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Mike Trout, Angels agree to record $432 million, 12-year deal
Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday announced their 12-year contract, a record deal that ties baseball's top player to Los Angeles for what likely will be the rest of his career. A person with knowledge of the contract told The Associated Press ...
Mike Trout, Angels on verge of finalizing record $432 million, 12-year deal
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball's first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history, a person familiar ...
Shohei Ohtani will make $650,000 with the Los Angeles Angels this season, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. Ohtani was among the 22 pre-arbitration players who signed major-league deals with the Angels. The 24-year-old will get a raise of $105,000 over last year, and ...
Shohei Ohtani's success paves new two-way street for players like Angels' Kaleb Cowart
Within the span of a few years, Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani has had a dramatic impact on the thinking of some major league clubs. Even after Ohtani hit 22 home runs in a two-way role for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2016, major league ...
Angels manager Brad Ausmus hopes to have Shohei Ohtani's bat back in May
Los Angeles Angels manager Brad Ausmus said Tuesday he hopes two-way star Shohei Ohtani will return to the lineup as a designated hitter for the American League team in May. "I'm not going to put a date on it, but we're thinking sometime in May," ...
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani encourages ailing boy Shohei, his parents
Los Angeles Angels player Shohei Ohtani on Saturday encouraged an ailing one-year-old boy, who shares the same given name, as well as his parents at a hospital in Japan. Ohtani presented Shohei Kawasaki, who needs a heart transplant due to cardiomyopathy, with a baseball he ...
Shohei Ohtani admits to lack of confidence despite historic year in MLB
Shohei Ohtani could rightfully be brimming with confidence following a historic rookie season, but the Los Angeles Angels' two-way talent said Tuesday he still feels uncertain about his success. The 24-year-old American League Rookie of the Year recently returned to Japan after undergoing offseason Tommy ...
Shohei Ohtani falls short as players name Miguel Andujar AL's Outstanding Rookie
The Los Angeles Angels' two-way star Shohei Ohtani missed out on being voted the American League's Outstanding Rookie by his fellow major leaguers as the Players Choice Awards winners were announced Tuesday. Ohtani, who was named the AL Rookie of the Year earlier this month, ...
Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball
A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become ...
