The Heartbreaking Tragedy of Mike Trout 

Over 90% of you are NOT subscribed. If you enjoyed the video, PLEASE subscribe so you don't miss future videos. It's free, easy, and it helps me out a ton. Thanks!

As a die hard angels fan. This year was one of the most painful things I’ve had to endure. And I’m a broncos fan too…

As a retired amateur athlete who played baseball for 57 of my 65 years, all I can say is getting injured and growing old is not a tragedy, just part of the game of life.

A decade full of Regular Season accolades, but no Post Season accolades for one of the greatest players of the modern Era. What a shame man 😭🫡 Edit: Didn’t expect full blown wars down here but imo Trout legacy shouldn’t be defined by his lack of postseason success, you can put that blame on the Angels upper management for unparalleled incompetence for wasting Trout career. Remember for what he’s shown to us for a decade, and not hyper focus on the postseason which is tied more to the team than an individual.

That Ohtani part at the end made me a little sad, in the sense that we just witnessed probably the best season a player will ever have in baseball and we will probably never see anything like that again. Man, that was an incredible year of baseball from Ohtani

Its just so sad that the Angels have been wasting his talent for the past decade 😢

as a die hard angel fan who grew up watching trout this video makes me wanna cry watching his 2012-2019 years

A man that should be a global superstar. I will never stop saying it.

I love how almost every team, INCLUDING the Angels, passed on him in that draft.

It’s so sad but it really feels like trout is going to be remembered as one of those “what if?” Players. Like JR Richard, Bo jackson, etc.

It truly is staggering to think the Angels had the best player of the 2000s, 2010s, and the odds on favorite for best player of the 2020s on the same roster at the same time. Thanks Moreno, at least the team always has '02.

This is probably the best video I’ve seen that covers Trout’s career. Great stuff. You do an excellent job of discussing his triumphs as well as his more overlooked moments. Also, the Cecil/Prince Fielder & Leo Derocher/Mike Scioscia connections were funny. …And Trouble with the Curve isn’t that bad! Lol

He's a special player, can hit, can throw, can run and slide, all you need too be a successful baseball player....I like how he thrives under pressure....

A lot has already been said about Trout's lack of postseason opportunities but we're lucky we even got to see him in the 2023 WBC. Lots of players, especially American players, were opting out (or their teams had them opt out) over injury concerns. At least we'll have that to think back on as a deep "postseason" run for him, even if it doesn't count for MLB purposes.

Imo there’s nothing tragic about it. He was a FA and decided o resign with them. That’s on him, he knew how bad the team/management was.

first of your videos ive seen but the character and personality shown in the editing and scripting of just the first 30 seconds was enough to get me to subscribe. can't wait to see this channel blow up!

One of the best player summaries I have ever seen. Great job!

As a Royals fan, I'm used to despair and anguish....but once every 30 years or so, we're decent. We won that crazy extra inning wild card game vs the A's in '14, then played the top seeded team in the AL that year, the Angels. We ended up sweeping the Angels, then swept Baltimore in the ALCS. I've long thought that our success vs the Angels was due to the Angels securing their spot in the playoffs with a week or so to go, while the Royals were fighting for their lives to the end.....it was the second to last game of the season that we clinched a wild-card spot. So we had one meaningless game while Angels had 6-7 meaningless games. I think the time off made them lose their mojo, and the Royals rolled into town with nothing to lose. Angels haven't been back to the post-season since, which is astonishing with talents like Trout and Ohtani on the team.....that the Royals haven't been back to the post-season since '15 isn't so astonishing.........

Fun little tidbit on trouts rookie year for me. My high school baseball team went to a A’s vs Angels game in Oakland, so the stands were pretty barren. We heckled him in left field saying, “how does it feel to be a pro that can’t drink a freaking beer!” We were so loud we watched him laugh at our dumb crap.

His entire career has been a roller coaster and unpredictable, hard to see what happens next but I hope the best for him ❤

The key to winning in the baseball is consistent, excellent pitching.

I remember seeing Trout in Triple-A and thought, Oh yeah. He spent April in Salt Lake City and he was still leading the PCL in triples until the final month.

M’s fan here, and I tip my hat to Trout. One of the best players of all time, and in a different organization could’ve been on teams that were better put together.

Love the player comp machine and seeing some KC flashbacks lol (Royals fan). Great vid man

Trout suffers the same issues that plagued Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, Walter Johnson, George Sisler and others who were winners almost on losing teams. Most never tasted the playoffs…

I turned 65 awhile back, but Spring Training is just underway, so I’m feeling optimistic. I’m thinking this is the year I’ll get “the call.”

Trout reminds me so much of Griffey Jr. a no doubt first ballot HoFer that still is a ‘what if?’

Great vid. off the topic of baseball but I loved the DK music you slipped in lmao

10:23. That Get Out clip. Classic. I'm subbing

Arte is an amalgamation of the worst tendencies of Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder. Dusty Baker did gift them a WS ring but that looks more and more like an abberation with each passing year. Trout made his own bed by signing extensions when he could have left instead.

Haven't won since Arte bought the team, he is the worst thing to ever happen to the Angels franchise and it's heartbreaking

Great video by the way. Trout is a Phenom. I am just mad he isn't in Philly. But this video is done very well

Side note: I really enjoyed the gen 4 Pokémon track you played to close the video. Ahhh yes, Gen 4.

Shits hurt me so much, he’s my favorite athlete ever since my childhood. I remember before 2020 I was calculating on how he could become the greatest player ever in MLB history, and would compare him to Ken Griffey Jr’s seasons and think how unfortunate it was for Griffey for his injuries. Deja Vu😞 I believe he’ll recover tho

Honestly, if not for all the inuries, he would almost for sure have been one of, if not the best player of all time.

Cabrera playing a new position and playing it well meant something in terms of defense and reliability. That wasn’t mentioned here, but that doesn’t take away from your point! Great vid

I grew up an angels fan and have been to dozens of games.. I remember where I was when they won the World Series too.. yard house at irvine spectrum.. One of my last memories of my best friend whom we both had a matching brotherhood tattoo was when he caught a ball Mike trout threw up in the stands when I went to my last angel game.. my buddy died a year ago..

The fact that the Angels managed to have both Trout and Ohtani at the same time... for six years... and yet never make the playoffs, will go down as perhaps the most incompetent management in all of sports history. They make the 1990's Braves look like clutch geniuses.

Trout has had the best first 10 years ever. I look forward to seeing him with the phillies! fingers crossed. COME HOME TROUT. This is an excellent video and I agree with your analysis mostly. Keep it up!

Outstanding content man. Thank you.

Every year as an angels fan since the end of 2014 has been pain. Every year I think this is the year we get back to the playoffs. And every year the halos fall short. The angels have had the best player in baseball almost every year since 2012, it’s embarrassing they haven’t won a playoff game in that time. I still have hope the angels can get trout a ring. He still only is 31. But having peak Mike trout mash in the postseason, would have been something special.

This makes my heart ache as an Angels fan. SELL THE TEAM ARTE

First year of being into baseball and finding about this stuff is so cool to me every time

Great video! Entertaining & informative. I didn't lose interest at any point, so really, nice work 🔥👍🔥

The guy is a ghost of himself. This is why long term contracts are insane.

Trout is the epitome of a big fish in a small pond.

The editing in this video is elite!

“Tuesday nights out in Oakland? Right?” 😂😂😂😂😂 Great video! ❤

I lived in Orange County for grad school, and before I moved back home I went to see an Angels game because I wanted to see Trout play at least once before I left. I ended up getting insanely lucky, as that was the Reid Detmers no-hitter game, but another highlight to me of that day was Trout. He hit two home runs in that game, and they BOTH went to the exact same spot, hitting the exact same rock in the giant fountain in the outfield. It was then, I knew, that he was worth the hype.

Miggy was a pure hitter at the plate. Him, Jeter, Manny Ramirez, Pujols & Tony Gwynn are my favorite hitters I’ve ever watched.

I definitely wasn’t prepared for the Wario City music from Mario Super Sluggers. ⚾️ Nice add!

Tiger fan here. I loved watching Trout play. His all-around game was beyond special. I don't know if we'll ever again see 3 simultaneously active players like Trout, Cabrera and Pujols in their prime. It's a shame that to whatever extent Trout and Cabrera were so derailed by injuries, the numbers they could have posted without all those lost season would be staggering. Anyone who wants to diminish Trout because of the Angels' lack of postseason success isn't viewing him fairly. He is in Marino/Barkley territory IMO.

In my opinion I feel like a lot of the Angels team wide issues stem from the fact that the Angels stopped playing to their managers strengths, Mike Sciosca built his managerial career with speed as one of his main strengths on offense. When Trout came the Angels offensive approach seemed to change and that didn’t mesh with their manager, if they would’ve employed a manager who fit this new philosophy than that might’ve helped them be more successful, but in my opinion they should’ve leaned more into Trouts speed on the bases, and added base stealers to build around Trout instead of building a team more akin to what baseball had become, the Angels thrived in the 2000’s with a great speed, power combo on offense, they failed in the 2010’s chasing trends.

It’s hard to mourn a guy who’s been a top level pro athlete for 12 years, had the arduous chore of working 7 months a year while being paid a kings ransom.

The Mario Super Sluggers Wario City Music is ICONIC

the Pokemon National Park theme at 29:30 was a great touch i gotta say 😭lmaoooo good ass video tho homie !!

He may not have been nationally known, but in NJ, he was massive. We played against him. I was scared to pitch to him. He won his teams HR derby LEFT HANDED

Trout takes care of himself and will probably be an elite talent for many years. His story is far from over.

Did not expect to hear the GTA 3 theme, love that I did.

Am I the only one who thinks it’s pretty cool that both Tim Salmon and Mike Trout were exclusively on the angels? Can’t think of any other position players named after fish off the top of my head

Im an angels fan and i cant pinpoint a few things. For one, the angels have probably the worst coaches in baseball and trout simply couldnt hit a fastball. Look what happened to Brandon marsh when he was traded to Philly, they were in similar situations in regards to not being able to hit an above average fastball. Philly simplified marsh’s swing and he turned it around completely. Trout is on the same boat, it makes zero sense why a hall of fame player all of the sudden cannot hit a fastball right down the middle. In addition, we have probably the worst strength and conditioning team as the team always leads MLB in number of players going on the IL. Sure his injuries are freak injuries, but he has been getting hurt in the weirdest ways possible. I still believe trout can go back to what he was, but the angels need to invest in the little things that will help the team instead of the marque free agents that will just drive ticket sales. But then again Arte Moreno is the worst owner in the sport, and sadly trout may rot the rest of his time in anaheim. (Im a lifelong angels fan, and I have never felt as defeated rooting for this garbage franchise ever).

3:16 Ah yes, the MLB 12 The Show callback! MVP Baseball 2004 didn't think highly of Miguel Cabrera either (called him "a career minor leaguer if he doesn't improve quickly; doesn't run well and probably won't improve much"). Seeing things like that are funny in hindsight.

The baseball stuff is cool and all but I'm just here to say that the music choices were amazing

great work ! subscribed!

man i miss prince fielder

As much as I am very into baseball stats and sabermetrics, I'm afraid the things people will remember about a player after decades is the number of rings, whether he got into HoF, or achieved an all-time record(i.e. Ted Williams' .400 or Henderson's all-time stolen bases record)... I've no doubt Trout will be remembered for decades to come, I reaaally hope time won't tarnish or underestimate his brilliant career.

As a hawks day 1 fan (since birth), Patrick Kane is GOAT status. Especially when seeing those playoff games live, that was some magical stuff I witnessed alongside a sold out crowd at the UC!

Great Video! At the 2020 and Beyond portion of the video, was that "The Day Of Night" from Silent Hill 2?

Every time I go back and look at trouts career or his stats, something new and incredible jumps out at me - he’s one of the best players to ever play the sport, and one of the greatest “what-ifs” of all time, along with the Kid for me as a mariners fan - what if he was on better teams… what if he didn’t have the injury bug? Could he have been the greatest when all was said and done if he’d played more games?

80-100 games in RF and another 40-50 at DH would be ideal for him. His arm would play well in right. And as much as I hate to admit it he would be a great almost perfect fit for Philadelphia. Baltimore would probably make a lot of sense too. He could help bring along that round core that have.

@And That's Baseball That's Pokémon instrumental on the outro, right? Love it!

I dont even watch baseball but I love sports and you make great content

Trout to the Phillies makes perfect sense. The Phillies want that missing piece after coming short the last two years and he's always been a fan of the Philadelphia sports teams, being that he's from and spends his off-seasons in Central Jersey. And Middleton has shown he's willing to spend. However, that might mean letting one of their power bats walk.

Angels should be ashamed of themselves wasting this young man’s prime for such a disastrous organization. Thank goodness Trout is only 32 years old.

I can’t even watch this video. I have watched trout for 13 years, I was there when he first robbed a hr, and for his only playoff series. This vid brings a tear to my ehe.

that Pokémon music outro *chefs kiss*

damn. RIP MIKE TROUT gone too soon😢 Hope he and Kobe chillen up there 🙏

But have you considered mike trout on the mariners? Half his games at safeco and he’s hitting 70 bombs that season

I haven’t heard the GTA III theme in ages. Nice touch.

Masterful 👏🏼

What's funny is during the at bat between Shohei and Trout at the WBC, after Shohei opened him up with a slider, I yelled at my tv that he's going to absouletly throw a high FB, and Shohei missed his spot literally right down the middle and Trout swung right through it. I just thought to myself the rest of the at bat "how was Trout not ready for that pitch. He shouldve sent that pitch to the moon."

He’s the JJ Watt of MLB. So talented but on a team that wastes careers.

Great video as always

It's a huge bummer that we lost so much time getting to watch him due to the various injuries. Prior to Shohei I don't think there was a more recognizable name to the everyday fan, and I hope that he can stay healthy this entire year.

Trout wipes his tears with hundred dollar bills.

20:39 Love the Solid Snake reference

The music choices 👌

De-roh-shay???? 😂 baseball cred -100

Unpopular opinion: I dont feel bad for Mike Trout at all, he could’ve forced his way out or signed elsewhere but he didn’t and signed a 12 yr 426 million$ contract with them!

🥺🥺🥺🥺 always a good day when you upload

Great work.

I hope we at least see a few more decent seasons from Trout because he is one of the best to ever do it. Sucks injuries and a poor team dragged him down but let’s not forget that he was on track to be potentially the best ever. I think that his prime is top 5ish all time. Hope he goes to a different team at this point and one that maybe helps kick start a small revival of his former prime. Even a “bad” Trout season is a career year for several players. Regardless of how the rest of his career goes I think he will be remembered as an all time great that never had a good enough team around him. Just shows why postseason success in baseball really shouldn’t matter for a player’s legacy. At least I will be able to tell my kids about getting to watch one of the best ever play.

Him signing that extension with the Angels signaled that he didn’t care much about winning.

The heart breaking tragedy of clickbait .

3:15 This scouting report aged like Biggoron Eyedrops in the core of the sun.

Holy shit bro put Pokemon music at the end that's amazing

Nice video, but Disc Golf is invading MLB. When are we getting Dylan Cease video?

So excited for trout and ohtani to be Rangers next year 🙂

Trout would kill to come home and play for the Phillies

It's crazy to watch this video and realize trout could've had 8 MVPs if there was no recency bias/more focus on advanced metrics and individual performance instead of team performance (which is pretty dumb for baseball imo). I knew he was in the conversation as a GOAT, but i didnt realize how close