MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred went on the record last year saying that MLB can’t market Mike Trout because Mike Trout won’t help market himself. The two-time AL MVP is a better baseball player than his brand would suggest, and holy shit plays like he made last night is proof that you don’t need a production company and a spokesperson for Dude Wipes to be an absolute force.
During Tuesday night’s game against the Dodgers, Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy made a poor business decision in trying to test Trout’s arm on a base hit by Corey Seager.
Trout made a throw that only a handful of people on the planet can make: a 98.6 mph, 261-foot assist to the plate for the out.
According to Angels beat reporter Rhett Bollinger, Trout’s throw to home was tied for the third-hardest thrown outfield assist in the Majors this season. It was also Trout’s hardest tracked throw by Statcast since it was introduced in 2015.
The throw would be critical in helping the Angels go on to beat the Dodgers, 5-4. Oh yeah, and Trout’s 454-foot bomb into the loge level in the bottom of the fifth was a bit of help as well.
He’s decent I guess.