On March 28th, 2019 the Angels announced that Mike Trout had agreed to a 12-year extension worth approximately 426 million dollars. Halo Nation was overjoyed with the announcement, but some pundits wondered if Trout would produce at the same level after getting his big payday.
It didn’t take long Trout to show his big payday was well worth it. In his first season under his new extension Trout set career highs in many categories, including home runs with 45, Slugging with a .645 average there as well. If not for getting injured and missing 28 games he would have set career-highs in walks and RBIs.