Seeing Mike Trout play for the Philadelphia Phillies at some point in his career has long been one of the team’s greatest fantasies. He is a lifelong lover of Philadelphia sports and still has season tickets to the city’s clubs. He is a native of Millville, New Jersey. Nevertheless, Trout’s goal of playing for the Phillies appeared to come to an end when he agreed to a mammoth 12-year, $426.5 million contract to remain with the Los Angeles Angels. However, with Shohei Ohtani leaving the Angels this summer and the team suffering under his leadership, trade rumors involving one of the finest players in the league have picked back up.
Los Angeles may choose to end this chapter and begin rebuilding. That’s what Yardbarker’s Michael Carptenter believes the Angels should do, and sending Trout to Philadelphia would yield the kind of return that would galvanize these endeavors. “It’s time for the Angels to trade Trout to a contending team like the Philadelphia Phillies so that one of this decade’s best players can have a shot at the postseason… In addition to Castellanos, the Phillies have four prospects ranked in the Top 100, including position players Justin Crawford and Aidan Miller, pitchers Andrew Painter and Mick Abel, and position player Andrew Painter. “If that came to pass, it would be a huge blockbuster.
The Phillies would be shipping out their top four prospects along with slugger Nick Castellanos to accomplish the deal, in addition to finally acquiring a player that all of their supporters would love to see play for the team. Trout would take Castellanos’ position in right field in a like-for-like deal, but any team would find it difficult to part with that much for a single player, no matter how good they may be. A deal this size could be worth consideration if Trout hadn’t been sidelined by injuries for the previous three seasons, but because Philadelphia already has the highest payroll in history, it’s likely still just a pipe dream to sign the superstar outfielder.
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