Mike Trout's value diminishes as his salary increases: Salary/WAR.

Mike Trout's diminishing value:

Trout	WAR	SAL	SAL/WAR
2012	10.5	$500,000	$47,619
2013	9.0	$510,000	$56,667
2014	7.6	$1,000,000	$131,579
2015	9.4	$6,083,000	$647,128
2016	10.5	$16,083,000	$1,531,714
2017	6.7	$20,083,000	$2,997,463
2018	10.2	$34,083,000	$3,341,470

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