Is It Time For The Angels to Trade Mike Trout?

[PPerfect_CJ]

LOLOLOLOL!!!

[Dogslax41]

He's a ticket seller. The players they would get back would not result in equal revenue generation even if they never are competitive with Trout on the roster.

[CubFan23]

Shouldn't this thread be posted here? http://www.operationsports.com/forums/pro-baseball/

Just sayin, if one of us posted it, it would be moved to that thread.

[orion523]

If Trout were say 27, the yes, it's a no brainier. But at 24, he's still young enough to focus a rebuild around, so to answer your question, no the Angels should not trade Mike Trout.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Yes. The Angels should trade Trout to Atlanta for a bag of balls & an usher to be named later.
Then Anaheim/LA/California/whatever-they-go-by-these-days can begin to rebuild around Weaver & Pujols, the two obvious pieces to any Angel future. Keeping Trout this year is exactly why the Angels lost prize centerfield top prospect Gary Brown. If they don't dump Trout ASAP, they're in danger of also losing another centerfielder, Bo Way.
Oh, wait, NVM, I thought we were talking about Steve Trout.

[bigdipper88]

Weaver and Wilson come off the books, so that's some $ they'll have. Pujols has them tied up and he obviously isn't /hasn't been even near the player he was in STL.

[tonybologna]

Quote: Originally Posted by misterkrabz

No. Makes no sense to trade the best player in baseball, specially if you have him locked up until 2020..you would never get the same value in return. ..if it was 2019 and you thought you couldn't resign him, then yes...consider it.

You hit the nail on the head as to why I've said the same thing. He probably still is the best player in baseball but Bryce Harper is coming fast but no way he should be traded.

[bestbrother]

I assume we are talking in game (in the main here) and for me, as the Angels are the team I am thinking about playing as, then its a no.

1 - Trout will be fun to play with and thats a big part of why id be the Angels
2 - Im not sure what he would command in terms of in game trade value
3 - As its a game, there is always a way to work things. Sure some players may not stack up irl, but who is to say they wont play well in the Show
4 - Related to the above, the Angels without Trout lose some of their identity (if that makes sense)