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Källor: Han får historiens största kontrakt

Basebollspelaren Mike Trout är nära att skriva på det största kontraktet i idrottshistorien, rapporterar ESPN.

Källor uppger att Trout och hans nuvarande klubb Los Angeles Angels är överens om en förlängning som ger 27-åringen 430 miljoner dollar, motsvarande nästan 4 miljarder kronor, under de kommande tolv åren.

I början av mars skrev basebollspelaren Bryce Harper på ett 13-årskontrakt som ger honom 330 miljoner dollar.

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Mike Trout
Wikipedia (en)
Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is a seven-time MLB All-Star, received the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 2014 and 2016 (finishing second in the 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 votes), and is a six-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. Trout is nicknamed "The Millville Meteor." Trout was a first-round pick by the Angels in the 2009 MLB draft and made a brief major league appearance in 2011. He became a regular player for the Angels the subsequent season and won the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Award unanimously. He is under contract with the Angels through 2020. Trout's athleticism on the field has received praise from both the mainstream media and sabermetricians. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding young players in the history of baseball, as well as one of the best current players in all of MLB. Trout led the American League in wins above replacement (WAR) in each of his first five full seasons (according to Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com).Trout has led the American League in runs (2012-14, 2016) and times on base (2013, 2015-16, 2018) four times. As of 2018, he led all active major league ballplayers in career slugging percentage (.573), on base plus slugging (.990), and stolen base percentage (84.75%), and was second in career on base percentage (.416).
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