I'm shocked he didn't get a longer deal and for more money. In about 4-5 more years the Angels may be kicking themselves. Great contract for them for now.

Where is the outrage at this contract by Keith Law and others?

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Where is the outrage at this contract by Keith Law and others?

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Law, Passan, et al are all probably too busy masturbating to the contract to put up their Trout ball-slobbering, wank-fest articles until tomorrow.

oops, nope, Law already has his cock-gobbling article out and still even managed to get a few backhanded quips in about miggy and the tigers.

i fucking mega-loathe that douchebag.

24m for a young cat like that..

Trout gets $2 million of his $5 million signing bonus within 30 days of the contract's approval, and the rest by Oct. 15. His salaries are $5.25 million in 2015, $15.25 million in 2016, $19.25 million in 2017 and $33.25 million in each of the final three seasons.

"When the owner comes out and puts up these big numbers, like $33 million, it's hard to turn down,'' Trout said. "For security as well, obviously, you never know what could happen. You could get hurt during the season. You never know.''

He also receives a full-no trade provision, and the right to a luxury suite at Angel Stadium for 20 games per year starting in 2015.

Trout is the first player with less than three years of service time to sign a deal worth more than $20 million annually, but nothing about Trout has much precedent.

The two-time AL All-Star finished second to Detroit's Miguel Cabrera in the MVP voting in each of the past two seasons while putting up astronomical offensive numbers and playing above-average defense. He is batting .314 with 62 homers and 196 RBIs in just 336 career games.

The Angels' nine-figure commitment definitely didn't scare Moreno, who would have liked to lock up Trout for even more years.

"Let's put it this way: We definitely didn't want to go shorter, and we would have liked to have gone longer, so we sort of compromised here,'' Moreno said.

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oops, nope, Law already has his cock-gobbling article out and still even managed to get a few backhanded quips in about miggy and the tigers.

i fucking mega-loathe that douchebag.

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Agree. And message to Keith Law: IT'S NOT YOUR FUCKiNG MONEY!

Don't forget that other man whore, Buster Olney. He couldn't wait to bend over and grab his ankles when half the owners came running anonymously to him to say what an outrage the Miggy contract was, when in fact every one of them wish they had Cabrera and every one of them would have done the same thing.