Should New York Yankees worry about Gerrit Coles opt-out? It will be the top seven after 2018 and probably the top eight after 2019 and the top nine after 2020. In 2012, Mike Trout became the youngest player in MLB history to be unanimously voted American League Rookie of the Year. Mike Trout was born on Wednesday, August 7, 1991, in Vineland, New Jersey. Trout was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 8, 2011, with the Los Angeles Angels. The harder and higher you hit a baseball, the more likely itll leave the park. Trouts 24.6-degree average launch angle is the highest of his career. That would leave him 1,856 walks short of Bonds' record of 2,558. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 2009-2018 numberFire, Inc. Certain headlines thanks to Rotoworld. The next big game that Trout plays will be his first since travel ball. Even with lower on-base numbers, Steamers projection feels overly pessimistic. These numbers are low because the page estimated Trout to only have 338 plate appearances in 2022. As one of the best baseball players to ever live, Mike Trout stands out among the best. Mike Trout Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels OVER 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI Well get to Trouts prowess against lefties here in a second. Trouts hitting the ball hard, but not to the same extent as a rocket. Mike Trout has always been susceptible to the strikeout, even leading the AL in his 2014 MVP season. Over the rest of his career, he averaged 0.98 walks per game. But watching Trout was like watching a massive Mercedes with a big engine under the hood. His talent was immediately apparent when he demonstrated his abilities in the minor leagues after the Angels selected him second overall in the 2012 draft. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. No relation to Himmy. Despite Trouts age of 28, his 71.4 WAR ranks him among the all-time top 20. He's still one of the great runners in the game, against the odds. With 2020s pandemic-shortened season and a calf injury suffered in May of last season, the baseball world has been robbed of seeing Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels on the field for much of the last two years. Baseballs Seven Wonders: Mike Trouts This effort was successful and led to a career-high 44.7% fly ball rate while simultaneously leading to a career-low 25% ground ball rate. Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader, was at 1,231 hits through 1,000 career games, so in theory Trout isn't too far behind Rose. Yordan Alvarez, 5.69. This helps identify a player's platoon value for fantasy baseball based on pitcher handedness. Rose actually got more hits in his next thousand games than his first thousand -- 1,289. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Indeed, he has 13 "streaks" of two games without reaching base, and in the 13 games following them he has hit .326/.412/.558. How Mike Trout stacks up to MLB's greats over his first 1,000 games, Harper may return Tue., 160 days post-TJ surgery, Rangers ace deGrom 'frustrated' to land on IL, Twins will shut P Mahle down for at least 4 weeks, Cards broadcaster, 2-time champ Shannon dies, Giants' Yastrzemski (hamstring) likely IL-bound, Yankees to evaluate Judge's hip strain Monday, Mexico City's uphill climb toward landing an MLB franchise. That's more than these players through 1,000 games: He has 483 extra-base hits. So it should come as no surprise that Trout is a big supporter of the military. Mike Trout Biography (15-14, 3rd place in AL West). For starters, PECOTA is only built to project 10 years into the future, at which point Trout will still have another two years remaining on his deal with the Angels. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. At the age of 31, hes already within the top 60 of career leaders in WAR. (Trout would have a career total of 135.1 WARP through age 36 if those projections prove accurate.) Mike Trout Stats To get the full benefits of numberFire, please sign up. SNY. Seattle Mariners unveil City Connect uniforms. In addition to his 1.8 bWAR, he currently leads the majors in dingers. PECOTA, in a delightful bit of found humor, threw a Mickey Mantle comp on him. And it has an age factor.. advanced statistics (WHIP Ratio & Isolated Power), and unique Walks lead to runs. His 12.5 WAR in 2019 was the highest single-season WAR by any position player in baseball history. He doesn't necessarily lead the league in any individual stat every year, but he's always near the top in everything, and in any single year he can lead the league in almost anything. His average season is better than the best of an inner-circle all-time great. That's more than these players through 1,000 games: Trout's genius, it has been said many times, is less one skill than a collection of them. While Trout has always been a powerful hitter, this increase in barrel percentage indicates a conscious change in his swing. Box Score Banter: A Conquering of Ornithophobia, The Most Interesting Players in the AL West, PECOTAs Still Not Quite Sure About These Starting Pitchers, Box Score Banter: It Takes a School (of Marlins). Mike Trout was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 1st round (25th) of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Millville Senior HS (Millville, NJ). If ever there was a time to make a $426.5 million bet on a baseball player aging well, this is it. Trout is on pace for 131 walks this season. Jaylen Brown on his future tops NBA quotes of the week, 'Baseball won again': Ohtani K's Trout to cap WBC, 'BASEBALL! Mike Trout Fantasy Projections | Daily, Week, Season | Razzball All picks and predictions are suggestions only. Mike Trout batting second for Angels on Saturday night FPPG: 13.4 | FanDuel Salary: $4,300 FanDuel Fantasy Points Per Game More DFS