**The Perennial MIKE TROUT Thread**

[Rob355]

wow, not exactly the season we hoped for, but he was 95% healthy and finished the season great.

[tconte]

Originally Posted by Boo

Figures, he gets hot right before the season ends. Must be in a good mindset that he has a few months of Eagles games coming up.

It's an annual tradition!

The time of year when the leaves change colors, the crisp fall air and morning
dew, playoff baseball, Sunday football with our biggest fan cheering on The Birds!

What a great time of year! How great is that?!

[awz50]

Originally Posted by Rob355

wow, not exactly the season we hoped for, but he was 95% healthy and finished the season great.

Exactly he finished the season, I am hoping that next year we can just see some of the old trout statistic wise.

[OhioLawyerF5]

What a weird thing to make fun of someone about, their being a fan of their hometown football team.

[BoSoxFan1999]

Pretty sobering read on the guy that was the face of baseball for so long in the 2010's.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...-career-stats/

[daveyc1]

It is really crazy how Trouts career is panning out.

He would look somewhat similar to Albert Belle, but Belle had a single, significant injury that derailed his career while Trout has seen a steady and steep decline due to multiple health issues. For some reason, his body was not built to hold up into his 30's

he also does not, nor has ever had any desire to leave the Angels to go to a contender. He is perfectly happy right where he is. All the "free Mike Trout" signs etc are all for nought.

[Boredlawyer]

Originally Posted by daveyc1

It is really crazy how Trouts career is panning out.

He would look somewhat similar to Albert Belle, but Belle had a single, significant injury that derailed his career while Trout has seen a steady and steep decline due to multiple health issues. For some reason, his body was not built to hold up into his 30's

he also does not, nor has ever had any desire to leave the Angels to go to a contender. He is perfectly happy right where he is. All the "free Mike Trout" signs etc are all for nought.

He is this generation's less charismatic Ken Griffey Jr.

[daveyc1]

Originally Posted by Boredlawyer

He is this generation's less charismatic Ken Griffey Jr.

MUCH MUCH less charismatic Griffey!! I also cannot see a scenario where Trout can amass the counting numbers Griffey ended up with.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Boredlawyer

He is this generation's less charismatic Ken Griffey Jr.

You mean Frank Thomas?

[Boredlawyer]

Find it surprising that Trout only recorded a single 30/30 season, that being his rookie year. Granted, there's a degree of flukiness to it. Cedric Mullins, Ellis Burks accomplished it, Alfonso Soriano did it four times, Howard Johnson did it three. Without the benefit of Baseball Reference, I would have guessed he accomplished it several times. It's not necessarily indicative of the best players, but for a guy who was a five tool talent, only once strikes me as surprising.

[SaveMeTheGum]

Crazy to think that he's going to go down as the 3rd best player all time from the 2018-2020 Angels.

[Rabs]

Originally Posted by SaveMeTheGum

Crazy to think that he's going to go down as the 3rd best player all time from the 2018-2020 Angels.

That is wild.

[BennyA]

Every time Freddie Freeman gets another legendary playoff moment I think Trout really really needs just one of those. It is amazing the amount of casual fans who do not watch a single baseball game all year but catch a World Series game or at least know what's going on by updates. A lot of people have no idea who Mike Trout is but they know Freddie and you better believe they know Ohtani. At this point I am not sure what Trout can possibly do beyond getting some of these playoff moments to not ultimately be forgotten.

I am old enough to know that Griffey is a terrible comparison to Trout, he was Jordan and Gretzky level back in the 90s and still ended up with over 600 HRs which is a counting number people actually remember not just great WAR.

[Grave252]

Originally Posted by BennyA

At this point I am not sure what Trout can possibly do beyond getting some of these playoff moments to not ultimately be forgotten.

I've made this point in here a few times, much to the dismay of big Trout fans. He carried the hobby for years, but he has no charisma, playoff success or memorable moments. Even at his peak he really wasn't transcending the game - which is important for long term value. To me, he's not a guy that people are ever going to tell their kids they watched, nor do I think any 10 year old in the year 2045 is going to get excited to pull a legend auto of Trout. Sort of an odd case of a lowkey superstar that didn't really end up hitting the achievements the hobby placed upon him.

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by Grave252

I've made this point in here a few times, much to the dismay of big Trout fans. He carried the hobby for years, but he has no charisma, playoff success or memorable moments. Even at his peak he really wasn't transcending the game - which is important for long term value. To me, he's not a guy that people are ever going to tell their kids they watched, nor do I think any 10 year old in the year 2045 is going to get excited to pull a legend auto of Trout. Sort of an odd case of a lowkey superstar that didn't really end up hitting the achievements the hobby placed upon him.

I asked this question too here a while back: What is Trout's big moment that people remember?

A few people said he had a very notable catch to rob a home run early in his career, but that pales in comparison to Ohtani pitching and hitting the in the Playoffs/World Series, Pujols hitting 3 Home Runs in a World Series game, Judge hitting 62 for the Yankees, or the many moments Jeter had.

The other Catch 22 with Trout right now is that as he marches closer to 500 Home Runs, (the only major career milestone he has a chance to hit), his batting average takes such a hit. For years he was a .300+ guy, but if he sticks around long enough to get to 500, he'll end up sub .290. So again the people that didn't get to see him play aren't going to be blown away by his career numbers, when a guy like Eddie Murray hit 500 while batting .287 as well, and also got 3,200 hits.

[BoSoxFan1999]

Originally Posted by tjforce

I asked this question too here a while back: What is Trout's big moment that people remember?

Uhhhhhhhh....

[Grave252]

Originally Posted by tjforce

I asked this question too here a while back: What is Trout's big moment that people remember?

Striking out vs Ohtani to lose the WBC.

[ThoseBackPages]

I asked this question too here a while back: What is Trout's big moment that people remember?

Carrying the hobby to the pandemic, when it became cool to collect

[wharfrat7624]

Originally Posted by SaveMeTheGum

Crazy to think that he's going to go down as the 3rd best player all time from the 2018-2020 Angels.

are you talking during the period 2018-2020? He had a much higher WAR than Ohtani during those years


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[SaveMeTheGum]

Originally Posted by wharfrat7624

are you talking during the period 2018-2020? He had a much higher WAR than Ohtani during those years


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I mean that in 20 years, when looking at the list of all time greats, Trout will be behind Ohtani and Pujols. I guess he already is.

[finfangfan]

For a little context… here is a list of top 20 MLB jersey sales in 2025. Trout doesn’t even crack the list while Harper and Machado (who came into league about the same time) still are popular. Trout’s popularity has flatlined.


Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers
Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers
Francisco Lindor, New York Mets
Juan Soto, New York Mets
Rafael Devers, San Francisco Giants
Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres
Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
Jarren Duran, Boston Red Sox
Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
Pete Crow-Armstrong, Chicago Cubs
Pete Alonso, New York Mets
Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates
Manny Machado, San Diego Padres
Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners

Source: https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/most-po...25-season.html

[49ersSF]

Originally Posted by Boredlawyer

He is this generation's less charismatic/less achieved Ken Griffey Jr.

fixed

[patchgenie]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

I asked this question too here a while back: What is Trout's big moment that people remember?

Carrying the hobby to the pandemic, when it became cool to collect

none, he didn't win anything

[lawrencedc1]

This whole page makes me sad . What a waste of a generational talent

[epatmythes]

Originally Posted by lawrencedc1

This whole page makes me sad . What a waste of a generational talent

This whole page makes me feel like I'm reading about Pujols on these very forums from 2013-2019...

What a bum he was... shame his career was garbage.

There are some pretty impressive plants out there that some of you are wasting their oxygen on