Mike Trout Traded To New York? The Odds Of A Trade To The Yankees or Mets

Go back five or so years and Mike Trout is undeniably one of the biggest faces in baseball. Now here is 2025, Trout is still a household name, but his play has regressed majorly with constant trips on the injured list being the norm.

In 2019, the Los Angeles Angels inked Trout to a massive 12-year, $426.5M deal. The contract runs through to the 2030 season and includes a $20M signing bonus and an AAV of $35,541,667 along with a full no-trade clause.

Trout was activated off the IL at the end of the Yankees-Angels series. So far he has missed over 450 games since signing his contract, costing LA roughly $96.2M in lost playing time.

As mentioned earlier, Mike Trout’s stat line has regressed over the past several seasons. Playing in a combined 59 games from the past two seasons, Trout is batting a solid .200 on the Mendoza line with an OPS of a .789 and 19 home runs with an RBI amount of 32.

Los Angeles (26-30, -4.5 GB) are shaping up to be potential sellers at the deadline, which means Trout may be on the trading block for the first time in his career. Of course if there were to be any trade to occur, it would have to come at the consent of Trout himself due to his NTC. 

It is also spectulated that if Trout was to be delt it would also involve the Angels eating up the majority of the remaining contract of the 11x all-star.

Since Trout hit the majors back in 2012 many have fathomed the idea of him playing in New York for either the Yankees or Mets. As intriguing as it would be to see Trout sport the pinstripes either in the Bronx or Queens, that ship has long since sailed.

Both the Yankees and Mets have a strong outfield grouping. For at least the Yankees, their DH is taken up with Ben Rice and will be switched over to Giancarlo Stanton once he returns. 

The Mets DH, currently held by a struggling 36-year-old Starling Marte, may be up for grabs at the deadline. Nonetheless, the fact of the Mets trading for Trout in this situation wouldn’t necessarily make sense as the organization would likely have to give up multiple top prospects for a player hitting .180 this season.

Mike Trout more than likely will retire as a Los Angeles Angel, but if he was to be delt it would not be to the Big Apple.

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