NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie at the major league minimum would make a higher percentage of his salary than multimillionaire stars like Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole under a sliding-scale proposal by big league teams that players found “extremely disappointing.”
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Trout thinks the Houston Astros should pay more dearly for their cheating ways.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels all wore Tyler Skaggs’ No. 45 jerseys as they stood solemnly on the field while his mother, Debbie, delivered a heartbreakingly perfect strike with her first pitch.
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout got his 1,000th career hit and also homered on his 26th birthday Monday night.
The Los Angeles Angels’ two-time AL MVP hit the first milestone when he doubled down the left-field line in the fourth inning against Dylan Bundy and the Baltimore Orioles.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred weighed-in on the debate between traditionalists and the celebrationists. He thinks hot dogs go great with baseball.
Count Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt among the traditionalists wanting to preserve baseball as a game of respect between opponents.
Wednesday Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, often compared to the old school baseball players of yesteryear, expressed that he prefers his sport not change its traditions and veer in the direction that Bryce Harper advocates for in his recent ESPN interview.
The New Orleans Pelicans got a steal in signing Anthony Davis for $145 million—the same amount the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pay Mike Trout even though Davis provides six times as much value.
