Trout $144 mil/ 6 years
 

What a deal for the angels. This shows how ridiculous the Cabrera deal really is.

10 year deals always work out great....

-Arod




God the Tigers better hope MC doesn't start breaking down soon.....it's not like he's in the best shape physically, he's already starting to get the injury bug :eek:

I thought the same thing on both accounts.

The SoCal teams made two good bets for long-term deals this season. Between Trout and Kershaw two of the best young [22 and 26, respectively] players in the game are committed for some time. Now granted, Kershaw has a strained muscle in his back right now, probably from that stupid friggin' trip to Australia. Being on a plane that long is not good] but I still think that the signing was a good bet to make given the last few seasons of work. The Trout deal was fantastic. He is so young that he will be in his prime throughout the deal that the Angels can build around him for a championship caliber team in 3-4 years.

As for the Cabrera signing, I agree w/the other sentiments above--he is all but certain to decline and break down well before the end of the deal.

The Angels will be getting six years of Trout in his prime, can't do better than that.

Tigers will get 3-4 really good years from Cabrera, then 6-7 years of headaches as his body starts to break down. If they simply offered him an eight year contract they could have avoided years nine and ten, two that are likely to be worthless.

I think the Angels got off somewhat cheap with the signing of Trout. Arguably the best all around player in the game and at a very young age...could have asked for $30 mill a year and most likely got it. But I'm sure he'll get even more than that when his next contract is due.

As for Cabrera...the ten year deal is stupid and there's no doubt that they rarely ever work out for the team. However, you see some of these stars signing this sort of deal and I believe that what they are doing in this scenario is paying him for what he has already accomplished the past few years...something very rare with the two triple crowns. Maybe this sort of deal was what Miggy wanted and nothing less. What are the Tigers gonna do? Say no thanks and let him walk? We know that's not gonna happen. These teams make way too much money and can waste some, especially on the best hitter in all of baseball. Worth it if you ask me :cool:

The Hamilton and Pujols deals...yeah, the Angels look pretty dumb for those two signings.

I think more teams should let players walk. I think over the course of that deal you could make your team better by using the money to sign multiple players.

Yes, this is very true. Full disclosure, I am a lifelong Yankee fan (no apologies when it comes to money, that just comes with the territory) and as surprised as anyone when the Yanks let Cano take a walk to Seattle. The Yanks have since plugged in some very credible players. I am looking forward to a promising season; no more, no less.

Just look at how the cardinals have managed since they let Pujols walk


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goo Oakland as:D

Smart move on the Yankees part. Cano's numbers were inflated by the stadium. Remember that Damon hit 20+ HRs there.

Look at Pujols has done since they let him walk.

Yes, and I could talk Brady going yard 50+ at Camden.

Paul

The Tigers won't have to worry about years 6-10, the Yankees will have him for those years.

I agree that teams need to let these "almost done with their prime players", walk. I'm very surprised some of these teams sign these huge, long term deals when they know these players only have probably 3-5 years left in the tank of serious baseball.

One thing to think about though is the amount of revenue these teams will generate because of these superstars joining their team. I'm sure when pujols joined the Angels, their merchandise profit blew up quite a bit. It's easy to think in just baseball terms, but if you really think about it, it's not all about winning, but making money on and off the field.


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Mike - That's a good point. Still, I wonder if the Angels end up in the black after that deal is over. Maybe they do but maybe they don't.