So often these things look simple in hindsight. Of course the Angels are keeping Mike Trout. What choice exactly did owner Arte Moreno have?
The mere idea surely was chilling to Moreno, and from that point it was simply a matter of making Trout an offer he could not refuse.
The Angels got to that point Tuesday, reaching agreement with Trout on a reported 10-year, $360 million extension. Tack that on to the two years and $66.5 million remaining on Trout's current deal, and we're talking 12 years, $426.5 million, a range first reported by ESPN.