The Angels gave away these hats last night in honor of superstar phenom Mike Trout.
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Major League Baseball is awash with young talent. Transcendent stars like the Angels Mike Trout and the Nationals Bryce Harper headline a group of twentysomethings who are dominating the league. While that pair made its first All-Star appearances last season, several more young stars are compiling 2013 seasons deserving of their own All-Star debuts. Show More Summary
Major League Baseball’s 2012 rookie class was easily the best in recent memory, as well as one of the best in the history of the sport. While Mike Trout and Bryce Harper stole the show and captured the rookie of the year award in their respective leagues, the talent pool extended well beyond those two players. Show More Summary
Torii Hunter is one of baseball's most exciting players. While he's not exciting in the same way that Mike Trout or Bryce Harper is, there are few outfielders that could make the defensive plays that Hunter did in his prime. Mostly known as a defensive player with some offensive ability, Hunter has turned it on at the plate late in his career. Show More Summary
Over and over last season, baseball fans were told that having a pair of players explode into stardom the way Los Angeles' Mike Trout and Washington's Bryce Harper did doesn't happen all the time and that the duo's accomplishments should be celebrated. Show More Summary
Yasiel Puig is no ordinary rookie outfielder. The Los Angeles Dodgers' star's first week-plus has drawn equal (if not more) attention than the likes of Mike Trout and Bryce Harper in 2012—and rightfully so. Puig threw a missile to first...Show More Summary
Josh Hamilton was supposed to help the Angels get back to the playoffs. He was supposed to join Mike Trout and Albert Pujols to form one of the most dangerous and electrifying lineups the game has ever seen. But it simply hasn't happened. Show More Summary
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have a problem every team would enjoy: they have two outstanding center fielders. One of them, Mike Trout, is the best young player in a generation, if not ever. The other, Peter Bourjos, is who many believe to be the best defensive outfielder in baseball. Show More Summary
Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers phenom who is batting.500 and has more hits in his first 8 games than Mike Trout and Bryce Harper had combined in their first 8 games, has broken the club's merchandise sales record. This is quite an accomplishment when one considers Fernando Valenzuela and Hideo Nomo played in Los Angeles. Show More Summary
Matt Kemp was the first person to compare Yasiel Puig to Bo Jackson. Now Kemp is comparing the Dodgers' rookie outfielder to Mike Trout and Bryce Harper.
I don't even know what that headline means, but "Everybody sit the hell down because Byron Buxton is going to blow your mind" didn't fit. The future of the Twins is going goofy with the bat in A-ball, but he can also do this:
Mike Trout almost did it last year in Baltimore. And Darnell McDonald did it against the Blue Jays. Linus Van Pelt did it over and over again. So what would really happen if an outfielder caught a home run ball on the wrong side of the...Show More Summary
It's odd to look at a draft list and think that in a couple years, some of these players are going to be a huge part of the baseball world. One minute we're hearing Mike Trout's name for the first time, the next minute we're building mashed-potato sculptures of him.
Some of these players are going to shape the game over the next decade. Show More Summary
The MLB found its new-age stars in Day 1 of the 2013 draft on Thursday, but where teams separate themselves most is on Friday during Rounds 3-10. While there may not have been a Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper or Mike Trout taken on Friday, some teams bolstered their farm systems with top talent, while others folded with picks who won't pay off. Show More Summary
The legend of Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig is growing by the minute, captivating the baseball world and giving life to what felt like a dead season at Chavez Ravine. If this narrative sounds familiar, you aren'tShow More Summary
Both Bryce Harper and Mike Trout were 20 years old when they made the All-Star team in 2012. Manny Machado will likely be an AL All-Star a week after celebrating his 21st birthday. A 22-year-old Shelby Miller and 23-year-old Jean Segura will probably join him on the NL side of the field this July and for many years to come. Show More Summary
In Major League Baseball today, rookies are arguably more valuable than ever. That's because after the 2012 season in which Bryce Harper and Mike Trout took the sport by storm, MLB executives understand how drastically young, top-flight talent can alter the fortunes of an entire franchise. Show More Summary
It might seem to be a bit late in the season to be making "early" predictions, but there is still a whole lot of baseball yet to be played. Mike Trout finished the 2012 season with more stolen bases than anyone, but at this point in the season he had only swiped nine of his 49 bags. Show More Summary
It's almost draft time, which means it's time for baseball writers to write 6,592 articles about how the draft is a crapshoot. Which is true. Mike Trout, clearly some sort of Olympus-birthed baseball deity, was drafted between Randal Grichuk and Eric Arnett at the end of the first round. Show More Summary
Dodger Stadium will be buzzing Monday night, for one of the most anticipated debuts in recent memory. Adrian Gonzalez hit a home run in his first at-bat with the Dodgers last year. Manny Ramirez hugged a reporter before his first game with the Dodgers, then got two hits as fans chanted his name.