Quote (Toews777 @ Mar 20 2019 11:49am)
How so, he doesnt really bring in extra ticket sales, merchandise sales. He isn't a new player coming to a team. They already had him signed for 2 more years. I dont see extra value, or seeing him worth $35 million the final 3 years when hes 36, 37, 38
Why do you think Trout is going to be worth the money at the end of his deal?
Why don't you..? Do you not realize the pace Trout is currently on? Because he's a humble superstar that doesn't mean he doesn't attract ticket or merchandise sales.. I bet plenty of jerseys and Angels merchandise were sold yesterday after the news broke lol.
Trout is worth MORE than the deal.. People think he coulda easily fetched 500m+ if he hit FA.
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Trout isn't merely the best player in the world; he is the best baseball player in the world by a margin so great it beggars belief. Since first arriving in Anaheim late in 2011, Trout has accrued 64.9 WAR, according to FanGraphs. The second-most valuable position player over that span, Buster Posey, has accrued 47.3 WAR. The difference equates to Xander Bogaerts' entire career. No player has ever provided more marginal wins through his age-26 season than Trout, who trumps even Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle despite having played fewer games than either.
For his efforts, Trout - a two-time AL MVP with another four second-place finishes - has provided the Angels nearly $495 million in value, which is more than six times greater than his career earnings. Though Trout is simply too good to ever be fairly compensated, it's not unreasonable to suggest he could've gotten more in free agency two winters from now, even with teams growing increasingly frugal and seemingly disinclined to dish out big bucks for players over the age of 27.
Trout, after all, keeps getting better. In 2018, the seven-time All-Star set new career bests in on-base percentage (.460), OPS (1.088), wRC+ (191), hard-hit rate (44.4 percent), and expected weighted on-base average (.430) while smacking 39 home runs and providing another marginal win with his contributions on defense and on the basepaths. Had he not missed 22 games primarily because of a wrist injury, Trout may have set a new high-water mark in WAR as well.