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They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. He makes two month's of my pay for every at bat. You pay what the market can bear, and you compensate your employees as much as you can in order to stay competitive with others in your market. Second, it completely ignores where the money comes from, or why. But those possibilities all disappeared Tuesday. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. Ahhhhhhhh! At $36 million per year, Trout is in the upper echelon of professional sports figures. Jesus Christ you people are weird. Either Trout gets it, and he’s earned it since it is him we pay our money to watch (either in person or on TV), or it just goes into the bank account of someone that’s already a billionaire and doesn’t need it either. Trout, 27, was to have reached free agency for the first time after the 2020 season. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Can’t really calculate at bat since it’s dependent on hits. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Rather, this represents that the Angels believe he generates something like $5-10 of every ticket sold, and that he is worth some small 5-10% of the TV revenue that team generates. (1:03) Man this type of calculation drives me up the wall.

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. One ESPN analysis says $1 billion is closer to his true value over 12 years. Trout’s dollar figure, with its echo of Harper’s total payout, was either a strange coincidence or an expert-level troll job, which happened to come just days after Harper made a public pitch for Trout to come join him on the Phillies — the team for whom Trout, a New Jersey native, grew up rooting. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Passan: Trout extension 'a good contract for both sides' (1:03) Jeff Passan reacts to Mike Trout's reported 12-year, $430 million extension with the Angels. The climax of an offseason spent contemplating and debating the value of some of baseball’s biggest stars, as it turns out, was not the record-setting free agent contracts agreed to last month by Manny Machado and Bryce Harper but what came Tuesday: a massive extension in its final stages for Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout that zoomed past those other deals like a 600-foot home run. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. So even if all seats are $5, there’s still room for this level of salary. By using our site, you consent to our use of cookies. Before this winter, Giancarlo Stanton’s 13-year, $325 million extension with the Miami Marlins in 2014 was the record for largest contract, a number that Harper exceeded. This website is not directly or indirectly affiliated, associated, or connected in any way to Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League or the National Hockey League. Harper’s Phillies deal, by contrast, is worth just over $25 million in AAV. Analysis: Mike Trout, baseball's $430 million man, is actually underpaid. edit: damn, you folks are harsh...but yah, in hindsight that was a pretty poor comment.

Trout’s deal is believed to have smashed every other worldwide benchmark for an athlete’s on-field compensation. Not really over at bat, but per out, right? Baseball’s dilemma: Mike Trout is MLB’s ultimate all-star, and yet he is not a star At nearly $36 million per year in average annual value, Trout’s new deal would also make him the … It’s a 24/7 job, that I’m pretty sure he spends more hours a day on than you do your job. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. A visual look at how Mike Trout ranks across the league, conference, division, and team. Baseball’s dilemma: Mike Trout is MLB’s ultimate all-star, and yet he is not a star. Trout's record $430 million deal might be a bargain. That is not what his salary represents.

You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. The Frustration Gauge: Just how upset should fans of each non-playoff team be? If they don’t, someone else will, and any other basic structure of economics for professional sports would be some weird form of communism, or, worse, a hypocritical and manipulative system like the NCAA. Why are you defensive, Kinda makes you wonder how much $$ he makes for the Angels, The money is obscene. I get that it is a lot of money, but where else should it go? The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. Welcome to ‘holistic’ spring training: Meditation, yoga and 30-foot pitchers, Manny Machado-Padres already feels like a solid marriage, ‘Last of his breed’: As MLB managers skew younger, Bruce Bochy takes an archetype into retirement, Amid MLB rule changes, a sign of thawing labor relations. The new deal effectively adds 10 years and roughly $360 million to the $66.5 million Trout was already owed for 2019 and 2020 from the extension he signed in 2014, according to an industry source, but for luxury tax purposes it will be considered a 12-year contract. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Mike Trout signed a 12 year / $426,500,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels, including a $20,000,000 signing bonus, $426,500,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $35,541,667. It’s not different than Apple charging $1000 for a phone or Chevy charging $70,000 for a Corvette. In 2020, Trout will earn a base salary of $36,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $37,666,667. The theoretical availability of Trout on the free agent market at the end of 2020 was already shaping long-range strategies at the top of baseball’s talent marketplace, possibly helping to explain, for example, the relative absence of such behemoths as the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers from this winter’s high-end market.

/ 6 outs per inning = $4,096.17 for EVERY AT-BAT IN A GAME, whether by Trout or another player. At nearly $36 million per year in average annual value, Trout’s new deal would also make him the highest-paid player in baseball year-to-year, topping Zack Greinke’s $34.4 million AAV with the Arizona Diamondbacks. It would be much more intellectually honest to admit that this contract does NOT pay him by the inning or by the at bat.

The Phillies, with more money to spend and built-in geographical and emotional advantages, would have almost certainly made a major play for his services. He’s the reason it is there in the first place. Browse our online application for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, EPL, or MLS player contracts, salaries, transactions, and more.

Personally I’d rather see that money spread around into more hands (meaning the players), then just piling more and more into the hands of 32 old white dudes. It would be much more intellectually honest to admit that this contract does NOT pay him by the inning or by the at bat. Finding best fits for open manager, GM jobs, Ardaya: Twenty thoughts on Angels hitting in 2020 — and beyond. Rather, this represents that the Angels believe he generates something like $5-10 of every ticket sold, and that he is worth some small 5-10% of the TV revenue that team generates. It’s a business. Mike Trout.

Position: Centerfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-2, 235lb (188cm, 106kg) . For the Angels to retain Trout, it cost owner Arte Moreno more than twice as much as the $184 million he paid for the franchise in 2003. Partnered with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group  |  Powered by, Signed a 12 year $426.5 million contract extension with Los Angeles (LAA), Signed a 6 year $144.5 million extension with Los Angeles (LAA), Signed a 1 year $1 million contract with Los Angeles (LAA), Signed a 1 year $510,000 contract with Los Angeles (LAA), Signed a 1 year $482,500 contract with Los Angeles (LAA), Drafted by Los Angeles (LAA): Round 1 (#27 overall), Drafted by Los Angeles (LAA): Round 1 (#27 overall), Bowden: Cora (back) to the Red Sox? Angels center fielder and divine baseball being Mike Trout is reportedly close to finalizing an extension that will pay him more than $426.5 million over 12 years. Trout’s extension is worth “roughly” $430 million over 12 years, according to two people familiar with the negotiation — $100 million more than the 13-year, $330 million deal Harper signed weeks ago with the Philadelphia Phillies, which previously stood as the largest in North American team sports history. Trout, a seven-time all-star and two-time American League MVP, is already considered the best player of his generation, and at his current trajectory he could rank as the best of all time by the time he is done. Stark: What we learned from the MLB wild-card series, Ardaya: Twenty thoughts on Angels pitching in 2020 — and beyond, Rosenthal: The future of expanded playoffs is uncertain, Gold Glove/Silver Slugger/ALCS MVP: $100,000. Boxer Canelo Alvarez’s deal with sports streaming service DAZN, for 11 fights over five years, was worth a reported $365 million.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. First off, it completely and utterly disrespects the time any elite athlete, and especially Trout, spends doing his job. We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyze site traffic, & serve targeted ads. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. 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. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. The difference is that while I might be able to claim I can generate $5MM in revenue, he can claim $5 billion, and he can also accurately point out that he is not replaceable (unlike you and me). There are lots of Americans with very similar pay structures. In many ways it’s a sin, Time for a new job if you don't earn 25k/year.

Login Here. Also, by disabling these cookies you will also disable banner ads served by Google Adsense on this website.. For more information about these items, view our complete privacy policy.Read More, Mike Trout signed a 12 year / $426,500,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels, including a $20,000,000 signing bonus, $426,500,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $35,541,667.

In 2020, Trout will earn a base salary of $36,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $37,666,667. Clayton Kershaw is ‘motivated by greatness,’ but at 31, can his body keep up? That is not what his salary represents. If your argument is cheaper tickets, then two things: Ticket sales pale in comparison to TV revenue. Trout's adjusted salary with the Los Angeles Angels is $15,000,000 This is not a case of buying at bats, rather it is rewarding him with something comparable to a commission based on sales he has, and will in the future, generate, or maybe more accurately a revenue share.