Mike Trout’s name keeps surfacing in trade chatter, but his position hasn’t changed.
As the Los Angeles Angels sit among the worst teams in Major League Baseball this season, rival clubs are naturally circling. With a few weeks still left before the August 3 trade deadline, Angels players have been showing up in rumors across the board.
Reid Detmers, Jose Soriano, and Jo Adell have been the names mentioned most often. Trout, though, has been pulled back into the conversation as well.
According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, that speculation is going nowhere. Trout is still not interested in waiving his no-trade clause, and he still wants to remain with the Angels.
"Just in case a thousand or so reporters want to ask once again, Mike Trout wants to stay with the Angels and has no interest in being traded," Nightengale writes.
Because Trout has a full no-trade clause through his 10-and-5 rights, nothing happens unless he agrees to it. And right now, he has no intention of doing that.
That has left little room for doubt about where this stands. Trout wants to stay in Los Angeles, and even though a team like the Philadelphia Phillies might love to land him, a move this year is not happening.
This is hardly a new development, either. Trout has been holding this line for a while, so Nightengale’s latest update only reinforces what’s already been clear. If Trout were to suddenly change course, it would be a major surprise.
For Angels fans, the message is simple: the rumors may keep coming, but Trout’s stance has not.
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