such is the nature of team sport, especially baseball where one player has a more limited influence on the outcome of the game compare to other major pro sport.
He chose to stay in LAA ... it's didn't waste his career. He wanted it that way so he can collect cheques without having to deal with the media and pressures of winning a WS. Ohtani is built for pressure and expectations. He's a different beast. People expected him to be the baseball prodigy since he was 12
or maybe he's really loyal. he would get collect "cheques" anywhere. i don't think it's about the money with Trout. He really is a good person which is why you don't hear crap about him outside of baseball
The last time he was180 was in HS.... Most delusional take ever. His injuries have been freak things for the most part, broken thumb stealing a base, hamate bone, HBP wrist, and people are forgetting he took 40 games off one year when his brother in law committed suicide. The back issue was the one non contact injury, and he didn't lose any weight, he changed his workouts.
Great video. I have a cousin who was drafted by the Angels a few years ago and I really hope they turn things around there. Trout has had an incredible career and I would love to see him make it to the World Series before he retires.
@@BottomoftheInningwatch em win the division and make the ALCS only to lose to the Yankees... Doesn't seem as farfetched as the Dbacks making the World Series
It's because great pitching is the most important part of a winning baseball games. Priority order of the 5 tools regarding a team as a whole. 1 - pitching, 2nd - hitting for contact, 3rd - base running, 4th - hitting for power, 5th -fielding. When teams are built with this in mind, they win baseball games. It's not like basketball where star players can carry a team
That is not true. In basketball, you need a team to win a championship. It's a lot harder to win a championship in the nba, much like the mlb. A star player in the nba needs a decent team in order to get over the hump much like baseball.
Ok the point being that in the NBA you have five guys on the floor and one great player can greatly have an effect...he can touch the ball nearly every posession. In MLB, you can be great, but your 1/9 in a batting order and you just get to field balls that are hit to you. Everything else is out of your control
The Angels should have a statue of Trout within any view within the stadium. Going into the bathroom? Trout statue. Going to buy a hotdog? Trout statue. Going to buy some merch? Trout statue. Going to scout a place the team could put their nonexistent World Series trophies? Trout Statue. Trout everywhere. They owe him at least that.
Fans are easily gullible, I know, I was one. The goal of the owners is to make money, not win championships. When you realize that, you will realize what a dumb idea it is to have a "team". You have an owner or owners. That's it.
@@shannysalcedo3627 For smaller-market owners, chasing a great" team" is unsustainable because of payroll costs and potential luxury tax penalties, which outpace the limited revenue their local markets can generate. Plus while the bigger markets can absorb huge risk contract losses smaller markets/owners can't forcing more conservative approach. Smaller markets do rely more on league revenue-sharing but the imbalance is still too great and I am not a proponent of even greater revenue sharing at this time. Revenue sharing isn’t tied to team performance, so there’s little to limited financial reward for consistently winning. Plus, the risks of injury, trades, and variability make heavy investment in winning seasons a high-cost, low-reward gamble for these teams.
The thing about Trout’s/Moreno’s Angels was that they were a tease. They did sign players, but almost all turned out comically terrible. Whenever spring comes around everybody had some hope in the Angels which would get die off by the middle of the season. They got into weird situations such as under-invested, devastated and depleted bullpen that necessitated a draft in which they drafted mostly pitchers. Insane. It’s doubly tragic that they got their hands on Ohtani. They had some sort of systematic problem that nobody seems to be bothered enough to resolve.
Players are remembered not only by regular season stats, but by their moments in October. Maybe thats not fair to Trout, but it will be part of his legacy.
The sad thing to say about the Angels, they been like this since the early 80’s to 90’s They had big names on those teams, but was lacking certain players, and always lost to the Boston Red Sox. They finally win it all in 2002. You figure they continue success after that, but nope. Back to their old ways. Trout is one of those players, dedicated to one team and will probably end up retiring there regardless if they ever win a World Series or not.
Almost like it takes more than one person to win baseball games. The only player on a baseball field that has the highest chance of impact on a win without any other player input is the pitcher. Even they require the catcher to be good.
Lets not forget barry bonds. He was one of one. 02 giants were dragged to ws by him. But yea need a team to help. Maybe prime pedro , randy johnson were on that type of level
@@kenw2225as a kid growing up in SF at the time, and huge fan of Barry... He did not drag the team to the World series? It was a good team all around. Jeff Kent, Benito Santiago, Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton, JT Snow, Rich Aurilia, David Bell, Rob Nen. Heck even Benito got the NLCS MVP over Bonds to get them to the world series
I have been saying what your video says in private since about 2014. Trout has been incredible to watch. It's not over though, he needs to come to the Phillies.
Some people value loyalty more than rings. Not everyone is like that, and not everyone will understand it. Most of his critics who love giving him free career advice will never sign a 9 figure contract. Trout is different. A last of a dying breed.
Dudes net worth is 140million with more money coming in every second. Doesn't sound like a tragic loss to me. Dude is killing the individual stats and skipping to the bank.
Trout chose to sign that contract with the Angels and now he will waste away there. Pure stupidity baseball-wise. Yeah he made a ton of money, but another team like the Phillies would've paid him the same. He chose the Angels when he resigned.
@kenw2225 Why would you trust the Angels org to put a team around you when he could've picked almost any other team that has a track record of success? It's on him for picking the Angels and still picking them to this day. If he demanded a trade they'd move him. He's content with losing.
You seem to be forgetting something? Location. Maybe he didnt want to move to the east coast and deal with the added pressure and expectations of winning a championship. He could just be happy with playing baseball and making lot of money with zero press.
@@shannysalcedo3627then hes no competitor if he thinks that way. If you want to be the best you have to show the world that you can play even when theres added pressure. Dont be a coward and take the easy way out
It’s probably too late..or not sure But, trout should have made a contract with Angels limited only for a year and should’ve got out then looked around other opportunities in entire MLB franchises… I got nothing but a love for this super talented ball player Mike Trout 🥇
Most people seem to forget that Rendon was also in the same roster as Trout and Ohtani. Rendon was not only a great bat, he was one of the best, if not the best defender at third. I think they relied too much on their offense and hoped they would outscore the opponents but Rendon and Trout barely played more than 60 games a season for the last 5-6 seasons. Injuries ruined his career, not being in the wrong franchise. I imagine the Angels being hesistant to spend and trade because they can't trust their best hitters keeping themselves healthy for a full season.
What I love about baseball is that you love your team but you respect every player, we Dodgers would love Trout and Judge and can’t hate a team for players, we are rivals not enemies… except Machado
Sir, a minor point, but it hurt my heart when you pronounced Al Kaline as “Al Ka-LINE” instead of “Al KAY-line”. I’m sure Kaline made about 1% of Trout’s take home pay. But a guy like Al Kaline wasn’t in it for the money. He just loved baseball, loved the Tigers, and he did have that one World Series win in 1968. Yes, the last year without playoffs. Winning the pennant really meant something back then. Detroit loved the man. RIP Mr. Tiger.
Mike Trout and the Angels is probably the most tragic toxic relationship ive ever seen. Trout holds the Angels back just as much as the Angels holds him back. I hope he doesnt regret not being traded, because neither he nor the team will improve with him there.
That contract certainly isn't anyone's tragedy. Seriously a tragedy is when a great player gets hurt or killed. Not somebody who's chased the money and only now regrets it
Don't worry about Mike Trout if he wanted to win he could have signed with the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs, Red Sox, he is comfortable in no pressure Anaheim, and he collects nearly $40 million a year to play 39% of regular season games (319 out of 810 regular season games the last 5 years).
I’ve been a lifelong diehard fan of the California angels. The same thing happened in the 80s when we had Nolan Ryan I truly believe this might’ve been one of the first baseball teams that didn’t give a shit about anything else other than ticket sales. They got Reggie Jackson, the next year after he was Mr. October. He went to the Angels and pretty much did nothing rest of his career. We got cheated out of a World Series by Boston, who most of the team was taking steroids and it wasn’t known until after they won the World Series from New York. That same year Vlad won the home run derby. He jumped ship losing millions because most of the team players only cared about a paycheck not how many games they won or lost. It is very strange how it came can have so many losses in the season and still sell out games.
Terrible, misleading thumbnails, “I wasted my career.” Mike Trout has too much class to utter such a disrespectful statement. Why do you RUclipsrs put clickbait over truth? This is a great tropic with good content. But, you lose fans like me when you misrepresent the best athlete in all of sports.
Unfortunately a lot of Trout's accolades and accomplishments are individual stats only. Trout is not clutch. I haven't heard Angels fans or broadcasters call Trout clutch in over 5 years. I have heard Angels broadcasters refer to Neto as clutch most recently but Trout being called clutch has been years and years. Trout has many solo home runs unfortunately and when RISP in pivotal game winning ot go ahead situations nothing, nada, zilch!
Clutch isn't a thing in a game of luck. He never had a decent team, ever.
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Just saying Trout is not clutch is 100% meaningless. You have to at least back it with some stats.
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@@SportsPlug-cp1eq Wow. Never heard anyone call baseball a game of luck. Pretty absurd observation there. Are all sports luck in your eyes? Why would anyone even bother watching baseball if it is pure luck? Don't see 40,000 fans at a Bingo parlor, and Bingo is certainly a game of luck, with the only possible skill being marking your card quickly and possibly giving CPR to the old lady you just gave a heart attack to by yelling BINGO in her hearing aid. Anyways, Baseball is a game of skill. Trout may not have ever been on a good team, but even bad teams have their own clutch situations and clutch hitters. Though admittedly, a good team would provide many more opportunities for a batter to have the chance to deliver in the clutch. Not saying there isn't an iota of luck in most things in life. A bad bounce can be construed as bad luck on a fielder, for example. But good clutch hitters do not rely on such things as fickle luck to get their job done.
Cant knock a man's loyalty, thats for sure. When it's all said and done, if he remains an Angel, Ill respect the hell out of him for staying. Not many people these days remain faithful
@@BottomoftheInning It's not always about loyalty tho he has fulfilled his loyalty obligations but there comes a time when it is not a virtue but a detriment. I wouldn't respect him at all for not being a marketer of baseball by playing in the postseason. His loyalty is a his greatest flaw
HOW CAN HE BE THE BEST AMERICAN BORN BASEBALL PLAYER🤔 NEVER HAD A 200 HIT SEASON, ONLY 100 RBI 3X, BATTING UNDER 300 7X, NEVER SNIFFED A WS LET ALONE AN ALCS🥴 TED WILLIAMS HEAD IS ROLLING IN A CRYOGENIC FRIDGE😂🤣😂 RIP TEDDY BALLGAME.
I would say making over $500 million to play a kids game not even close to tragic. There are players that have multiple rings and barely saw the field to win them. I would take Trout's career over theirs any day of the week. The bad thing about Trout's career is the injuries. Just like Griffey Jr., Trout could have had an even better career that is already awesome.
I play full-court basketball twice a week. I play pretty hard, running up and down the court. I have not missed a game in years and have never had an athletic surgery. I'm 62 years old. I have been asked a number of times how I have done that. First, I have always kept myself in good physical condition. Perhaps just as important, I have been lucky. Another player has never run down court, slipped and crashed into the side of my knees. And finally, I am put together with some pretty good glue, so to speak. My bones are strong and the ligaments and tendons seem to be heavy-duty. Trout has probably been unlucky. And I would guess that his tendons and ligaments are not well-matched to his muscle strength, speed and quickness.
The tragedy isn’t him staying with the Angels and be loyal to them, the tragedy is the Angels team themselves for not executing on having Trout and got blessed with Ohtani only for them to not be a good team overall
Since he was drafted in 2009 the following long suffering or usually incompetent teams have hoisted the commissioner’s trophy- SF Giants 3x, Royals, Cubs, Astros 2x, Nationals and Rangers. All of whom with the exception of the Cubs coming off a 98 win season in 2008 had the chance to draft him. Worse yet was how they didn’t even make the playoffs in the expanded 16 team format in 2020 🤦♂️
Trout has played in only one playoff series in his career, and his team got swept in that series. He's been on terrible teams his entire career. The last few seasons, he's been injured every year! The Angels signed him to a ridiculous contract, and they can't get out of it.
Expecting him to stay hot during covid is quite a stretch. They tend to be streaky but everything else I agree with. He likely would have gotten injured and not finished. I didn’t realize he was so injury prone
Arte Moreno took a Championship team and destroyed its entire operations. I was born in Anaheim and a lifelong fan of the Angels. Was a huge slap in the face to rebrand the team as “Los Angeles”. This team will NEVER get back to being good again until he sells the team. And now Trout is injured…again… Tragic story.
I was at a game a few years back. He came to bat with men on base and the other team had a Multi-player meeting on the mound. They spent I swear several minutes trying figure out how to pitch him and where to position everyone. It just went on and on and we were humming final jeopardy. All that prep and Trout hit the next pitch for an RBI single.
Trout barely plays as he is constantly injured. He has averaged 66 games played in the last 4 seasons. How does that help the Angels? Trout poor availability makes him part of the problem.
Think how many years Ohtani stuck with the Angels nevertheless Trout. What a waste of talent. Ohtani probably learned from Trout and said not for me. Just the fact that Ohtani has been in the league now for several years and is 30 y/o and this is the first time he has even sniffed the playoffs is a shame. People have short term memories but when Trout was in his prime, he was one of if not the dominant. player in MLB. To not ever see him in a playoff game is a crime.
He could have played out his commitment and signed a monster free agent deal with his hometown Phillies. They wanted him, and that's where he truly wants to play. He caved when the Angel's owner put a massive contract in front of him. Good riddance, Mikey. Play out your days where you chose in a moment of weakness. When the Phillies eventually win another ring, it will hurt even worse.
Honestly he didn’t expect Ohtani to become the best player to be his team the and outshine him. Then all his injuries. Trout kind of flopped with his injuries. If anything he did the best thing for his career. Got paid up guaranteed
I was thinking "I don't remember this happening to Mike Trout, I recall his career being different." It seemed kind of fishy to me but then I realized that I was thinking of Tim Salmon and not Mike Trout. In any event, both players played for the California Angels........I guess that would make them Angel Fish? 🐠.............🥁
Tragedy? He didn't have to stay with the Angels. He had the opportunity to leave....he resigned for crazy money and the knowledge they weren't going anywhere. He's loyal.
Since I am late to the party, Ernie Banks couldn't take advantage of free agency since at the time it didn't exist. There are countless players in the modern era that have used their power to get on a team that had a chance to survive and thrive in the post season.
Hey everyone! I had to trim out a bit of the video at 6:40 due to a copyright claim. Sorry if it had a weird transition at this part.
While you're at it I've got a question about 1:20
Is that "Sowry" I'm hearing? I better not be watching no video about baseball made by no Canadian. I'm deep south!!
The ONLY meaningful stat in baseballs is team ERA. Dump all the centuries of baseball stats, from all the different eras of spitballs to juiced balls and whatever, into a multinomial regression program, and the ONLY variable of ANY statistical significance is team ERA. I've seen this done and witnessed the results. Good pitching beats good hitting. It's as simple as that. And this is a zero-sum game, as it happens. Good hitters only acquire their stats when facing pitchers who suck, which most of them do or we wouldn't remember the stand-outs.. When facing top-shelf pitching, the best hitters statistically suck. There are a few exceptions for truly exceptional hitters but they are so few and far between as to be insignificant in the grand scheme of things for the average MLB hitter. I think Yogi Berra said something like "90% of baseball is 80% pitching", and he wasn't far wrong, even in his way of expressing himself.
IOW, buying offensive firepower at the expense of pitching is stupid. If your pitching can shut down the other teams, even if they have a few very talented hitters, then you're going to win most of your games. The best hitters are only intentionally walked if the fielding team lacks confidence in its pitchers to strike them out or make them hit into double-plays. If the fielding team lacks that fear, then the best hitters on the other side almost always strike out or hit into double plays.
Seriously, 333 is considered a great batting average, but it still means that guy is out 2 of every 3 times to the plate. IOW, at worst, even the generally unexceptional run of pitchers still win 2 out of 3 plate appearances against even the top-shelf hitters. So there is more to leverage in finding the best arms than there is in finding the best bats.
The fact that the Angels had Trout and Ohtani but still blew their post season chances is insane. I know anything can happen, but you had the two best ball players in the world and still couldn’t even make the wild card. Shoulda been in win it now mode.
Artie cheaped out at all other positions.
At one point they had a combined 7 MVP in their lineup. Between Pujols, Trout, and Othani
@@laisaechao7289 Poor management. Granted Pujols was past his prime but still good enough that you’d think they could contend a lot better than they did.
@@encinobalboa I think that they're not cheap out but their signing aren't workout
What if the Twins can get Trout? Wouldn't it be insane if they got a World Series from him?
Trout's tragedy is of his own making. He chose to take a long-term contract with the Angels rather than becoming a free agent and moving to a contending team. He prioritized comfort over winning.
That's how I feel too! He could sign with a contender, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, even Astros and he'd have his ring(s). But instead he chose to stay with Angels year after year. For what?? He's not gullible or naive; he chose to stay with a dont-give-a-f team. So he asked for this and he got it.
the fact that ohtani did it and took on the heat says everything. yes you leave your loyalty but its obvious the owner is expecting the minimum to spend on the team at the expense of big names. how is that loyalty when they treat them like 9-5 employees who do the minimum. like 4 years of the same conversation of this angels team and now theyre down to one great player.
yet, i think trout enjoys this complacency. never once has he shown signs of wanting to move away.
I always felt he wanted to be the big fish in a small pond
Have you ever been to Orange County? Hes around blonde models, sea side mansions and private beaches. He’s not suffering, lol.
A contenting team that lined up its finances to get him, that is favorite team.
It's a shame his career was wasted on a franchise that really didn't care. It makes one wonder what other players in MLB got lost in history because their ownership was trash.
uh why do you say they didn't care? they seemed to care a lot
He is a perfect fit for the Angels and fans😂
@@nofurtherwest3474 yes their very notorious record of spending in free agency and well thought draft picks surly did wonders for the angles. arte doesnt gaf about anything but his wallet
My dude the angels have been mid since I was born no lie
Ichiro Suzuki, perfect example
Trout chose generational wealth I would have too. As a anaheim native the pain I have endured for the angels and ducks has no bounds. Arte needs to sell this team to a competent person
The Angels and the Ducks are the only teams I root for, and it has been a very depressing five years :(
Atre Moreno is the worst owner in baseball. It started when he traded David eckstien and he was mvp for st Louis when they won the world series and continued with the likes of Vernon wells Gary Matthew's jr.and made no effort to keep shohei..
@@RichardPeregud-i4w How about getting rid of Benji Molina because he was too slow
That's nothing. I'm a sharks fan.
That’s a lousy argument. Ohtani chose generational wealth and a winning team. He could have had everything had he become a free agent.
Let’s all be clear. We’re all pretending he got robbed. He signed contracts based on getting rich. He made choices knowing would never get where he wanted with the Angels.
Shoulda signed with Philly.
I agree. This isn't the dead ball era where teams own their players. He could have signed elsewhere and work his way up the minors but in today's game, it's rare to find a one team player out there. He decided to sign that contract to tie him up til 2030. He did it for the money, if he wanted championships then he should have shopped around. I mean Ohtani saw the writing on the wall and decided he wasn't going to stay on, he wanted to be a champ. Trout is being paid just like he wanted.
Someone who doesn’t understand loyalty
@@paullarkin7584loyal to a billion dollar team that’s done nothing for you to win? That’s called being used
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Loyalty to WHAT? To an ownership that clearly has no intention of building a winning team around him? Sorry, the word is DELUSIONAL if Trout believes otherwise. Something tells me he doesn't though; he fully understands that Angels will never win and he seems oddly OK with that.
Nah, This dude is just fine with his lot. Maybe the lesson is for us: Never want more for someone than they want for themselves; to do so is futile...
Trout had the chance to leave the Angels when his contract was up, and instead of moving to another team, chose the easy path of security and familiarity. He has no one but himself to blame.
Poor fella suffers so ----- all he gets is about $148,000 a game whether he plays or not. Nobody forced him to sign that 12-year contract averaging $23.8 million a year. I find it difficult to feel too sad over his "tragic" fate!
Don't get me wrong, the man is incredibly succesful and made a bag. It's just tragic that one of the best players of all time has only season the post season once and has been plagued by injuries towards the back half of his career.
I feel about as sorry for him as I can feel for a guy who's made generational wealth playing a game that most of us love and play (or have played) for free.
So yeah, not "tragic".
But I do get the point of the video -- would be nice to see him play in October once in a while.
You sound poor
@@fox579I think you overlook the sacrifice and time put into the effort being a top MLB talent. Sounds like a hater to me
@YuriGoofov it is tragic for viewers. We lose the opportunity to see one of the best players of all time compete in important games and series
If you're looking for a flaw in a narrative sense, you could call it loyalty.
Trout signed an extension to stay with the Angels instead of pursuing more money on the open market. He choose to stay, he should the Angels trust and it will probably cost him a world series
this! Dude should have just left and went anywhere else. Honestly the least competent org in the league, literally had the two best players in the league and couldn't even sniff the playoffs. Even Oakland can put a strong team together every once in a while and make it to the playoffs in the same division.
Mike Trout proof that Player loyalty to an org can be often silly
@@RealCGH can also be extremely rewarding.
Sounds like Damion Lillard
More money , it was the highest contract in baseball at the time , still only a couple contracts surpass it one being ohtani , FOH
He didn't waste his career. He's been at the top of his sport for a decade, and will be first ballot HOF. He never won a championship or a World Series, but that's down to limitations with his team and owners. He's certainly been richly rewarded and his family is financially secure for life. I'd call that a result.
haha one of the greatest athletes in American history didn't sniff the semi finals.
Injured to much to be on top of
Facts @@DarrenLucas-up6ki
So he's a looser hof.
😂nigga he want a World Series with the Angels🤦🏾♂️...all that other shit is regular for Professional Athlete's
He committed to one team, one set of fans, and one city. You don’t see that everyday.
I applaud him for having the career he has without having any backup.
Ohtani was a good backup
@@rickmoranis5242you could put the top 5 best players in baseball on the same team and they could still miss the playoffs. This ain’t basketball buddy.
@@djLagwayEnjoyerand not once did he say he can win with Ohtani. He only corrected the guy above by saying Trout had another amazing teammate. He had backup.
@@djLagwayEnjoyer OP said he had no backup, lol, you don't understand reading comprehension buddy.
No backup? The Angels have signed a parade of absolute studs since Trout has been in LA
you only having 1k subs is a joke. this content is amazing
Thanks man, appreciate the words! Excited to pump out more content this season
Nobody is watching baseball. Sucks, but that's the world we live in.
Doubled now. End of season he’ll be 10k
He has 2.33K subs. Where did you get 1k?
@@TheMaticus06 2 days ago he had 1k🤦🏻♂️
Poor Mike Trout signed a 12-year / $426.5 Million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in 2019. I feel sorry for his future 😥
now he out for 3 months
Ernie Banks of baseball
Ernie Banks of baseball? Ernie Banks played baseball
Money isnt everything bud.. winning feels 100x better
@@lukeecomwho gives af if you win when you making that much tf💀
People are acting like Mike Trout is the only great baseball player that's never won a ring. How come Ken Griffey Jr. , Barry Bonds, Ted Williams or Tony Gwynn never got this kinda smack? All those guys were also on WAY better teams.
Yeah gwynn's career was a massive waste
Bonds was juicer I’m glad the giants waited till 2010 to win 😂 and I’m a die hard giants fan
For except of the kid, bonds, Gwynn and Williams I think all made to the World Series at least once
@@el_ra The kid never did.
@@spencerhughes2255that’s why I wrote except for the kid!
Trout is a killer, absolutely, but if we're talking monsters, Ken Griffey Jr. would also fit that bill.
A close friend of mine is a die heart Angels fan. I just question myself as to what is there to be a fan over with this franchise? Year after year failure appearances to the playoffs? A crooked team owner? Seeing such an amazing team player waste his professional career on a sub par team? I’ll never understand.
* die-hard
Dude thats really solid content. Keep it up youre in the Algo now!
Such is the nature of team sport, especially baseball where one player has a more limited influence on the outcome of the game compare to other major pro sport.
Mmmm... how?
Devastating he signed a massive extension. He could be in Philly right now.
Fck Philly
He chose to stay in LAA ... it's didn't waste his career. He wanted it that way so he can collect cheques without having to deal with the media and pressures of winning a WS.
Ohtani is built for pressure and expectations. He's a different beast. People expected him to be the baseball prodigy since he was 12
So people who run to the dodgers and Yankees are just winners…. Interesting
Their best pitcher died mid season
or maybe he's really loyal. he would get collect "cheques" anywhere. i don't think it's about the money with Trout. He really is a good person which is why you don't hear crap about him outside of baseball
@@forrestyates9705 more like complacent
Ohtani 2-25 in the WS... he sure is built for the postseason
Shohei: "What the hell was I doing in Anaheim???"
Trout: (crickets)
Trout started getting injured once he got up to the 210-220 range. That 180-190 trout was a monster and healthy
Trout is on steroids, that’s a huge gain!
@@Thebasicspod30 pounds in 14 years is not a huge gain
Would be nice to see hime slim down about 20lbs and see a new version of the old trout, i doubt they will continue to throw heaters past him though
Roids
The last time he was180 was in HS.... Most delusional take ever. His injuries have been freak things for the most part, broken thumb stealing a base, hamate bone, HBP wrist, and people are forgetting he took 40 games off one year when his brother in law committed suicide. The back issue was the one non contact injury, and he didn't lose any weight, he changed his workouts.
Great video. I have a cousin who was drafted by the Angels a few years ago and I really hope they turn things around there. Trout has had an incredible career and I would love to see him make it to the World Series before he retires.
That's awesome! Would love to see the Angels back in the postseason.
@@BottomoftheInningwatch em win the division and make the ALCS only to lose to the Yankees... Doesn't seem as farfetched as the Dbacks making the World Series
It's because great pitching is the most important part of a winning baseball games. Priority order of the 5 tools regarding a team as a whole. 1 - pitching, 2nd - hitting for contact, 3rd - base running, 4th - hitting for power, 5th -fielding. When teams are built with this in mind, they win baseball games. It's not like basketball where star players can carry a team
1 pitching, 2 fielding, 3 contact, 4 baserunning, 5, power
That is not true. In basketball, you need a team to win a championship. It's a lot harder to win a championship in the nba, much like the mlb. A star player in the nba needs a decent team in order to get over the hump much like baseball.
Ok the point being that in the NBA you have five guys on the floor and one great player can greatly have an effect...he can touch the ball nearly every posession. In MLB, you can be great, but your 1/9 in a batting order and you just get to field balls that are hit to you. Everything else is out of your control
Look at football and how easy it is for Mahomes or Brady to carry
Defense>base running>power hitting
The Angels should have a statue of Trout within any view within the stadium. Going into the bathroom? Trout statue. Going to buy a hotdog? Trout statue. Going to buy some merch? Trout statue. Going to scout a place the team could put their nonexistent World Series trophies? Trout Statue. Trout everywhere. They owe him at least that.
Fans are easily gullible, I know, I was one. The goal of the owners is to make money, not win championships. When you realize that, you will realize what a dumb idea it is to have a "team". You have an owner or owners. That's it.
Exactly. Lol
Woah. You're right. Owners make a lot of money whether the team wins the title or gets last place.
Why not do both? Wouldnt there be more fan attendance and revenue if you field a winning team out there??
@@shannysalcedo3627 For smaller-market owners, chasing a great" team" is unsustainable because of payroll costs and potential luxury tax penalties, which outpace the limited revenue their local markets can generate. Plus while the bigger markets can absorb huge risk contract losses smaller markets/owners can't forcing more conservative approach. Smaller markets do rely more on league revenue-sharing but the imbalance is still too great and I am not a proponent of even greater revenue sharing at this time. Revenue sharing isn’t tied to team performance, so there’s little to limited financial reward for consistently winning. Plus, the risks of injury, trades, and variability make heavy investment in winning seasons a high-cost, low-reward gamble for these teams.
The thing about Trout’s/Moreno’s Angels was that they were a tease. They did sign players, but almost all turned out comically terrible. Whenever spring comes around everybody had some hope in the Angels which would get die off by the middle of the season. They got into weird situations such as under-invested, devastated and depleted bullpen that necessitated a draft in which they drafted mostly pitchers. Insane. It’s doubly tragic that they got their hands on Ohtani. They had some sort of systematic problem that nobody seems to be bothered enough to resolve.
Watching this after today is sad man.
Mike trout- out for the season April 30th 2024…
It's getting annoying how these injury prone players are and that's including NBA
Players are remembered not only by regular season stats, but by their moments in October. Maybe thats not fair to Trout, but it will be part of his legacy.
Who’s here after Ohtani won his first World Series after leaving that mess of a franchise 😮💨😂
The sad thing to say about the Angels, they been like this since the early 80’s to 90’s They had big names on those teams, but was lacking certain players, and always lost to the Boston Red Sox. They finally win it all in 2002. You figure they continue success after that, but nope. Back to their old ways. Trout is one of those players, dedicated to one team and will probably end up retiring there regardless if they ever win a World Series or not.
Almost like it takes more than one person to win baseball games. The only player on a baseball field that has the highest chance of impact on a win without any other player input is the pitcher. Even they require the catcher to be good.
Hardest sport in the world
Lets not forget barry bonds. He was one of one. 02 giants were dragged to ws by him. But yea need a team to help. Maybe prime pedro , randy johnson were on that type of level
@@kenw2225as a kid growing up in SF at the time, and huge fan of Barry... He did not drag the team to the World series? It was a good team all around. Jeff Kent, Benito Santiago, Reggie Sanders, Kenny Lofton, JT Snow, Rich Aurilia, David Bell, Rob Nen. Heck even Benito got the NLCS MVP over Bonds to get them to the world series
I'd never seen some of those highlites and came away with an even greater respect for Trout. Great video
Trout's pure dominance just earned you a sub.
I have been saying what your video says in private since about 2014. Trout has been incredible to watch. It's not over though, he needs to come to the Phillies.
Biggest mistake he ever made was not coming home. Imagine, Bryce and trout. Seems so perfect
Some people value loyalty more than rings. Not everyone is like that, and not everyone will understand it. Most of his critics who love giving him free career advice will never sign a 9 figure contract. Trout is different. A last of a dying breed.
What ifs. Life is filled with what ifs.Trout is loyal to the team that signed him. My favorite player. Go Mike.
Ron Pickens
Jersey Boy.
Great video just subscribed
He's got a perfect body type for hockey. He'd probably be pretty solid in that sport too. Similar swing type.
Dudes net worth is 140million with more money coming in every second. Doesn't sound like a tragic loss to me. Dude is killing the individual stats and skipping to the bank.
The multi millions he made will soften the blow
Nope
Crazy that Mike trout is going to have a 40 for 40 season he is going insane currently
Trout chose to sign that contract with the Angels and now he will waste away there. Pure stupidity baseball-wise. Yeah he made a ton of money, but another team like the Phillies would've paid him the same. He chose the Angels when he resigned.
I know from a personal story that he never even thought of leaving the Angels. His wife drunkenly said it at a wedding😂
Thats an opinion. They made moves to help him. They all failed. But he had 3-5 years where opening day lineup was good on paper
@kenw2225 Why would you trust the Angels org to put a team around you when he could've picked almost any other team that has a track record of success? It's on him for picking the Angels and still picking them to this day. If he demanded a trade they'd move him. He's content with losing.
You seem to be forgetting something? Location. Maybe he didnt want to move to the east coast and deal with the added pressure and expectations of winning a championship. He could just be happy with playing baseball and making lot of money with zero press.
@@shannysalcedo3627then hes no competitor if he thinks that way. If you want to be the best you have to show the world that you can play even when theres added pressure. Dont be a coward and take the easy way out
This man doesnt miss.Need more baseball content
Thanks!
Sucks when you’re the only incredible player on a team.
When baseball is such a hard sport that having the best player in the world for the last decade still results in finishing below .500
Shohei Ohtani for how many seasons?
Barry Sanders agrees.
You never heard of two time MVP Ohtani? lol, casual fan
It’s probably too late..or not sure But, trout should have made a contract with Angels limited only for a year and should’ve got out then looked around other opportunities in entire MLB franchises… I got nothing but a love for this super talented ball player Mike Trout 🥇
Trout signed extension twice with the angels. So he can't blame anyone but himself to be too loyal to the angels...
I guess loyalty is truly trouts fatal flaw
@@BottomoftheInning "Fatal" is a real interesting adjective to choose for contract extensions that awarded him hundreds of millions of dollars
@@JT-bc5cdbut no championships to show for it. All that money only to stay on a terrible angels team that aint going anywhere near a ws. 😂
Most people seem to forget that Rendon was also in the same roster as Trout and Ohtani. Rendon was not only a great bat, he was one of the best, if not the best defender at third. I think they relied too much on their offense and hoped they would outscore the opponents but Rendon and Trout barely played more than 60 games a season for the last 5-6 seasons. Injuries ruined his career, not being in the wrong franchise. I imagine the Angels being hesistant to spend and trade because they can't trust their best hitters keeping themselves healthy for a full season.
Earning half a billion $ is not a wasted career.
One of the best hitters of all time
The man is a specimen.
He is killing it this season, 8 HR so far
and now, knee surgery. genuinely hate to see it, cause his body is starting to fail him.
Excellent vid, got a new subscriber in me.
Excited to pump out more content for the season. Thanks for the kind words
What I love about baseball is that you love your team but you respect every player, we Dodgers would love Trout and Judge and can’t hate a team for players, we are rivals not enemies… except Machado
He's stuck on a team going almost nowhere, similar to Joey Votto. At least they're loyal to their respective teams.
They were loyal to the $$, not the teams or fan base. Know this
Sir, a minor point, but it hurt my heart when you pronounced Al Kaline as “Al Ka-LINE” instead of “Al KAY-line”. I’m sure Kaline made about 1% of Trout’s take home pay. But a guy like Al Kaline wasn’t in it for the money. He just loved baseball, loved the Tigers, and he did have that one World Series win in 1968. Yes, the last year without playoffs. Winning the pennant really meant something back then. Detroit loved the man. RIP Mr. Tiger.
Mike Trout and the Angels is probably the most tragic toxic relationship ive ever seen. Trout holds the Angels back just as much as the Angels holds him back. I hope he doesnt regret not being traded, because neither he nor the team will improve with him there.
baseball isnt like basketball or other sports where one star can single handedly carry a team. there is much more nuance and many factors at play
It’s scary to think of trout on that Nats team.
Should have signed with the Dodgers.
That contract certainly isn't anyone's tragedy. Seriously a tragedy is when a great player gets hurt or killed. Not somebody who's chased the money and only now regrets it
It take at least 9 players to win . Not 1.
Why it's the hardest sport in the world.
At least 11 SOLID players, 3 starters, 3 in the BP (lefty / setup/ closer), and a middle lineup that has 5 above average hitters.
as if he didn't have Ohtani
Don't worry about Mike Trout if he wanted to win he could have signed with the Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs, Red Sox, he is comfortable in no pressure Anaheim, and he collects nearly $40 million a year to play 39% of regular season games (319 out of 810 regular season games the last 5 years).
Nolan Ryan didn’t see much in October ball either
I’ve been a lifelong diehard fan of the California angels. The same thing happened in the 80s when we had Nolan Ryan I truly believe this might’ve been one of the first baseball teams that didn’t give a shit about anything else other than ticket sales. They got Reggie Jackson, the next year after he was Mr. October. He went to the Angels and pretty much did nothing rest of his career. We got cheated out of a World Series by Boston, who most of the team was taking steroids and it wasn’t known until after they won the World Series from New York. That same year Vlad won the home run derby. He jumped ship losing millions because most of the team players only cared about a paycheck not how many games they won or lost. It is very strange how it came can have so many losses in the season and still sell out games.
Terrible, misleading thumbnails, “I wasted my career.” Mike Trout has too much class to utter such a disrespectful statement. Why do you RUclipsrs put clickbait over truth? This is a great tropic with good content. But, you lose fans like me when you misrepresent the best athlete in all of sports.
I heard a rumor that Trout might be going to Atlanta
Unfortunately a lot of Trout's accolades and accomplishments are individual stats only. Trout is not clutch. I haven't heard Angels fans or broadcasters call Trout clutch in over 5 years. I have heard Angels broadcasters refer to Neto as clutch most recently but Trout being called clutch has been years and years. Trout has many solo home runs unfortunately and when RISP in pivotal game winning ot go ahead situations nothing, nada, zilch!
He has 3 HRs this year and 3 RBIs. Not clutch at all .
@@foreverdnc123hard to get RBIs when you don’t have men on base
Clutch isn't a thing in a game of luck. He never had a decent team, ever.
Just saying Trout is not clutch is 100% meaningless. You have to at least back it with some stats.
@@SportsPlug-cp1eq Wow. Never heard anyone call baseball a game of luck. Pretty absurd observation there. Are all sports luck in your eyes? Why would anyone even bother watching baseball if it is pure luck? Don't see 40,000 fans at a Bingo parlor, and Bingo is certainly a game of luck, with the only possible skill being marking your card quickly and possibly giving CPR to the old lady you just gave a heart attack to by yelling BINGO in her hearing aid. Anyways, Baseball is a game of skill. Trout may not have ever been on a good team, but even bad teams have their own clutch situations and clutch hitters. Though admittedly, a good team would provide many more opportunities for a batter to have the chance to deliver in the clutch. Not saying there isn't an iota of luck in most things in life. A bad bounce can be construed as bad luck on a fielder, for example. But good clutch hitters do not rely on such things as fickle luck to get their job done.
As an A's fan I was shocked he's only 32. For years I've had to watch the A's pitch to Trout-Pujols and then Trout-Ohtani four times a game.
I feel like Trout’s tragic flaw is his loyalty. He could’ve demanded a trade 5-10 years ago or not resigned and been done with the Angels/Moreno/etc.
Cant knock a man's loyalty, thats for sure. When it's all said and done, if he remains an Angel, Ill respect the hell out of him for staying. Not many people these days remain faithful
@@BottomoftheInning
It's not always about loyalty tho he has fulfilled his loyalty obligations but there comes a time when it is not a virtue but a detriment. I wouldn't respect him at all for not being a marketer of baseball by playing in the postseason. His loyalty is a his greatest flaw
HOW CAN HE BE THE BEST AMERICAN BORN BASEBALL PLAYER🤔 NEVER HAD A 200 HIT SEASON, ONLY 100 RBI 3X, BATTING UNDER 300 7X, NEVER SNIFFED A WS LET ALONE AN ALCS🥴 TED WILLIAMS HEAD IS ROLLING IN A CRYOGENIC FRIDGE😂🤣😂 RIP TEDDY BALLGAME.
I would say making over $500 million to play a kids game not even close to tragic. There are players that have multiple rings and barely saw the field to win them. I would take Trout's career over theirs any day of the week.
The bad thing about Trout's career is the injuries. Just like Griffey Jr., Trout could have had an even better career that is already awesome.
I play full-court basketball twice a week. I play pretty hard, running up and down the court. I have not missed a game in years and have never had an athletic surgery. I'm 62 years old. I have been asked a number of times how I have done that. First, I have always kept myself in good physical condition. Perhaps just as important, I have been lucky. Another player has never run down court, slipped and crashed into the side of my knees. And finally, I am put together with some pretty good glue, so to speak. My bones are strong and the ligaments and tendons seem to be heavy-duty. Trout has probably been unlucky. And I would guess that his tendons and ligaments are not well-matched to his muscle strength, speed and quickness.
The tragedy isn’t him staying with the Angels and be loyal to them, the tragedy is the Angels team themselves for not executing on having Trout and got blessed with Ohtani only for them to not be a good team overall
Since he was drafted in 2009 the following long suffering or usually incompetent teams have hoisted the commissioner’s trophy- SF Giants 3x, Royals, Cubs, Astros 2x, Nationals and Rangers. All of whom with the exception of the Cubs coming off a 98 win season in 2008 had the chance to draft him.
Worse yet was how they didn’t even make the playoffs in the expanded 16 team format in 2020 🤦♂️
They had Trout, Pujols, and Otahni, and still couldn't even make the playoffs.
they had garbage pujols with Ohtani. still incredible they had trout and ohtani and still sucked.
They had pretty bad injury luck and a shaky pitching staff at best.
@@tommyfu9271 garbagde pujols? Sure Albert was in the twilight of his career.
But No pitching
Consistent pitching wins baseball games….
Clickbait thumbnail, he never said that
Trout has played in only one playoff series in his career, and his team got swept in that series. He's been on terrible teams his entire career. The last few seasons, he's been injured every year! The Angels signed him to a ridiculous contract, and they can't get out of it.
Wow love this video 🎉 people don’t realize Mike Trout is the nexts goat this video is crazy good
Expecting him to stay hot during covid is quite a stretch. They tend to be streaky but everything else I agree with. He likely would have gotten injured and not finished. I didn’t realize he was so injury prone
Arte Moreno took a Championship team and destroyed its entire operations.
I was born in Anaheim and a lifelong fan of the Angels. Was a huge slap in the face to rebrand the team as “Los Angeles”.
This team will NEVER get back to being good again until he sells the team.
And now Trout is injured…again…
Tragic story.
I was at a game a few years back. He came to bat with men on base and the other team had a Multi-player meeting on the mound. They spent I swear several minutes trying figure out how to pitch him and where to position everyone. It just went on and on and we were humming final jeopardy. All that prep and Trout hit the next pitch for an RBI single.
Trout barely plays as he is constantly injured. He has averaged 66 games played in the last 4 seasons. How does that help the Angels? Trout poor availability makes him part of the problem.
Think how many years Ohtani stuck with the Angels nevertheless Trout. What a waste of talent. Ohtani probably learned from Trout and said not for me. Just the fact that Ohtani has been in the league now for several years and is 30 y/o and this is the first time he has even sniffed the playoffs is a shame. People have short term memories but when Trout was in his prime, he was one of if not the dominant. player in MLB. To not ever see him in a playoff game is a crime.
He could have played out his commitment and signed a monster free agent deal with his hometown Phillies. They wanted him, and that's where he truly wants to play. He caved when the Angel's owner put a massive contract in front of him. Good riddance, Mikey. Play out your days where you chose in a moment of weakness. When the Phillies eventually win another ring, it will hurt even worse.
Bruh this channel needs more subs and views
Great video. I will be watching your channel with great interest
Thank you! Excited to put out more content
Ohtani was a teammate at the Angels yet he has a World Series ring now. 😊
This video earned a sub… keep up the good work my boy
The fact that the Padres passed Trout up boggles my mind.
As an angels fan I love Mike, but at the same time it’s I think as should cut or loses and move forward even if it hurts
This video is so well done. Great job!
Honestly he didn’t expect Ohtani to become the best player to be his team the and outshine him. Then all his injuries. Trout kind of flopped with his injuries. If anything he did the best thing for his career. Got paid up guaranteed
No, no, no. He didn't waste his career. Absolutely not. And he never will.
He's much like Ernie Banks indeed.
Trout had a clear flaw and its loyalty
I was thinking "I don't remember this happening to Mike Trout, I recall his career being different." It seemed kind of fishy to me but then I realized that I was thinking of Tim Salmon and not Mike Trout. In any event, both players played for the California Angels........I guess that would make them Angel Fish? 🐠.............🥁
I got no problem with NBA players always bouncing around to different teams. I'd much rather have that than a player whose whole career gets wasted.
Great video!
Only 1 suggestion ... The ending just kinda drops off, maybe it's just me.
Ya, I agree. Thanks for the feedback. Ill fix that moving forward
Tragedy? He didn't have to stay with the Angels. He had the opportunity to leave....he resigned for crazy money and the knowledge they weren't going anywhere. He's loyal.
Since I am late to the party, Ernie Banks couldn't take advantage of free agency since at the time it didn't exist. There are countless players in the modern era that have used their power to get on a team that had a chance to survive and thrive in the post season.
Big men seldom last in baseball.Their body breaks down over time.