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Mike Trout signed a record-breaking, 12-year, $430 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels that makes him all sorts of rich. And Twitter reacted promptly.
Mike Trout when literally anyone arrives at his house pic.twitter.com/EIGmBGFs67
— COED (@COED) March 19, 2019
#BREAKING: Spokane Indians sign Ribby the Redband Trout to a record-setting 12-year, $430 million and one penny contract. Any other big fish-related news today? #GoSpo pic.twitter.com/kYufhQfh4j
— Spokane Indians (@spokaneindians) March 19, 2019
Mike Trout will earn just under $100,000 a day. That’s over $4,000 an hour. $69 a minute (nice). A dollar every second. https://t.co/UOrJWp1jAH
— Rob Lowder (@Rob_Lowder) March 19, 2019
When trout sees Harper 😂😂 https://t.co/zmKxaKKmnq
— Justdubs33⚾️ (@Justdubs33) March 19, 2019
Mike Trout's contract: $35.8 million AAV
The 2019 Tampa Bay Rays 25-man payroll: $39.7 million
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) March 19, 2019
— Troy Mac (@tr0ymac) March 19, 2019
Kyler Murray at the A's facility after seeing that Mike Trout deal
— KFC Radio (@KFCradio) March 19, 2019
— KFC Radio (@KFCradio) March 19, 2019
The extension that Trout signed on Tuesday, March 19, will put him at a career earnings total of $577.85M, the most ever in major American sports, according to Spotrac. The contract that the 27-year-old two-time American League MVP, who was set to become a free agent in 2020, signed is set to be the largest contract in sports history.
The deal comes just weeks after Bryce Harper signed a 10-year, $330 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, making Trout’s deal more than 30% larger — a fact that the internet was more than happy to point out.
Bryce Harper: "Congratulations to me for signing the biggest contract in professional spo–"
Mike Trout: pic.twitter.com/4PvG4GyTrf
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 19, 2019
When Mike Trout finally answers Bryce Harper’s phone call this morning pic.twitter.com/Uql8DJCF04
— Daniel Shiferaw (@dshif) March 19, 2019
Bryce Harper on hearing Mike Trout reportedly will sign a record-breaking 12-year contract worth more than $430 million pic.twitter.com/88UmCYtqGl
— Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) March 19, 2019
Bryce Harper: Come to Philly man!
Mike Trout: pic.twitter.com/0bp51ywY3W
— Brook Smith (@brookme3) March 19, 2019
Trout, who will earn approximately $100,000 per day, will be 39-years-old when his current contract with the Los Angeles Angels expires. He will earn a mind-blowing average of $35 million per season.
While these sort of megadeals rarely seem to work out — if ever — Mike Trout is a complete baseball player in every sense of the word and has been utterly dominant since the day he walked into the league, so there’s no reason to believe he won’t keep up that sort of production for at least half of the contract’s span.
