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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Trout would not have gotten half of that in arbitration. Pujols got 1/3 of that a year a decade ago despite having far more counting stats (which are more arb friendly) than Trout.
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Times have changed apparently. He would absolutely have gotten that much if he kept playing at this ridiculous level (at least according to the guys who write about baseball for a living). I still think it made some sense for Trout to sign the contract (he's set for life), but if you assume that Trout continues to be worth between 40-50M a year like he has been for the last two, the Angels got a steal with this deal.