This is becoming old hat for LA Angels star Mike Trout as he has been a finalist in each of his first five major league seasons. Trout has finished second place three times and won the award in 2014. This year may have been the finest of Trout’s career overall as improved greatly in certain areas of his game, while staying consistently good in others.
Trout finished the season just one homer shy of 30 which would have given him at least 30 homers in four of his first five seasons in the majors. Trout would have also made the 30-30 club for the second time in his career if he could have hit one more dinger.