Mike trout contract with angels

A record-breaking contract that runs through the 2030 season and seemed like a great deal when it was signed in 2019 is starting to look like an albatross that will continue to weigh down the payroll of the Los Angeles Angels due to Mike Trout’s inability to stay on the baseball field.

Trout, who signed a 12-year extension with the Angels in ’19 that guarantees him $426,500,000 and pays him an average annual salary of $35,541,667, is sidelined indefinitely after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, general manager Perry Minasian announced on Tuesday.

Though the Angels believe Trout will be able to return this season, it’s fair to wonder whether that belief will come to fruition as this is the fourth consecutive season a major injury has sidelined the three-time AL MVP.

Hitting a career-low .220 for the first time since breaking into the majors at the age of 19 in 2011, 32-year-old Trout has 10 homer