Don't Waste This Opportunity to Appreciate Mike Trout

You've heard the story before: Mike Trout is better than he's ever been. But it's true, and he's this generation's Mickey Mantle (without October). It's time to appreciate the best MLB has to offer in 2019, and it's the Angels' star-studded outfielder.

ANAHEIM — It was 12:30 p.m. Saturday, nearly seven hours before the Los Angeles Angels were to play the Kansas City Royals, when Angels coach Mike Gallego stopped in his tracks as he walked through the clubhouse toward a staff meeting. He found it hard to believe that one of the players was already there, and in workout gear.

“What in the world are you doing here?” Gallego asked.

And the best player in baseball, the first man ever to be…