Terry Collins, the Mets manager, made some news last Sunday when he stated that he considered walking Mike Trout in the 9th inning with the bases loaded. The Angels were down by three and Trout represented the winning run if he were able to swat a grand slam. Instead, Addison Reed was able to limit Trout to a sacrifice fly and the Mets came away with a 7-5 victory. With Albert Pujols out of the lineup and the rest of the team struggling the idea was not without merit. This may be the ultimate sign of respect for Mike Trout as a hitter.
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Top Tier Hitter
Mike Trout is currently 1st, 2nd or 3rd in EVERY major batting stat in the American League! WAR, BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, Total Bases, Home Runs, RBI, BB, Stolen Bases.
It’s hard to believe that we could be seeing the best season of his career!
150 Steals
Mike Trout stole his 150th career stolen base on May 14 against the Detroit Tigers. With that feat and and Alex Rodriguez became the only two players with 150 stolen bases and 175 home runs before their age 26 seasons. He is also the youngest player to record 150 steals and 150 home runs.
AL Player of the Month – April 2017
Mike Trout just completed his best April in his career. He was honored by being named the American League Player of the Month. This is the fourth time Trout has received the award. The achievement ties an Angels team record with Chuck Finley. Congrats Mike!
2017 Mike Trout Angel Stadium Giveaways
The Angels have released their list of promotional stadium giveaways for 2017. The list includes several Mike Trout themed items including 4 Trout bobbleheads. Plus a set of Mike Trout socks and a Rookie of the Year blanket featuring Mike Trout and Tim Salmon.
[table]Date|Item|Opponent
May 16, 2017|Trout MVP Season Bobblehead 1 of 3|White Sox
June 14, 2017|Rookie of the Year Blanket|Yankees
July 18, 2017 |Trout MVP Double Bobblehead|Nationals
August 1, 2017|Trout #27 Socks|Phillies
August 4, 2017|Trout MVP Season Bobblehead 2 of 3|Athletics
August 22, 2017|Trout MVP Season Bobblehead 3 of 3|Ranges
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Touchdown Mike Trout
Mike Trout makes no mystery of his love for the Philadelphia Eagles. Earlier this week he went hunting with quarterback Carson Wentz. Then he sent some of his signature shoes to the entire team.
Every Eagles player got a pair of Nikes courtesy of Mike Trout. These belong to Zach Ertz pic.twitter.com/xxnBpOwghI
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) December 28, 2016
As payback for all the attention Zach Ertz gave Trout the game ball after a touchdown pass from Carson Wentz. Trout is living out all kinds of fantasies for little boys across the country.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Mike Trout 2016 MVP
For the second time in his career Mike Trout has been named the American League MVP by the Baseball Writer’s Association. This was the fifth consecutive year that Trout was either first or second in the voting. Despite Trout’s place on the stats leader-board there was ambiguity about whether or not he would be named MVP because of the Angels poor season. Despite this liability Trout earned the award based on his individual play.
Here’s how the vote tally was finalized.
Trout has led the league in WAR for five straight years. The last player to do that was Babe Ruth. He is the only the fifth position player to win two MVP award by the time he was 25 (Bench, Mantle, Foxx, and Musial are the others).
500 Runs!
Last night, at Dodger Stadium, Mike Trout scored his 500th career run. Trout achieved the feat in 690 games. This is the fastest any player has reached that mark in Angels team history.
The Mike Trout Weather Report
The best new addition at Angel Stadium this year is the “Mike Trout Weather Report”. The Angels play the segment just before the start of every home game. Trout’s love of weather reports only made it right for the Angels to fulfill this dream for their MVP. The segment is particularly funny since the weather in Southern California is almost always “sunny with clear skies”.
See a sample video here:
It was just a matter of time before Storm Chaser @MikeTrout got his own weather segment.
Good call Mike!https://t.co/ivgIF8asgg
— Angels (@Angels) April 8, 2016
Mike Trout Rap Song – A Fish Like This
Check out this new rap song about Mike Trout “A Fish Like This”. You can purchase the song by Tim Stiles here.