Articles like this treat baseball as if one man, no matter how great, should somehow guarantee playoff contention.
He willingly extended his contract with the Angels. Could have had a max contract playing for literally any team and chose the Angels
Trout in the 10s and 20s
Jr. and Bonds in the 90s and 00s
Gwynn in the 80s and 90s
Yastrzemski in the 60s and 70s
Banks in the 50s and 60s
Williams in the 40s and 50s
Ott in the 30s and 40s
Cobb in the 00s, 10s, and 20s
It’s a tale as old as time.
The Angels made him soft cuz they treat him like a snowflake
I mean the three reasons are injuries, the league not knowing how to market players who aren’t unicorns, and playing for a “little brother” team in a bit market
Injuries+staying with the Angels for some reason+just being a boring dude in general outside of being a great player.
How did Mike Trout, the best player of his generation, fade away?
He got injured and had kids. Kids change a lot of your life.
Injuries and playing for a team that hasn’t even sniffed a season where they’re going into September deep in the playoff hunt let alone making that playoffs is the biggest reason.
Unfortunately not having any marque moments since 2019 has hurt him too. I mean what are some memorable moments or impressive achievements he’s made that caught the entire baseball world’s attention? There’s has been slim to none lately
Pretty well written article with some great quotes that no one here will read because they think the headline is personally asking them a question
Father Time is still the undisputed champion.
He played for the Angels
Age and mismanagement, probably low standards from the Angels organization to stay healthy lead to more injuries – than a poor organizational support lead to poor recovery.
He wants a freer October than anyone else. He might have the greatest talent we’ve ever seen, but he’s a man without desire.
Didn’t Harper try to recruit him to come to the Phillies before he reuped with the Angels? It would have been quite interesting as he may have been the missing piece to get the Phillies over the hump.
Injuries.
Aging.
In fairness to Trout, no one really cares about baseball or even Ohtani. Ohtani was caught in the scandal with his translator and the media didn’t really cover it like they did with the NBA scandal. And this last MLB playoffs was getting creamed by Monday Night Football which was doubling baseball’s viewership. 🥴
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Injuries, Judge and Ohtani, missing the playoffs every year
Injuries are the biggest reason for his fade away
He played for the angels
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Same way Ken Griffey did in the 90s.
Same way Dale Murphy did in the 80s.
Articles like this treat baseball as if one man, no matter how great, should somehow guarantee playoff contention.
He willingly extended his contract with the Angels. Could have had a max contract playing for literally any team and chose the Angels
Trout in the 10s and 20s
Jr. and Bonds in the 90s and 00s
Gwynn in the 80s and 90s
Yastrzemski in the 60s and 70s
Banks in the 50s and 60s
Williams in the 40s and 50s
Ott in the 30s and 40s
Cobb in the 00s, 10s, and 20s
It’s a tale as old as time.
The Angels made him soft cuz they treat him like a snowflake
I mean the three reasons are injuries, the league not knowing how to market players who aren’t unicorns, and playing for a “little brother” team in a bit market
Injuries+staying with the Angels for some reason+just being a boring dude in general outside of being a great player.
How did Mike Trout, the best player of his generation, fade away?
https://preview.redd.it/iabmkzdiohzf1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7851cdcab9d45598d3d6a1e34cd350b694c7c589
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He got injured and had kids. Kids change a lot of your life.
Injuries and playing for a team that hasn’t even sniffed a season where they’re going into September deep in the playoff hunt let alone making that playoffs is the biggest reason.
Unfortunately not having any marque moments since 2019 has hurt him too. I mean what are some memorable moments or impressive achievements he’s made that caught the entire baseball world’s attention? There’s has been slim to none lately
Pretty well written article with some great quotes that no one here will read because they think the headline is personally asking them a question
Father Time is still the undisputed champion.
He played for the Angels
Age and mismanagement, probably low standards from the Angels organization to stay healthy lead to more injuries – than a poor organizational support lead to poor recovery.
He wants a freer October than anyone else. He might have the greatest talent we’ve ever seen, but he’s a man without desire.
Didn’t Harper try to recruit him to come to the Phillies before he reuped with the Angels? It would have been quite interesting as he may have been the missing piece to get the Phillies over the hump.
Injuries.
Aging.
In fairness to Trout, no one really cares about baseball or even Ohtani. Ohtani was caught in the scandal with his translator and the media didn’t really cover it like they did with the NBA scandal. And this last MLB playoffs was getting creamed by Monday Night Football which was doubling baseball’s viewership. 🥴