00:00Are we at that time right now where the Angels consider sending Mike Trout
00:05somewhere, or has that ship sailed, Bob?
00:08I mean, the guy's really never been in the postseason.
00:11He's never had a shot at putting his name up.
00:14And I know, listen, he's long in the tooth now.
00:16He's not the same Mike Trout of, say, five years ago.
00:19But could you see him, Artie Marino, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels,
00:24could you see them getting rid of him and moving him somewhere just to give
00:27him a shot to see what he could do?
00:29And maybe get himself a World Series ring?
00:33No, I think what people forget is Mike Trout has a complete no-trade clause.
00:37Mike Trout doesn't want to go anywhere.
00:38He's very happy in Anaheim.
00:40Yeah, he wishes that he won more.
00:42He's like Otani.
00:43If the Angels had matched that contract, he was going back to Anaheim.
00:47So, you know, they couldn't trade him.
00:49Just there's so little trade value.
00:52Remember, he's got $140 million coming.
00:54They would have to eat at least half of that contract.
00:57He'd spend hurt too much.
00:59He's healthy right now, but how long is it going to last?
01:02So, no, I think, you know, Trout stays with the Angels his entire career.
01:06It's too bad with all the injuries and everything else.
01:09But I know there has, you know, in the last couple years,
01:11there has not been a single team you'll reach out and ask about Mike Trout.
01:16Mike Trout, where do you put him in baseball's legacy?
01:20Where do you think he fits?
01:22Because, you know, there were conversations before, Bob, that you were comparing him.
01:25Not you, but folks were comparing him to Mantle.
01:28And that he was a modern-day Mantle.
01:30Center field guy.
01:31All the gold gloves.
01:32The home runs and all.
01:34Three-time American League MVP.
01:37Where do you put him as one of the best outfielders of all time?
01:42You know, it drops down just because of all the injuries.
01:46He started that way.
01:47You know, you compare his first 10 years to, say, Albert Pujols.
01:50You know, in Bales' comparison, Pujols' first 10 years were unbelievable.
01:54No, he's not an outfielder.
01:55But, yeah, he was on that – Mike was definitely on that track,
01:58but just the injuries derailed him.
01:59So, I don't think you'll go and say he's one of the top 10 outfielders of all time
02:04or top 20, you know, top 50, you know, that sort of thing.
02:07But just because of the injuries, you've got to play.
02:10That's why, you know, what Matt Olsen's doing, you know,
02:12approaching about 850 straight games now without taking a day off.
02:17You know, that's pretty special.
02:19But you've got to play to be one of those guys that are considered one of the greatest.
02:23It's just too bad with the injuries.
02:25It's almost like Jacob DeGrom.
02:27You know, Jacob DeGrom could have been one of the best, you know,
02:29pitchers of all time.
02:31But, you know, injuries wiped him out too.
02:34Do you think Mike Trout had a better career than Andrew Jones?
02:39Ooh.
02:42Close.
02:43I mean, I think people will say just because more recent bias is Mike Trout.
02:47But I think it's close.
02:48I mean, obviously, you know, Andrew is playing a lot of, you know,
02:51a lot of great Atlanta Braves teams there.
02:54And he was a much, much better outfielder than Mike Trout.
02:57Much better.
02:58And I'm a 10-time gold glove winner.
03:01I'm not sure.
03:02Let's try it.
03:03Maybe one gold glove at maximum.
03:05Yeah.
03:05But no, I would probably put Jones ahead of Mike Trout.
03:10Same thing.
03:10He didn't have the injuries, but he just fell off a cliff when he left Atlanta.
03:15I never thought that that conversation would ever be that close.
03:18Like you said, in the first 10 minutes here, or 10 years of his career,
03:22I never thought that.
03:23I never thought that.
03:23I never thought that.
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