Idiot "baseball fans"

[happybat4]

I am getting frustrated by the lack of knowledge from the average baseball fan. Looking at comments on Mike Trouts contract are driving me crazy. Everybody keeps saying crap like, "his agent sucks, Cabrera got way more". "This proves Cabrera is better, Trout couldn't get close to what Cabrera got". Even my coworkers were talking about how Trout gave the angels such a bargain.

 

People have no concept of arbitration. The angels could have just not given him a contract and payed him way less money. That concept goes over the average persons head though. They all think Trout was a free agent.

 

Has anybody else run into this problem?

[mancini79]

Who cares what other people say. They are just bitter that he's not playing for their team.

[Tyler]

You'll learn to just tune it out.

[HuntingtonMike]

I've been reading comments on national articles like espn and yahoo and surprised how the so called "knowledgeable" east coast baseball fans knows so little about arbitration years. Those fans are so over rated.

[stevestevens]

I especially get mad when they think jeter is better looking than trout.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

All I care about is that Trout is under contract through 2020.

[markb]

Dipoto pointed out that this is a record breaking contract in the news conference.  Maybe that's his code for "suck it, Tigers fans."

[IEAngelsfan]

Dipoto pointed out that this is a record breaking contract in the news conference.  Maybe that's his code for "suck it, Tigers ignoramus fans."

Fixed

[ten ocho recon scout]

I especially get mad when they think jeter is better looking than trout.

I bet jeter gives gift baskets with trout pictures now.

(So do I)

[Second Base]

[jangel7]

What was Cabrera making at 22 and what will Trout make at 29? It will be a bunch.

[Homebrewer]

The dumbing down of America is nearly complete.

[YouthofToday]

The best was where folks said that the Angels were going to lose Trout to the Yankees this season because they didn't pay him enough in 2013...

[TEXHALOFAN]

When the Angels agreed to pay him 1 million for 1 year (with 3 arb years remaining) some people and some Angel fans thought we only signed him for 1 year. LOL

[LAAMike]

2003 (age 20) $165,574

 2004 (age 21) $320,000

2005 (age 22) $370,000

2006 (age 23) $472,000

2007 (age 24) $7,400,000

2008 (age 25) $11,300,000

2009 (age 26) $14,383,049

2010 (age 27) $20,000,000

2011 (age 28) $20,000,000

Nine Year Totals $74,410,623      Cabrera did not come any where near what Trout will be paid for his first nine years even adjusted for inflation due to cable contracts.

[YouthofToday]

You cannot make that comparison.

[disarcina]

Let 'em complain  - let folks express any opinion they want.

 

bottom line, Trout is set for life with this contract, perhaps the largest contract for a 22 year old player.

 

this provides insurance guarantee against a career ending injury occurring BEFORE what otherwise would have been his big pay day, three or four years from now.

 

He stays with an organization that he is comfortable with and before fans who are now more fanatical crazy about him more than ever.

 

If he continues to put up the kind of record-breaking numbers he has the first two seasons, his biggest pay day is yet to come either in 2019 when he signs an extension or in 2020 when he hits the free agent market with close to 250/ 300 HRs and another six to ten years left in his career.

 

this deal today insulates him not only from injury but also from the uncertainties of MLB economics moving forward........it may be easy to predict nothing but rising revenues and popularity of the NFL but MLB, IMO, faces a declining fan base that no one seems to be paying that much attention to......to think MLB will be in as good of financial shape in 2020 as it is today is a gamble. It may well be and if so, Trout will cash in AGAIN then, if not, he got the best bang for the buck now during the fat times......

 

let the others complain........who cares? who's listening?  does it matter to Halos fans who now have Trout and Weaver locked up for several more seasons.......oh, I'd rather have Trout, any day, over Tigers' Cabrera........

 

Overall, good for Trout and his family, good for the Halos......congrats to Arte and F/O for stepping up and getting this done.

 

Also -- any one also consider that this Trout signing likely makes Pujols a better hitter?  He's going to see better pitches batting behind Trout and we're paying him a bunch more money over the next 8 years on his contract -- so this deal helps get a better return on an investment/ money already spent (and there's debate on whether it is was well spent).

[Halos of Anaheim]

Let 'em complain  - let folks express any opinion they want.

 

bottom line, Trout is set for life with this contract, perhaps the largest contract for a 22 year old player.

 

this provides insurance guarantee against a career ending injury occurring BEFORE what otherwise would have been his big pay day, three or four years from now.

 

He stays with an organization that he is comfortable with and before fans who are now more fanatical crazy about him more than ever.

 

If he continues to put up the kind of record-breaking numbers he has the first two seasons, his biggest pay day is yet to come either in 2019 when he signs an extension or in 2020 when he hits the free agent market with close to 250/ 300 HRs and another six to ten years left in his career.

 

this deal today insulates him not only from injury but also from the uncertainties of MLB economics moving forward........it may be easy to predict nothing but rising revenues and popularity of the NFL but MLB, IMO, faces a declining fan base that no one seems to be paying that much attention to......to think MLB will be in as good of financial shape in 2020 as it is today is a gamble. It may well be and if so, Trout will cash in AGAIN then, if not, he got the best bang for the buck now during the fat times......

 

let the others complain........who cares? who's listening?  does it matter to Halos fans who now have Trout and Weaver locked up for several more seasons.......oh, I'd rather have Trout, any day, over Tigers' Cabrera........

 

Overall, good for Trout and his family, good for the Halos......congrats to Arte and F/O for stepping up and getting this done.

 

Also -- any one also consider that this Trout signing likely makes Pujols a better hitter?  He's going to see better pitches batting behind Trout and we're paying him a bunch more money over the next 8 years on his contract -- so this deal helps get a better return on an investment/ money already spent (and there's debate on whether it is was well spent).

It wasn't.

 

But yeah OP, the average baseball fan is clueless to say the least.

[ABC]

Why get so fussy over casual fans? They pay the bills. You can't be a nerd on every subject that interests you and you don't have to be to enjoy it. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

I had such a frustrating twitter exchange with one of these guys yesterday that I had to block him, which I almost never do.

 

So then I wrote this...

 

http://www.ocregister.com/angels/deal-607558-mike-trout.html

[Mile High Dreams]

I am getting frustrated by the lack of knowledge from the average baseball fan. Looking at comments on Mike Trouts contract are driving me crazy. Everybody keeps saying crap like, "his agent sucks, Cabrera got way more". "This proves Cabrera is better, Trout couldn't get close to what Cabrera got". Even my coworkers were talking about how Trout gave the angels such a bargain.

 

People have no concept of arbitration. The angels could have just not given him a contract and payed him way less money. That concept goes over the average persons head though. They all think Trout was a free agent.

 

Has anybody else run into this problem?

 

Just like anything else is society...its a bell curve. 20 % contribute 50 - 60 sit on the fence...and the rest bring us down. Try not to let the rest bring you down.

[mancini79]

Great article Fletch. But I bet the average person reading that will have no clue who Grady Sizemore is.

[tdawg87]

Fixed

 

I don't get it, it doesn't look like you changed anything.

[yk9001]

Why get so fussy over casual fans? They pay the bills. You can't be a nerd on every subject that interests you and you don't have to be to enjoy it. 

 

 

yeah, seriously.  Why on earth would original poster care if some casual fans don't have all of their facts straight re the Trout contract?  

 

New bar set for first world problems.

[Docwaukee]

I had such a frustrating twitter exchange with one of these guys yesterday that I had to block him, which I almost never do.

 

So then I wrote this...

 

http://www.ocregister.com/angels/deal-607558-mike-trout.html

 

 

Nice job Jeff.  Perfect explanation.