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• Angels’ CF Drama Thickens After $2M Replacement for Mike Trout Gets Shockingly Released
The Los Angeles Angels need to find a replacement for Mike Trout in centerfield; one player who looked likely for the job has been released....2025
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• 30 bold predictions that will shake MLB landscape in 2025, including Mike Trout blockbuster trade

Opening Day is quickly approaching as the regular season is about to kick into high gear. But what should we expect in 2025?...2025
• Mike Trout Breaks Silence on Angels’ Future Amid Quiet Adjustment to New Position
Mike Trout moved to right field for the Los Angeles Angels, hoping less running will help him stay healthy and finally play a full season. Will it work?...2025
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• MLB milestones to watch in 2025: Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, more aim for history this season

With some health and luck (and talent), who will etch their name into the record books this year?...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 22, 2025
Matt Shaw Shaw made his big league debut with the Cubs a couple days ago, and boy was it on a big stage. The Cubs rookie played third during their series in Japan. Shaw went 1-9 during that series, but that isn't really notable. What is notable is that Shaw is now creeping up draft boards, and with multi-positional eligibility between 2B, 3B, and SS, there is a ton of intrigue. He stole 31 bags a...2025
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• 10 notable MLB players coming back from major injuries in 2025: Ronald Acuña Jr., Mike Trout and more

These players were desperately missed and could have a huge impact on their team's success this season...2025

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• 10 notable MLB players coming back from major injuries in 2025: Ronald Acuña Jr., Mike Trout and more
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• Mike Trout Hopes for Divine Help To Overcome Injury Woes Amid a Huge Blow to Angels’ Playoff Dream
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout has dealt with plenty of injuries recently. Can the Angels bounce back this season if they stay healthy?...2025
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• Team MVPs: 2015 Topps

I was surprised to see that I haven't written a post from this series in a year-and-a-half. That's long enough that I probably need to provide a refresher on the mission behind these posts. The goal is to find the best card per team for sets that I have completed. I've been running this series since 2010. And as I update the series, I go farther and farther back in time -- the ultimate goal, ...2025
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• The All Oft-Injured Team

Photo by Dave Kaup/Getty Images A major dis from Sir Charles During the 1961-62 baseball season, the great Wilt Chamberlain averaged, AVERAGED, 48.5 minutes per game while playing in a league leading 80 games. Since an NBA game is only 48 minutes long, you must be asking if this is a misprint. No, it is not. Wilt played every minute of every game, plus most of the overtime minutes. In fact...2025
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• Angels' Trout connects for first homer of spring
Angels star Mike Trout, playing designated hitter, belted his first home run of spring training as he tries to bounce back from several injury-filled seasons....2025
• Perfectly normal reactions to Spring Training’s opening weekend

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals will never lose again! The Royals have played three Spring Training games as I write this - and at least four by the time you read it. Some people would say that Spring Training is a terrible environment for evaluating players based on results. Others will say that even if it was an excellent environment, three games at th...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 19, 2025
Hyeseong Kim 2B/OF LAD In addition to Korean import Kim, the Dodgers also have Tommy Edman, Kiké Hernández, and Chris Taylor as players who could play the infield and outfield. Per Roberts, Kim is expected to get reps at second base, third base and center field this spring. Kim is known for his bat-to-ball skills and is making adjustments to his bat path with hitting coach Aaron Bates. Draft for p...2025
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• A conversation with Javik Blake on the upcoming Biloxi Shuckers season

Lauren Witte/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK The play-by-play broadcaster and media relations manager for the Biloxi Shuckers, Javik Blake, discusses the Shuckers’ 2024 season and looks ahead to 2025 If you’re hoping to gain insight into the Brewers’ Double-A affiliate, the Biloxi Shuckers, there’s no better person to talk to than Javik Blake, the “Voice of the Shuckers.” Blake has serv...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
Cardinals: Changing of the guard at catcher - two viable fantasy options? It was announced during the offseason that veteran catcher Willson Contreras will be making the switch from Catcher to First Base full time. Contreras has delivered 10+ home runs every year (other then 2020) while his career .814 OPS has made him a valuable commodity behind the plate. I love the switch here from a fantasy ...2025
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"Angels star Mike Trout met with the team yesterday to discuss his health outlook and potential means of keeping him healthier moving forward."

2024
"All 18 holes are grassed in and other amenities are progressing at Trout National, a collaboration between Tiger Woods and baseball star Mike Trout."

2023
"The Angels are willing to trade Mike Trout if the three-time MVP asks for one, according to a USA Today report."

2022
"Mike Trout is dealing with a "rare condition" in his back that he likely will have to manage "through the rest of his career," according to Angels head athletic trainer Mike Frostad."

2021
"Mike Trout made his MLB debut on July 8, 2011"

2020
"A one-of-a-kind Mike Trout baseball card set a new record on Saturday night for the highest selling sports card of all time, selling for $3,936,000."

2019
"2019 All-MLB team: Baseball's best honored with Mike Trout, Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon on first team"

2018
"Lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan Mike Trout said Tuesday that the Eagles will beat the New England Patriots 31-24 to win Super Bowl LII."

2017
"Bryce Harper and Mike Trout traded first-inning solo shots, but Harper ultimately topped his American League rival by going 4-for-4 and scoring the go-ahead run in the Nationals' 4-3 win over the Angels in Tuesday night's series opener at Angel Stadium."

2016
"Jered Weaver kept the White Sox offense off-balance for seven innings, and Mike Trout launched a two-run homer in the fifth to give the Angels a 3-2 victory Thursday at U."

2015
"Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati."

2014
"Instead, it was the year Mike Trout finally got his due."

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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The face of the franchise will become the face of free agency this fall. Happy Wednesday BCB friends! We have some interesting stories ahead for you today, chief among them being that one of baseball’s biggest extensions isn’t happening. The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to come to an agreement on extension terms. As a result, Vlad Jr,...2025
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• A conversation with Javik Blake on the upcoming Biloxi Shuckers season
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 18, 2025

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images We have a full squad working out! Jaylon Thompson covers why the Royals extended GM J.J. Picollo. “This game is about a lot of things, but leadership is incredibly important,” Royals owner John Sherman said Monday. “I’ve got great confidence in these two guys. I love the way they work together. You’ve got to have the right people, but stability and leadershi...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Cub Tracks’ happy campers

Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The process of cooking the roster down begins in the spring. Tons of video. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and...2025
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• Nationals prospects: Luke Dickerson has one of the highest ceilings in the Nats system

Larry Murphy/Correspondent for Asbury Park Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Today we look at Luke Dickerson, and why the Nationals made him the most expensive second round pick of all time The Washington Nationals draft plan revolved around one player, and it was not their top 10 pick Seaver King. Second round pick Luke Dickerson was the player the Nats planned their draft around. They passed on ...2025

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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images 10 years across baseball and one new ballpark later, Craig Kimbrel is back with the Braves. Let’s try to figure out how this is going to work! So, Big Red’s back in town for the Atlanta Braves? Uh, am I the only one who called him Big Red? Naturally, I visited his Baseball-Reference page for the sole purpose of figuring out which wacky nickname he has ...2025
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• Perfectly normal reactions to Spring Training’s opening weekend
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 19, 2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• 2025 is a big year for Sean Murphy

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reviewing the catcher’s first two years in Atlanta and looking ahead to what we can expect from him in 2025 Picture this – you wake up. It’s March 29th, 2024. After yesterday’s Opening Day was rained out, your Atlanta Braves are set to begin the 2024 season in Philadelphia. Fresh off a 104-win 2023 campaign backed by the greatest offense ...2025
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• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Imagine having the choice to see Ronald Acuña Jr. having the bat in his hands for every big late at-bat with the game on the line. Sounds like a golden idea, right? Maybe, maybe not! By now, I’d imagine that you’ve all heard about or read Jayson Stark’s article over on The Athletic about the “buzz” surrounding the idea that Major League Baseball may ad...2024
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• Lessons the front office can learn from this year

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals improved this year - let’s do it again! The Royals had one of the best off-seasons in baseball last year, improving a 106-loss team enough to make the playoffs and advance to the ALDS. By adding Seth Lugo and Michael Wacah, the Royals featured one of the best rotations in baseball, and although some other acquisitions - Hunter Renfroe, Adam Frazier...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. For now, it’s worth ...2024
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?
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• Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht

Old friend alert! The Royals still have yet to add the big bat to their lineup, but we went ahead and added a few of our own. Straight from the University of Kansas, please welcome Trenton Kraxner. He has written for the University Daily Kansan and will be writing recaps and other articles. Hi, my name is Trenton Kraxner, I am a senior at the University of Kansas currently. I will be graduating t...2025
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• Outside The Confines: No deal for Vlad Jr. and the Jays
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• Nationals prospects: Luke Dickerson has one of the highest ceilings in the Nats system
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• Outside The Confines: The end of 2024

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Join us for some end of year baseball news. Happy Monday, everyone! It’s the last Outside The Confines of 2024, and there’s been some quiet movement around baseball over the holiday week. Shohei Ohtani made a major announcement; Corbin Burnes is getting nicely paid by Arizona; MLB dot com picks some realistic free agents for every team, a...2024
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• Game 1 of the Wild Card series was played on the Royals’ terms

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The momentum has shifted. The Royals won 86 games in the regular season, fewer than any team in the post-season except the Tigers. Twelve of those wins came against the embarrassing White Sox - the Royals went 74-75 against everyone else. For most of the year, they had one of the worst bullpen in baseball, and in September they had THE worst offense in base...2024
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• This day in Braves History: Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes the second-youngest player to record a 30-30 season

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This won't be the only club that Ronald Acuña Jr. joins over what's already been a very good career. Braves Franchise History 1914: The Giants lose their fifth-straight game in a 3-2 loss to Cincinnati. The loss allows the idle Braves to move into a tie for first place. Herbie Moran (who was playing his last game for Cincy before being sold to the Bra...2024
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• Should Major Leaguers play in the 2028 L.A. Olympics?

Salvador Perez having a blast representing his country in the World Baseball Classic. | Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports If baseball returns to the Olympics in 2028, should MLB players participate? Quick—name your favorite moment in Olympic baseball history! Yeah, I didn’t think so. I don’t have one, either. Okay, maybe that’s not fair—maybe some of you have a favorite Olympic baseball moment....2024
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• MVP Trout fuels AL's third straight ASG win
Behind a 1-for-3 effort from Mike Trout, who also walked and scored a pair of runs, the American League held off the National League, 6-3, on Tuesday night in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Trout became the first back-to-back winner of the All-Star Game MVP Award presented by Chevrolet....2015
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• Trout unsure if he'll be fantasy commish again

On Wednesday, Mike Trout tried to steer clear of the fantasy football dispute between Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and Giants outfielder Joc Pederson....2022
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• Pham over dust-up, pokes fun at commish Trout

Tommy Pham says he's over his fantasy football dispute with Joc Pederson, although the veteran outfielder acknowledged it all could have been prevented had the league's commissioner, Mike Trout, not done such a "terrible job."...2022
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• Brandon Marsh, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
This is the 2nd Angels outfielder that I've pegged as a 2022 fantasy baseball sleeper. What's the chances that comes to fruition? Zero? Can you do negative odds? Last year I pegged Jared Walsh as a sleeper, and he broke out. This year I like two. What can I tell you, I'm a dumb man. At least I think Luis Rengifo is still very terrible. Having Mike Trout (I think, he still plays, right?) and Shohei...2021
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• It's time to get ready for fantasy football, plus why Mike Trout needs to get healthy
August always means that football is returning and for many, it's time to do some fantasy football research...2021
• Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2021: Week 19
Howdy folx! Are you asleep at the wheel of your fantasy baseball teams yet? Are you imagining a world where you had a couple hundred more dollars in your pocket and didn't start your draft with Mike Trout, Lou Bob, and Eloy? Or spend 65% of your FAAB on Huascar Ynoa? Come now, let us commiserate! We're closing in on the most important weeks of the season while you struggle to get into that last pl...2021
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• Jose Altuve or Mike Trout: Who's No. 1 in our rankings for 2018?
The draft begins, and you're on the clock ... whom should you pick? Our experts defend their choices for the No. 1 overall selection in fantasy baseball drafts in three of the most popular formats: roto, head-to-head categories and head-to-head points....2018
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• Trout is fantasy standard bearer among outfielders
Angels slugger Mike Trout is the gold standard of fantasy assets this season. The 23-year-old outfielder has averaged 31 homers, 33 steals, 97 RBIs, 118 runs and a .311 batting average across the past three seasons, and he could become even more dominant as he enters his prime....2015

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• The All Oft-Injured Team
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• Please welcome new writers Connor Moylan, Trenton Kraxner, and Kevin Ruprecht
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• Angels' Trout connects for first homer of spring
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 19, 2025
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• A conversation with Javik Blake on the upcoming Biloxi Shuckers season
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• Cub Tracks’ happy campers
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• What should the Braves expect from Craig Kimbrel in 2025?
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• Preseason Prep - February 18, 2025
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• Is the Golden At-Bat coming soon to baseball?
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• Braves News: Bally Sports Spring Training Schedule, Spencer Strider, More

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images How to watch the Braves throughout Spring Training. Could one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball be getting a deeper arsenal of pitches? That was the speculation on Monday when Spencer Strider went head-to-head with Austin Riley and Matt Olson in live batting practice at Spring Training: Spencer Strider working on a new pitch...2024
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• Angels GM makes big statement on Mike Trout trade speculation

Angels general manager Perry Minasian spoke to the media at the Winter Meetings on Tuesday, emphatically declaring that a Mike Trout trade is not happening....2023
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• Los Angeles Angels reportedly ‘open to trading Mike Trout’ under 1 condition: 4 likely landing spots

A new report claims the Los Angeles Angels are shockingly open to the idea of trading Mike Trout, but under one condition....2023
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• Happy birthday, Mike Trout: 29 stories from those who know him best as baseball's best turns 29
There are outrageous golf shots, a picture-perfect wedding and, of course, his unmatched prowess on the diamond. Is there anything Mike Trout can't do?...2020
• Why MLB players are speaking up about sign stealing like nothing else ever
The Astros' scandal has inspired star players like Mike Trout to air their thoughts on cheating. Will baseball ever be the same?...2020
• Mike Trout, Justin Turner Offer Strong Opinions On Astros Scandal
Some may have scandal fatigue, but there are good reasons this one isn’t dying a quick death: the high level of anger from rival players and a still-running string of questionable statements and (non-)actions from those in positions of power. Today’s comments from two prominent, respected players — Mike Trout and Justin Turner — served…...2020
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• Mike Trout 'lost respect' for Astros players, doesn't believe cheating punishment was harsh enough
The usually reserved Trout did not hold back when discussing Houston's sign-stealing scandal...2020