This 700 million just still seems like so completely nuts to me. How did it get to 700? Everyone pretty much thought 500 which was still going to break records. He's not even pitching next year and he'll turn 30 next summer. The back end of this contract is really not going to age well. Even Ichiro at the end of his career with the Yankees was a far cry from his Seattle heyday when he got over 200 hits ten years in a row.

I hope the Angels do the right thing and trade Trout to the Phillies so he can potentially experience the playoffs for a second time before he retires.