Trout Says He Wants To Stay With Angels. Rendon Discusses Where Baseball Ranks On His Priority List

Mike Trout mentioned his future and Anthony Rendon talked about his priorities as the 2 Los Angeles Angels veterans made some fascinating feedback Monday with hitters reporting to spring coaching camps throughout Arizona and Florida.

Trout, a three-time MVP and 11-time All-Star who has performed in just one postseason sequence, mentioned he has little interest in requesting a commerce even because the Angels retool following two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani’s transfer to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 32-year-old Trout has spent his whole 13-year profession with the Angels and signed a 12-year, $426.5 million contract with them in 2019. The Angels went 73-89 final yr for his or her eighth consecutive shedding season. They haven’t reached the playoffs since 2014, once they had been swept by the Kansas City Royals within the divisional spherical.

“I think the easy way out is to ask for a trade,” Trout informed reporters, together with The Athletic. “There might be a time, maybe. I really haven’t thought about this. When I signed that contract, I’m loyal. I want to win a championship here. The overall picture of winning a championship or getting to the playoffs here is the bigger satisfaction than bailing out or taking the easy way out. I think that’s been my mindset. Maybe down the road, if some things change.”

Trout says he has continued to push proprietor Arte Moreno and higher administration for free-agent additions that may enhance the Angels following the departure of Ohtani, who signed a $10-year, $700 million take care of the Dodgers.

“I’m going to keep pushing as long as I can,” Trout mentioned. “Until the season starts or until those guys sign. It’s just in my nature.”

One massive free-agent transfer the Angels did make lately was the signing of Rendon to a seven-year, $245 million deal in December 2019 as he was coming off a World Series title with the Washington Nationals. Rendon, a two-time Silver Slugger winner in seven seasons with the Nationals, hasn’t performed greater than 58 video games in any of his 4 years with the Angels due to accidents.

Rendon spoke Monday about how his enthusiasm for the sport has remained the identical all through his profession, however he additionally famous that baseball has “never been a top priority for me.”

“This is a job,” Rendon informed reporters. “I do this to make a living. My faith, my family come first before this job.”

Rendon famous that getting married and having 4 youngsters has modified his perspective. But he additionally emphasised that baseball stays a precedence, even when it isn’t his prime precedence.

“Oh, it’s a priority for sure,” Rendon mentioned. “Because it’s my job. I’m here, aren’t I?”

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