Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a contract extension, and to call it massive would be doing the new deal a great injustice.
As ESPN’s Jeff Passan first reported, Trout and the Angels are finalizing a new 12-year contract worth $430 million. That would be the largest contract in professional sports history, and it is also beats the previous MLB record deal Bryce Harper just signed with the Philadelphia Phillies by $100 million.
Trout is obviously a once-in-a-generation talent, but the contract is still shocking. Twitter reacted accordingly:
Trout really got an extra $100M more than Bryce for one year less pic.twitter.com/7H7xV3xsI9
— Bleacher Report MLB (@BR_MLB) March 19, 2019
When Bryce Harper gets that Mike Trout notification pic.twitter.com/haDdsxN2O5
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) March 19, 2019
Bryce Harper: "Congratulations to me for signing the biggest contract in professional spo–"
Mike Trout: pic.twitter.com/4PvG4GyTrf
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 19, 2019
Bryce Harper on hearing Mike Trout reportedly will sign a record-breaking 12-year contract worth more than $430 million pic.twitter.com/88UmCYtqGl
— Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) March 19, 2019
Bryce Harper: “I’m the highest paid player ever and hey, @MikeTrout, come play with me in Philly!”
Mike Trout: “LOLOL, no and no.”
— Zack Hample (@zack_hample) March 19, 2019
Mike Trout was like “Oh wow Bryce Harper set a record for biggest total contact in sports? Let me just leap past that and set the real record.” pic.twitter.com/j79wDA25xr
— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) March 19, 2019
LeBron James & Tom Brady combined have been paid or are owed a total of $614 million in on-field salary. Mike Trout himself will now be at at least $521 million.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) March 19, 2019
$66,978: What Mike Trout will make per at bat*
$61,372: Median U.S Household Annual Earnings
*Based on $430M number reported by @JeffPassan
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) March 19, 2019
Even Mike Trout's record breaking contracts are boring. https://t.co/5QhK05q7Br
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) March 19, 2019
Harper, of course, had created some controversy by openly recruiting Trout to join him with the Phillies in two years. The Angels were clearly never going to let that happen.
