Mike Trout is getting paid

Def Leppard · Post #61 » by **Def Leppard** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:25 am

Lmao at producing his own marvel movie, funny and what a standard of wealth.

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Golden Knight · Post #62 » by **Golden Knight** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:48 am

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Luka or Ben Simmons would probably get those kind of deals if there were no cap or restriction on years.

It would have to be someone between 19-22, or one of the future HS to NBA pros who comes in and averages crazy numbers at 18.

For a sport with so much contact and injury can happen any game even in practice, there would have to be injury provisions a la Embiid if the contract is that long.

pwrshft99 · Post #63 » by **pwrshft99** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:53 am

Never have been and never will be a GM, but there is no player in the world I'm signing for 10+ years.

Golden Knight · Post #64 » by **Golden Knight** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:56 am

Cactus Jack wrote:The NBA has absolutely surpassed MLB in popularity. The National Media (Which drives ratings) rarely if ever talks about Baseball nowadays. The NFL/College Football & NBA/March Madness dominants the headlines for the most part (ESPN, Fox, etc.). The only time Baseball gets coverage is during the Playoffs/World Series. Yet Football in October, still dominants the sports landscape.

Man, my biggest pet peeve is when people use the word dominate instead of dominant:

"Shaq is the most dominate force in NBA history"

yours is the reverse and it's just as awkward...

enigmatics · Post #65 » by **enigmatics** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:07 am

It's crap like that, which further reinforces why I don't watch baseball anymore and ultimately it'll most likely drive a wedge between my desire to be a fan of any sport after a while. I understand the pot has to be spread around, but nothing these guys do is ever worth these crazy sums. Literally is just "stupid" money.

I blame the fans for most of this.

Post #66 » by **Cactus Jack** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:09 am

Golden Knight wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:The NBA has absolutely surpassed MLB in popularity. The National Media (Which drives ratings) rarely if ever talks about Baseball nowadays. The NFL/College Football & NBA/March Madness dominants the headlines for the most part (ESPN, Fox, etc.). The only time Baseball gets coverage is during the Playoffs/World Series. Yet Football in October, still dominants the sports landscape.

Man, my biggest pet peeve is when people use the word dominate instead of dominant:

"Shaq is the most dominate force in NBA history"

yours is the reverse and it's just as awkward...

Dominator83 · Post #67 » by **Dominator83** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:16 am

Golden Knight wrote:
Cactus Jack wrote:The NBA has absolutely surpassed MLB in popularity. The National Media (Which drives ratings) rarely if ever talks about Baseball nowadays. The NFL/College Football & NBA/March Madness dominants the headlines for the most part (ESPN, Fox, etc.). The only time Baseball gets coverage is during the Playoffs/World Series. Yet Football in October, still dominants the sports landscape.

Man, my biggest pet peeve is when people use the word dominate instead of dominant:

"Shaq is the most dominate force in NBA history"

yours is the reverse and it's just as awkward...

Or spells it wrong in his username and never changes it !

Raps in 4 · Post #68 » by **Raps in 4** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:25 am

He's arguably the GOAT. That contract might be long, but the AAV is only ~$35 million.

iggymcfrack · Post #69 » by **iggymcfrack** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:25 am

John Wall’s currently making more a year than Trout. If there was no cap on years/dollars in the NBA, tons of players would be worth this amount. AD, Giannis, Joker, for sure. Probably more.

HeartBreakKid · Post #70 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:28 am

Strepbacter wrote:That's a steal for the Angels. Mike Trout is the best player in the game by a distance, and well on his way to GOAT status. He's like everything LeBron stans desperately wish LeBron was.

Um, it's pretty hilarious how ironic this is.

Lebron is criticized for his lack of winning, yet you think Trout will be the GOAT when he hasn't even won a playoff game and he's 28 years old.

Not saying that Trout might not be the goat, but the arguments against LBJ can literally go against Trout except 10x harder.

Raps in 4 · Post #71 » by **Raps in 4** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:28 am

enigmatics wrote:It's crap like that, which further reinforces why I don't watch baseball anymore and ultimately it'll most likely drive a wedge between my desire to be a fan of any sport after a while. I understand the pot has to be spread around, but nothing these guys do is ever worth these crazy sums. Literally is just "stupid" money.

I blame the fans for most of this.

Trout is well worth that kind of money considering his production and the average MLB salary.

Raps in 4 · Post #72 » by **Raps in 4** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:29 am

HeartBreakKid wrote:
Strepbacter wrote:That's a steal for the Angels. Mike Trout is the best player in the game by a distance, and well on his way to GOAT status. He's like everything LeBron stans desperately wish LeBron was.

Um, it's pretty hilarious how ironic this is.

Lebron is criticized for his lack of winning, yet you think Trout will be the GOAT when he hasn't even won a playoff game and he's 28 years old.

Not saying that Trout might not be the goat, but the arguments against LBJ can literally go against Trout except 10x harder.

That's not how baseball works.

HeartBreakKid · Post #73 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:32 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
HeartBreakKid wrote:
Strepbacter wrote:That's a steal for the Angels. Mike Trout is the best player in the game by a distance, and well on his way to GOAT status. He's like everything LeBron stans desperately wish LeBron was.

Um, it's pretty hilarious how ironic this is.

Lebron is criticized for his lack of winning, yet you think Trout will be the GOAT when he hasn't even won a playoff game and he's 28 years old.

Not saying that Trout might not be the goat, but the arguments against LBJ can literally go against Trout except 10x harder.

That's not how baseball works.

It's actually not how basketball works either, yet we still count rings.

And yes, everyone in the world is aware that one basketball player impacts a game more than one baseball player, that isn't the point if you're going to go there.

Klayforspicy · Post #74 » by **Klayforspicy** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:39 am

People are paying too much attention to the sum and not the annual.

A player like Giannis will probably make over 430 mil the next 10 years, barring injury or steep decline.

Sark · Post #75 » by **Sark** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:51 am

Atmanne wrote:Still underpaid. And A-Rod got a contract worth more than that twice taking into account inflation.

That is completely false. How did you do your calculation?

jamalkandur · Post #76 » by **jamalkandur** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:05 am

The guy is arguably the best player since Mickey Mantle, well deserved.

Tennis19 · Post #77 » by **Tennis19** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:25 am

Towns 23 years old sign what a 5/190... he'll prob would get max again if not super max. so i guess 12/430 would be a discount.

iggymcfrack · Post #78 » by **iggymcfrack** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:29 am

Tennis19 wrote:Towns 23 years old sign what a 5/190... he'll prob would get max again if not super max. so i guess 12/430 would be a discount.

Good example. Wolves would jump at the chance to have Towns signed for 12/430 instead of 5/190 right now if it were CBA legal.

Tennis19 · Post #79 » by **Tennis19** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:42 am

CBU wrote:In MLB, standard is $10mn per year per 1 WAR.

Trout averages 8.5 WAR a year, he's underpaid by about 50%.

He's that good...

not even close. so you're saying betts, judge, arenado should be getting 60-70 million a year? thats just players i can think of right now. im pretty sure theres at least 20 players that avg at least 4+ war in there career.

JN61 · Post #80 » by **JN61** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:43 am

bargnanimvp wrote:
clyde21 wrote:
bargnanimvp wrote:No one in NBA, but the yearly equivalent on a 5-6 year deal would work.

well of course...it's 'only' 35mil a year...I mean Kevin fricking Love is almost making that the next 3 years lol

Yeah, i'm just answering the question though. NBA no one is getting signed for 12 years in this era.

I have just this mental image of one of these "unhappy" superstars signing 600 million deal for 12 years, 2 years into contract throwing hissy fit and sitting out rest of the season, and talking on some show how they don't like direction the team is going.