This might be my favorite Valentine's Day gift ever. Please make this happen:
Money playerThe Angels risked alienating their best player last March when they unilaterally renewed Mike Trout's contract for $510,000, a salary the outfielder's agent called "well short of fair" after Trout's historic 2012 season.
Trout, 22, responded with a monster 2013, batting .323 with 27 home runs and 97 RBIs and finishing second in AL most-valuable-player voting.
There's a good chance the Angels will renew Trout's contract again in March, but it won't have the sting of last spring's renewal because it will be done amid negotiations for a multiple-year extension that is expected to make Trout one of baseball's highest-paid players.
The sides hope to reach a deal after the season starts. Any disappointment over a renewal should be erased by the prospect of what could be a record-setting contract likely to include a signing bonus far exceeding Trout's 2014 salary.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0213-angels-spring-training-20140213,0,1808576.story#ixzz2tJTntBWR
