Mike Trout thinks Shohei Ohtani will get more than $500M on next contract
Mike Trout says he thinks Shohei Ohtani will grow to be the primary half-a-billion-dollar participant within the main leagues.
Trout was requested by Dodgers star Mookie Betts on the On Base Podcast how a lot he thinks the two-way star might command in free company this winter.
“I think he’s anywhere between five and six,” Trout stated. “That’s a lot of Ms. That’s a lot of Ms.”
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Trout, a three-time MVP, has had an ideal view of Ohtani’s complete MLB profession as a teammate on the Los Angeles Angels. This season, Ohtani leads the majors with 24 residence runs and is sixth amongst all beginning pitchers with 104 strikeouts.
Trout himself at the moment holds the MLB document for the biggest contract after he signed a 12-year, $426.5-million deal forward of the 2019 marketing campaign.
“He’s special man, everybody sees it,” Trout stated of Ohtani. “He puts the work in for sure, it’s pretty impressive.”
WBC Showdown
In the identical interview, Betts requested Trout about his unbelievable at-bat towards Ohtani within the ninth inning of the World Baseball Classic championship sport. Trout stepped to the plate with two out within the ninth and his Team USA trailing Ohtani’s Team Japan 3-2. Trout labored the rely full however Ohtani acquired him swinging for strike three to ship the championship for Japan.
“What was I thinking? I was like, ‘I’m going to get a chance to get him here,’” Trout stated of his mindset earlier than that at-bat. “There was one thing on my mind, I was trying to take him deep.”
While his U.S. workforce got here out on the shedding finish, Trout stated he cherished the WBC expertise and plans to play once more when the event returns in 2026.
“It was something different,” Trout stated. “You want to be in big games like that, that’s why we play. We want moments like that.”
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