If you name an accolade, odds are that Mike Trout has it. Indeed, the only piece of hardware missing from the Los Angeles Angels outfielder's trophy case is a World Series ring.
Trout has been with the Angels since 2011. The team's first overall pick in 2009, he smashed 30 home runs, 89 RBIs in 2012 and also led the league in runs and stolen bases that year, earning him the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
"Mike Trout is already an all-time great. #Top100RightNow" - @ MLB Stats
In 2014, the Los Angeles Angels inked a 1-year deal with Trout worth $1 million, only to finalize an extension one month later that would see the then-22 year old receive $144.5 million over the next six seasons.
The 2014 season saw Trout live up to the massive amount of confidence placed in him by his team. He hit .287/.377/.561 with 36 home runs and 111 RBIs in 2014, enough to win his first MVP Award.
Trout also got his first taste of postseason action in 2014, with his team going down to the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS. It remains the last postseason series that Mike Trout has played in.
Early in the 2015 season, the player became the youngest player in MLB history to reach 100 home runs and 100 stolen bases. The 6-foot-2 native of Vineland, New Jersey went on to capture subsequent AL MVP Awards in both 2016 and 2019.
In March 2019, immediately following his third MVP campaign, Trout signed an extension worth $426.5 million that would keep him in a Los Angeles Angels uniform until 2030. At the time, it made him the highest-paid player in MLB history.
"When Mike Trout bat flips like this in a live game, the Angels will be unstoppable" - @ Angels TopPlays
Under the deal, Trout is set to receive about $35.4 million each season until his contract expires. Taking into account his contractual earnings, with undisclosed personal earnings he can use trading his name, it is estimated that Mike Trout has a net worth of between $130-$150 million.
Mike Trout is running out of time to bring glory to LA
Despite having Trout and Shohei Ohtani, two of the best players around, the Angels seem perrennially unable to translate their skill into playoff success. A franchise-worst 13-game losing streak in 2022 shut the books on their hopes of making the postseason for the first time since 2014.
We can only hope that things will be different this year, for the sake of Angels fans everywhere.