00:00Can you put it to bed? Can you tell the Phillies fans out there to tell me I'm crazy?
00:04Does Mike Trout want to be a Philly?
00:07Johnny, I really think Mike is in this comfort zone where he really likes where he is and what he
00:14means to that franchise.
00:16He really hasn't pushed them at all to move him.
00:22If they came to him and said, we got a deal to send you to Philadelphia, it'd be interesting.
00:28You know, I'm like you. I love Mike Trout. I love everything about him.
00:32I loved him saying right before the first pitch last night, Philly is a special place.
00:38He thinks that. He's not kidding.
00:40But think about it from the Phillies standpoint.
00:45Even if this was possible, you're not trading for 25-year-old Mike Trout.
00:50You're trading for this version of Mike Trout who turns 35 in two weeks.
00:56And then he's got four years left on his contract after this year for the vicinity of $150 million after
01:06this year.
01:07And, I mean, if you start thinking about it, they'd have to pay that down.
01:11Say that Angels were willing to pay it down and the Phillies would only owe him $15 million a year.
01:19What would you guys do?
01:20I mean, I think the hard thing would be he's a declining late 30-ish player on a team with
01:29too many other guys who are going to fit that description real soon.
01:34I'll see you next time.
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