By WFAN.com
Mike Trout won't be going to the Phillies or anywhere else next offseason. In fact, he likely isn't going anywhere for the next dozen years. The Angels superstar outfielder agreed to a 12-year, $430 million contract extension, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The deal includes 10 years of new money added onto the two remaining years on his previous deal.
The 27-year-old Trout will stay in Anaheim for a long, long time. WFAN's Joe & Evan received the news of the Trout extension live on the air.
"I think that's good for baseball," both of them agreed.
The Angels haven't exactly been filling up the headlines with their play on the field.
"It's a shame Mike Trout is buried in Anaheim," Joe said.
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The Angels made the playoffs in 2014 with Trout, but that's it.
"Mike Trout has been to the postseason one time," Evan said. "You have to look and hope that even though it's been five years, he's going to get another opportunity. This isn't going to be the one postseason. You would hope not. The problem is that the Angels haven't done anything. The Angels have been bad for a while. They won that world championship back in 2002. That was a very long time ago. They have been in the playoffs one time in the last decade. They have only had one winning season since 2014."
Winning usually changes things and you would imagine in the 12 more years Trout is with the Angels, they win at some point.
"I really believe with the popularity of Mike Trout and being buried in Anaheim, I don't think it's buried in Anaheim more than it is they don't win," Evan said. "If the Angels were a perennial playoff team, it would be a big help. They got to start winning."
In eight seasons with the Angels, Trout has a .307 career average, 240 home runs, 648 RBI and 189 stolen bases. Trout's $430 million contract tops Bryce Harper's record-breaking 13-year, $330 million deal with the Phillies.
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