Mike Trout has homered in 5 of the last 6 games

That’s not surprising. He’s the best young player I’ve ever seen, including Mickey. The guy is brilliant at every aspect of the game, and he’s still only 27 years old, although this is his eighth year in the bigs. And before that he tore up the minors when he was just a kid, amassing a cumulative minor league batting average of .341, including .403 in AAA. The last guy to tear up the minors like that was Willie Mays, who is often considered the greatest overall player in history. Yes, I know another player also has a case to make that claim, a certain George Herman Ruth, but when the dust clears Trout may have surpassed both of them.

But the key point here is that the Angels are 1-5 in that streak. In the game where Trout did not homer, they were shut out! He is, more or less, the whole team. As good as he is, maybe the Angels ought to consider trading him for a massive package of prospects or up-and-comers. (Maybe nobody has that level of resources, but there are a few teams that could peel off some big bucks from an unlimited bankroll instead.)

2 thoughts on “Mike Trout has homered in 5 of the last 6 games

  1. Trout is a big Phillies fan so a trade to that organization would make perfect sense. Not sure what the Phillies would give in return, since a lot of their prospects have fallen flat, other than Hoskins and Nola.

  2. Long time StL Cards fan so I of course mourned the loss of Pujols to the Angels but the contract would have killed the franchise for years…which is kind of what happened to the Halos. They tried to build a dynasty around Trout with Pujols and Hamilton but they got the dregs of two guy who had triple crown numbers in their prime. They also forgot that they needed pitching.

Comments are closed.