Trout Signs For ... One MILLION Dollars

Angels of Anaheim and Lower Los Angeles and Greater California slugger Mike Trout has just been signed to a one year deal worth one million dollars.

Now that may not sound like much, but for a player with just two years of major league ball under his belt, it's an all-time record. I've talked about Trout before, but just to refresh your memory, in just two seasons he's hit .320 with 50 home runs and has over 200 runs scored. Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Albert Pujols are the only other players to do that.

His NEXT contract could/should exceed $30 million a year. He is baseball's greatest new superstar.

The sad thing? The Twins (GM Bill Smith) had the inside track on Trout back in 2009 but selected pitcher Kyle Gibson in front of him figuring Gibson had more long-term potential. It wasn't the only blunder in Smith's short tenure with the Twins.

sigh

What could have been.

Smith will always be known as the Twins' Dr. Evil.