I got this autograph from Mike Trout…through the mail. There was while, when Trout was in the low minors, he signed TTM. Not really so much anymore, obviously.
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Trout recently passed Pete Rose on the career WAR list, with 79.9 over 12 seasons in the big leagues. What is crazy? Assuming that Trout plays 12 more seasons, and does not have a drop in production, he would retire with roughly 160 WAR–which would put him on par with Barry Bonds (162.8) and Wilie Mays (156.1). There is almost no chance that Trout will be able to keep up that kind of production until his early 40’s, which is fine since not many players can. This really puts into perspective how good Bonds and Mays were.