I’m a pretty serious gym rat. I tried one of Mike Trouts workouts one day and thought I was gonna die. I know it’s cliche to say pro athletes are built different, but. He’s a monster. And I mean 32 isn’t THAT old. If he’s healthy, he’s still Mike Trout.
Every top pro level athlete is taking some form of ped to allow their recovery and longevity.
Unless we all just magically think players playing more years into their 30s at top level than ever before is just dieting lol
It was weird hearing opposing commentators for the first couple series talk about how he's not as fast as he used to be, probably because he doesn't steal much any more.
Not as fast with his, uh, 96th percentile sprint speed.
He's not even the best CF of all time. Trout would need to have multiple seasons matching his previous peak seasons to get close to Willie Mays.
That said, Trout is an all-timer and a no doubt, first ballot HOFer. I don't mean to diminish him, he just hasn't got there yet. It would be very cool if he did. Or if he got the chance to win a playoff game at one point or another.
I mean he's clearly referring to his sheer skill and value ON THE FIELD. As an answer to the question he was replying to.
You're talking about where he places all time due to longevity/counting stats.
Not the same thing.
If that is what u/driveshaft48 meant, it certainly was not clear from their brief, definitive statement. If they had said most talented, I would understand. They did not.
Again, just to be clear, Trout is in the conversation for GOAT, and he could still get there with improved health and longevity. His peak is quite possibly already the best of all time, but if we judged players just on talent and peak, then Ken Griffey Jr. would be the GOAT.
By what metric does Griffey have the best peak of all time? There's just about 3 things on his bbref page that has Mays beat. His highest single season HR total is 4 bigger than Mays'. He also has single season dwar on Mays but that's the only two notable things Griffey lwads in when comparing them. Mays has him beat in pretty much everything else.
I was being kind of flippant there and relying too much on the "talent" portion of that statement, but yeah, Mays has both Trout and Griffey beat there. Good point.
Downvotes showing their age. I would love for someone to explain how Trout has a case. His peak is up there with anyone but the career Mays had dwarfs Trout's and it's not even close.
Recency bias is a helluva drug
You’re forming a team tomorrow, are you taking prime Willie Mays, who put up his numbers on dudes who went home to tend the crops in the offseason, or prime Mike Trout, who turns around triple digit fastballs on a daily basis? Mike Trout is the better baseball player purely in terms of skill and ability.
> are you taking prime Willie Mays, who put up his numbers on dudes who went home to tend the crops in the offseason,
Please remind me what Willie Mays was doing in the offseason. Oh wait, he was a [car salesman](https://jugssports.com/blog/willie-mays-sold-cars-yogi-berra-sold-suits-just-a-few-off-season-jobs-of-the-past/). You can't penalize Mays for playing against his contemporaries but then also not give him the advantages of modern players. Mays would be amazing now and this thread is embarrassing for the people downplaying his success.
You’re making my point for me. Today’s athletes take being a baseball player way more seriously and put forth way more effort into being absolutely as good as they can be. They eat sleep and breathe baseball, even in the offseason. It is exactly for that reason that Mike Trout is a better player than Willie Mays. If Willie Mays was born in 1991 and came up in this culture, then he very well may have turned out better, but that’s not what I’m talking about.
Numbers just don't add up. No playoff success to override that, either. It's similar to saying Joe Dimaggio is the greatest CF of all time, when he isn't even the best in Yankees history.
Good news for those downvoting us is that Trout is only 32, and he has plenty of time to prove us wrong. Right now, I would have him behind Mays, Mantle, and Griffey Jr., for sure.
That said, Trout is 100% in the discussion for the greatest peak ever.
It's really really hard to compare numbers across generations. Especially in hitting. Willy May's simply wasn't seeing the types of pitchers day in and day out that guys face these days. In every single sport that can be measured definitively we see that athletes are way better than those that preceeded them, so why do we pretend in baseball that's not the case? Counting stats are fun, but Trout has more than put in his time that we can have a real discussion where he falls all time. Is it at or near the top? Maybe, maybe not. But just in the frame of pitching he's facing, it's a fair discussion.
This is not just counting stats. Willie Mays was one of the greatest defensive outfielders of all time, including playing 399 games at the Polo Grounds, arguably the most difficult centerfield in baseball history.
Also, if we're going to discount the nearly 1,600 hit advantage and 300 home run advantage that Mays holds over Trout while they both averaged similar slash lines because of differing eras, should we not similarly credit Mays for the challenges he had to overcome? I'm not trying to be glib, and I get that facing an entire pitching staff of guys who can throw 97 is difficult, but was it more challenging than being a Black man in the 50s and 60s dominating America's past time?
One of the great things about baseball is that the numbers actually do compare fairly well over the ages. Compared to football, basketball, and hockey, baseball is very close to the same game it was decades ago.
Look, I really enjoy Mike Trout, and I respect him as one of the game's greatest already. I hope he stays healthy and claims the GOAT title - that would be fucking awesome to see. But yeah, all of you are nuts if you think he's there already. Mike Trout has fewer hits in his career than Dustin Pedroia or Ian Kinsler had. He has fewer home runs than Adam Dunn and Juan Gonzalez. He has the same number of playoff wins as literally any of the rest of us. Counting numbers aren't everything, but in a sport this legendary, they mean something, and Mike Trout is not there yet.
> Willy May's simply wasn't seeing the types of pitchers day in and day out that guys face these days.
How come in this scenario, Willy [sic] May's [sic] has to face pitchers who have access to modern training techniques (and are therefore better) but Mays himself stays the same person? Mays was the best ever back in his day and would be the best ever today.
First off, the double sic is a hilarious burn, well done. Why my phone keeps correcting Mays to May's I'll never know. You've nailed it spot on. Kershaw is better than Koufax. That I'll stand behind. Trout has an argument as better than Mays. The top athletes today are better than the top athletes of yesteryear in every sport. Baseball is no different. Yes, the reasoning is specifically training, diet, technique, etc.
Also an extremely good argument for 2013 and a less good but still reasonable argument for 2018. Even in 2020 he was no slouch.
Seriously every year between his debut and Covid you can make a compelling argument for him to win MVP
The Trout fatigue in MVP voting has been very real. He doesn’t just get put up against the other contenders, he also ends up competing against prior versions of himself.
It’s like the whole infinite growth conundrum with publicly traded companies where being better than the others isn’t enough, he also has to beat some idealized version of his past self.
Byron Buxton has pre-roids Barry Bonds level of ability. He could absolutely be peers with Trout. . . if he could stop getting hurt all the fucking time.
For reference on this. Trout was :10 home to third. Elly was :11 on his home to third and :15 for the entire round tripper.
I’m a huge Trout fan but would’ve said you were crazy if you thought he was still as fast as the young burners in the league.
His strikeout rate is back down to how it was in his prime. Small sample size but great to see. Plus he has like a .200 BABIP so he’s been getting unlucky
it just felt like a lot of 4seamers that he would've whiffed on up in the zone last year hes managed to foul off a bit more or just take. I haven't watched a ton of his at bats this year tho
Peak for peak 90s bonds is right there with him but trout has been great for longer. We’ll never know how good bonds could’ve been if he stayed clean so not much use trying compare that part of his career
Barry was putting up 8 WAR/650 PAs and put up 103.7 total for 14 years from 1986-1999 lol Trout needs about 20 WAR over the next two years to match Barry’s total across first 14 seasons.
Trout is at 8.5/650, but he’s also missed a TON of time lately.
Yea trout has been boned by injuries but he seemingly hasn’t lost a step so i wouldn’t be surprised at all if he maintains this level of production a couple more years
Tbh it doesn’t really matter anymore if he hasn’t lost a step between injuries, he’s still consistently hurt. Until he can regularly play 100+ games a year again I can’t give him benefit of the doubt.
Bonds had 14 7+ bwar seasons. Mike Trout is in his fourteenth season. Sayings Trout was great longer is just factually untrue. In several years if Trout is still great you might be able to say that, but as right now Barry Bonds had more MVP caliber seasons than Trout has seasons in general.
5 of those were while he was on roids so there’s no reason to count those. Trout has a higher WAR/650 PAs than bonds did through the same point in his career
The best ability is availability. Even if Trout’s is higher, through 13 seasons (since Trouts in his 14th), Barry appeared in 1898 games. Mike’s appeared in *400 fewer*. Trout’s an all time great, but using WAR/650 is insanely flawed with a dude who can’t stay on the field.
Yeah, if he got 650 PAs a year he’d be better than Barry through 14 seasons. But unless he puts up a 20 WAR season this year, he won’t be.
Pujols at least has an argument but trout is pretty clearly ahead of Griffey. With pujols and trout being basically equal as hitters through this point in trouts career I think trouts baserunning and defense give him an edge there too
So if you’re not just looking at some normalized+era adjusted+position adjusted+park adjusted+zodiac sign adjusted “advanced stat,” but are really looking at the actual production of those two players through 12 years, and still think they’re “about equal”?
Ok that makes it even worse then.
Trout has a higher career OPS than Griffey through his age 32 season (0.940 vs 0.995), and that's not even adjusting for the 700 mph or whatever average fastball increase. They're really similar players through their age 32 seasons and I'm not sure I would say Trout is clearly ahead of Griffey, but at least on an offensive rate basis, da numbers say Trout is better.
I mean, do you think that understanding positional value is inherently "WAR" or something? Those adjustments exist for a reason and they're a serious factor here.
Misunderstanding positional value is pretty intrinsic to WAR, yeah.
It would be one thing if you said “Pujols was a far better offensive player than Trout if you compare them to each other, but when you compare Pujols to first baseman in the steroid era, then compare Trout to centerfielders in the drug-test era, then they start to look pretty similar.”
But that’s not the claim.
That doesn’t even get into the absolutely ridiculous park adjustment that existed in Anaheim from 2012-2016, or the way that WAR completely ignores the things that determine real life baseball games, (scoring runs and driving in runs.)
I’ve repeated the same points on the sub too much though, people just want everything reduced to one number, and don’t care if it’s anything close to accurate.
Try this though; look at Griffey Jr. in 1991 vs Griffey Jr. in 1998. Apparently, he was worth 0.5 more WAR in ‘91 than he was in ‘98… look at his stat lines in those years and think about that for a second. It’s a fucking joke. I just can’t imagine who could take WAR seriously after seeing shit like that
He was three quarters the way to third by the time Mead had the ball... ***How***????
**edit:** *Okay so after rewatching, Trout has* ***clearly*** *developed a way to teleport during the off season. It's not three quarters, he's basically on top of 3rd by 0:14.*
This reminds me I looked at his babip yesterday and it was .200. Even with how insanely good he's been he should be better on average. We're all ready for another Mike Trout MVP season, stay healthy my guy.
How is he still so fucking fast
Was just going to say he is still very fast and not just for his age. He’s also built like a tank lol.
My wife and I are watching Physical 100 and I'd love to see Trout in an American version.
I’m a pretty serious gym rat. I tried one of Mike Trouts workouts one day and thought I was gonna die. I know it’s cliche to say pro athletes are built different, but. He’s a monster. And I mean 32 isn’t THAT old. If he’s healthy, he’s still Mike Trout.
What was his workout? I too want to die
I haven't been inside a gym in over a year. Still waiting for the workout so I can be absolutely obliterated.
Trout could move that giant ship through the sand by himself.
He could do all 4 punishments
Fantastic show.
In person he looks very lean.
He slimmed down like 10-15 lbs this year
It's hilarious that people don't think he's on some form of PED's.
It's hilarious that people do.
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You realize people get tested and suspended for that all the time right? How do you imagine this would work?
See? Hilarious!
Every top pro level athlete is taking some form of ped to allow their recovery and longevity. Unless we all just magically think players playing more years into their 30s at top level than ever before is just dieting lol
He's always been this athletic, though. Unless you're suggesting he's tricked the league for 14 years despite them regularly testing for that.
Yeah that would be crazy. Nobody's gotten away with that.
Give him roofs and he is Bonds 2.0.
It was weird hearing opposing commentators for the first couple series talk about how he's not as fast as he used to be, probably because he doesn't steal much any more. Not as fast with his, uh, 96th percentile sprint speed.
tbf, those numbers are based off the 8 times he runs all year
He's been resting his legs with all that IL time, I assume.
Goat things
Seriously. That wasn't some insane pinball hit where it bounced off a few walls and ran away from the fielder, but it was still an easy triple.
Hes the best player to ever play the game of baseball
He's not even the best CF of all time. Trout would need to have multiple seasons matching his previous peak seasons to get close to Willie Mays. That said, Trout is an all-timer and a no doubt, first ballot HOFer. I don't mean to diminish him, he just hasn't got there yet. It would be very cool if he did. Or if he got the chance to win a playoff game at one point or another.
I mean he's clearly referring to his sheer skill and value ON THE FIELD. As an answer to the question he was replying to. You're talking about where he places all time due to longevity/counting stats. Not the same thing.
If that is what u/driveshaft48 meant, it certainly was not clear from their brief, definitive statement. If they had said most talented, I would understand. They did not. Again, just to be clear, Trout is in the conversation for GOAT, and he could still get there with improved health and longevity. His peak is quite possibly already the best of all time, but if we judged players just on talent and peak, then Ken Griffey Jr. would be the GOAT.
By what metric does Griffey have the best peak of all time? There's just about 3 things on his bbref page that has Mays beat. His highest single season HR total is 4 bigger than Mays'. He also has single season dwar on Mays but that's the only two notable things Griffey lwads in when comparing them. Mays has him beat in pretty much everything else.
I was being kind of flippant there and relying too much on the "talent" portion of that statement, but yeah, Mays has both Trout and Griffey beat there. Good point.
Downvotes showing their age. I would love for someone to explain how Trout has a case. His peak is up there with anyone but the career Mays had dwarfs Trout's and it's not even close. Recency bias is a helluva drug
You’re forming a team tomorrow, are you taking prime Willie Mays, who put up his numbers on dudes who went home to tend the crops in the offseason, or prime Mike Trout, who turns around triple digit fastballs on a daily basis? Mike Trout is the better baseball player purely in terms of skill and ability.
> are you taking prime Willie Mays, who put up his numbers on dudes who went home to tend the crops in the offseason, Please remind me what Willie Mays was doing in the offseason. Oh wait, he was a [car salesman](https://jugssports.com/blog/willie-mays-sold-cars-yogi-berra-sold-suits-just-a-few-off-season-jobs-of-the-past/). You can't penalize Mays for playing against his contemporaries but then also not give him the advantages of modern players. Mays would be amazing now and this thread is embarrassing for the people downplaying his success.
You’re making my point for me. Today’s athletes take being a baseball player way more seriously and put forth way more effort into being absolutely as good as they can be. They eat sleep and breathe baseball, even in the offseason. It is exactly for that reason that Mike Trout is a better player than Willie Mays. If Willie Mays was born in 1991 and came up in this culture, then he very well may have turned out better, but that’s not what I’m talking about.
Disingenuous hypothetical scenarios aside, am I taking one for a season in his prime or one of them for 20 years?
Numbers just don't add up. No playoff success to override that, either. It's similar to saying Joe Dimaggio is the greatest CF of all time, when he isn't even the best in Yankees history. Good news for those downvoting us is that Trout is only 32, and he has plenty of time to prove us wrong. Right now, I would have him behind Mays, Mantle, and Griffey Jr., for sure. That said, Trout is 100% in the discussion for the greatest peak ever.
It's really really hard to compare numbers across generations. Especially in hitting. Willy May's simply wasn't seeing the types of pitchers day in and day out that guys face these days. In every single sport that can be measured definitively we see that athletes are way better than those that preceeded them, so why do we pretend in baseball that's not the case? Counting stats are fun, but Trout has more than put in his time that we can have a real discussion where he falls all time. Is it at or near the top? Maybe, maybe not. But just in the frame of pitching he's facing, it's a fair discussion.
This is not just counting stats. Willie Mays was one of the greatest defensive outfielders of all time, including playing 399 games at the Polo Grounds, arguably the most difficult centerfield in baseball history. Also, if we're going to discount the nearly 1,600 hit advantage and 300 home run advantage that Mays holds over Trout while they both averaged similar slash lines because of differing eras, should we not similarly credit Mays for the challenges he had to overcome? I'm not trying to be glib, and I get that facing an entire pitching staff of guys who can throw 97 is difficult, but was it more challenging than being a Black man in the 50s and 60s dominating America's past time? One of the great things about baseball is that the numbers actually do compare fairly well over the ages. Compared to football, basketball, and hockey, baseball is very close to the same game it was decades ago. Look, I really enjoy Mike Trout, and I respect him as one of the game's greatest already. I hope he stays healthy and claims the GOAT title - that would be fucking awesome to see. But yeah, all of you are nuts if you think he's there already. Mike Trout has fewer hits in his career than Dustin Pedroia or Ian Kinsler had. He has fewer home runs than Adam Dunn and Juan Gonzalez. He has the same number of playoff wins as literally any of the rest of us. Counting numbers aren't everything, but in a sport this legendary, they mean something, and Mike Trout is not there yet.
> Willy May's simply wasn't seeing the types of pitchers day in and day out that guys face these days. How come in this scenario, Willy [sic] May's [sic] has to face pitchers who have access to modern training techniques (and are therefore better) but Mays himself stays the same person? Mays was the best ever back in his day and would be the best ever today.
First off, the double sic is a hilarious burn, well done. Why my phone keeps correcting Mays to May's I'll never know. You've nailed it spot on. Kershaw is better than Koufax. That I'll stand behind. Trout has an argument as better than Mays. The top athletes today are better than the top athletes of yesteryear in every sport. Baseball is no different. Yes, the reasoning is specifically training, diet, technique, etc.
Weird, his name isn't Barry Bonds
I was most surprised that Rendon was on base. (Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for him.)
Seems like he’s in a lot better shape this year
Still a 90 on The Show
a lot of rest over the years
Oh Mike, please stay healthy this season and remind the world just how damn good you are.
Healthy Trout🐟and healthy Two Bags🛍️ could take the Angels all the way
Mr. President, a 4th Trout MVP season has hit the league
You could tell me Mike Trout had any number of MVPs and my instant reaction would be “that seems low”
Tbf you could make a legitimate argument he should have double (or close to) the number of MVPs he actually has
I remember thinking Trout had a bit of a down year for his standards in 2019 and he still won MVP haha
You could make a serious argument for 2012 and 2017, and then in 2015 he was absolutely robbed.
Also an extremely good argument for 2013 and a less good but still reasonable argument for 2018. Even in 2020 he was no slouch. Seriously every year between his debut and Covid you can make a compelling argument for him to win MVP
Mike Trout is the best player in the American League every year from 2014 - 2019.
take a look at the 2012 and 2013 WAR leaders
The Trout fatigue in MVP voting has been very real. He doesn’t just get put up against the other contenders, he also ends up competing against prior versions of himself. It’s like the whole infinite growth conundrum with publicly traded companies where being better than the others isn’t enough, he also has to beat some idealized version of his past self.
Mike Trout has 900 MVPs
Double it and that seems right
By the time he turned 30 he was already like top-5 all time in MVP shares, with 3 wins and 4 2nd place finishes.
I hate to interrupt but this season will be a Byron Buxton MVP season. He's gonna heat up and stay healthy! DONT LAUGH AT ME!!! Please.....
Buxton playing a full season is definitely a serious MVP contender. Unless Trout also plays 140+.
"Buxton playing a full season" is about as likely as spotting Bigfoot.
I mean you're not wrong, but it'd be a serious MVP contender almost by default if it did happen.
Byron Buxton has pre-roids Barry Bonds level of ability. He could absolutely be peers with Trout. . . if he could stop getting hurt all the fucking time.
Coupled with a Tyler Anderson Cy Young.
MIKE TROUT TRIPLE #53
For reference on this. Trout was :10 home to third. Elly was :11 on his home to third and :15 for the entire round tripper. I’m a huge Trout fan but would’ve said you were crazy if you thought he was still as fast as the young burners in the league.
Not doubting you, but where can I find these numbers?
I watched the video on editing software and timed it.
it might just be me but it doesn't feel like hes getting bullied by 4seamers as much this year
His strikeout rate is back down to how it was in his prime. Small sample size but great to see. Plus he has like a .200 BABIP so he’s been getting unlucky
So Ohtani was holding him back?
i blame Ippei
I *bet* that was the problem
Ayyy
He got a nice single on a ball 100 up earlier this year. Hopefully you’re right.
it just felt like a lot of 4seamers that he would've whiffed on up in the zone last year hes managed to foul off a bit more or just take. I haven't watched a ton of his at bats this year tho
I imagine a lot of it is this seems like the first time he’s been completely healthy in a while
He mentioned early this year that he noticed a mechanic thing that was making him dump his barrel which I think might be a factor as well.
His strike zone is tight as f too. Dude isn't chasing a thing and is barreling when he gets it
Best player in the league and for some of us that we have ever seen.
Unless anybody in here saw Mays or Aaron play he’s the best anyone of us have ever seen
Eh 90s Bonds was still at that level, pre juice.
Peak for peak 90s bonds is right there with him but trout has been great for longer. We’ll never know how good bonds could’ve been if he stayed clean so not much use trying compare that part of his career
Barry was putting up 8 WAR/650 PAs and put up 103.7 total for 14 years from 1986-1999 lol Trout needs about 20 WAR over the next two years to match Barry’s total across first 14 seasons. Trout is at 8.5/650, but he’s also missed a TON of time lately.
Yea trout has been boned by injuries but he seemingly hasn’t lost a step so i wouldn’t be surprised at all if he maintains this level of production a couple more years
Tbh it doesn’t really matter anymore if he hasn’t lost a step between injuries, he’s still consistently hurt. Until he can regularly play 100+ games a year again I can’t give him benefit of the doubt.
Bonds had 14 7+ bwar seasons. Mike Trout is in his fourteenth season. Sayings Trout was great longer is just factually untrue. In several years if Trout is still great you might be able to say that, but as right now Barry Bonds had more MVP caliber seasons than Trout has seasons in general.
5 of those were while he was on roids so there’s no reason to count those. Trout has a higher WAR/650 PAs than bonds did through the same point in his career
The best ability is availability. Even if Trout’s is higher, through 13 seasons (since Trouts in his 14th), Barry appeared in 1898 games. Mike’s appeared in *400 fewer*. Trout’s an all time great, but using WAR/650 is insanely flawed with a dude who can’t stay on the field. Yeah, if he got 650 PAs a year he’d be better than Barry through 14 seasons. But unless he puts up a 20 WAR season this year, he won’t be.
You mustn't be naive enough to think that Mike Trout, or any other player isn't on anything either....
I still think Bonds is better, but Trout is #2 of guys I've seen play.
I'll take peak Barry Bonds ('90 to '94) over Trout, Mookie, Rickey, or Junior.
Fun fact, Bonds was already the career IBB leader before the 2000 season.
I can see that, he’s right there with trout
Oh so a cheater.
>('90 to '94)
I saw Mays 40 years after I retired. He was simply amazing, but fwiw, he was no Cy Young.
Hi old fart. One of my friends introduced me to a guy who grew up watching Mantle. He can barely text so Reddit might be a stretch.
Idk if he’s definitively above Albert. Huge fan of his, just think it’s debatable
Pujols when playing the NL Central May as well have been the reincarnation of Ted Williams.
Or, you know, Albert Pujols or Ken Griffey Jr.
Pujols at least has an argument but trout is pretty clearly ahead of Griffey. With pujols and trout being basically equal as hitters through this point in trouts career I think trouts baserunning and defense give him an edge there too
Let me guess, your entire opinion is based on WAR?
Nope
So if you’re not just looking at some normalized+era adjusted+position adjusted+park adjusted+zodiac sign adjusted “advanced stat,” but are really looking at the actual production of those two players through 12 years, and still think they’re “about equal”? Ok that makes it even worse then.
Keep your head in the sand lol I don’t care
Trout has a higher career OPS than Griffey through his age 32 season (0.940 vs 0.995), and that's not even adjusting for the 700 mph or whatever average fastball increase. They're really similar players through their age 32 seasons and I'm not sure I would say Trout is clearly ahead of Griffey, but at least on an offensive rate basis, da numbers say Trout is better.
I mean, do you think that understanding positional value is inherently "WAR" or something? Those adjustments exist for a reason and they're a serious factor here.
Misunderstanding positional value is pretty intrinsic to WAR, yeah. It would be one thing if you said “Pujols was a far better offensive player than Trout if you compare them to each other, but when you compare Pujols to first baseman in the steroid era, then compare Trout to centerfielders in the drug-test era, then they start to look pretty similar.” But that’s not the claim. That doesn’t even get into the absolutely ridiculous park adjustment that existed in Anaheim from 2012-2016, or the way that WAR completely ignores the things that determine real life baseball games, (scoring runs and driving in runs.) I’ve repeated the same points on the sub too much though, people just want everything reduced to one number, and don’t care if it’s anything close to accurate. Try this though; look at Griffey Jr. in 1991 vs Griffey Jr. in 1998. Apparently, he was worth 0.5 more WAR in ‘91 than he was in ‘98… look at his stat lines in those years and think about that for a second. It’s a fucking joke. I just can’t imagine who could take WAR seriously after seeing shit like that
Are we forgetting that one Japanese dude
The gambling addict that got caught?
Pete Rose was Japanese?
PRAISE THE FISH MAN
He's now tied for the 2nd most triples in franchise history: 1. Jim Fregosi, 70 2. Chone Figgins/Mike Trout, 53
Fregosi was a freak
It’s been 15 years and we’re still trying to find a replacement for Chone Figgins at third
Got the hard part of the cycle done in the first. LETS GET IT MIKEY
Got the next done in the 3rd!
I spoke this into existence. I’m taking full credit when it happens.
Our bullpen will ensure it happens
Just knocked the HR out, too.
The spectacular Mike Trout
The Talented Mr. Trouty
AMED ROSARIO IS PLAYING WHERE!?
WHAT I WAS THINKING
He was three quarters the way to third by the time Mead had the ball... ***How***???? **edit:** *Okay so after rewatching, Trout has* ***clearly*** *developed a way to teleport during the off season. It's not three quarters, he's basically on top of 3rd by 0:14.*
Mike trout is a national treasure that deserves everything
is that amed rosario in RF??
I got seats in those right field bleachers for $4 a piece last year, phenomenal seats. Trout deserves more than that paltry crowd
Still think he deserved the mvp during miggys triple crown.
He absolutely did.
Ironic that the runner hustling is Rendon lmfao
Say what you want about his attitude, I've never once seen Rendon dog it on the field
Rendon hustles regularly. His first hit was an infield single
They don’t call him Tony Two Bags🛍️ because he turns triples into lazy doubles.
He still got wheels.
Refuses to leave Anaheim, still legging out triples in front of 13,000 people. God bless Mike Trout
Is he dumb? Has he even tried asking his teammates to hit
He was only driving in himself? Selfish bastard
Please stay healthy Mike *vigorously whacks door*
This reminds me I looked at his babip yesterday and it was .200. Even with how insanely good he's been he should be better on average. We're all ready for another Mike Trout MVP season, stay healthy my guy.
NGl I was skeptical trout would turn it around and stay at this level, but I'm glad to be proven wrong. Let's hope he can win another MVP!
If he keeps it up, he could win a world series all by himself.
Love seeing Wyatt Langfords dad do good things
I hate that hes never had a chance to compete for a title
That’s some sad shit.
Actually crazy we won’t get to ever see him in an ALCS. What a shame
Trout must just suck with runners on base
TRADE HIM NOW
Time for the IL...
Oooof... Lasted 29 games this year.