Miguel Cabrera v. Mike Trout. Cabrera is a classic great hitter who does not contribute in any other significant way. Trout is a rookie whom I've compared to Mickey Mantle.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Mike Trout: Mickey Mantle 1952?
... the point that none of us has considered: money. How much money did their respective teams allocate to each of these individuals and what players could have been on the Tiger and Angel rosters because of that difference in money spent to pay Cabrera and Trout.
baseball-reference.com does not show how much Trout was paid in 2012 but let's assume half a million. It does show that Cabrera was paid $21,000,000. Let's say that the difference is about $20 million. We know that for the 2012 season the Angels added former Texas pitcher C.J. Wilson to its starting rotation; Wilson was paid $10 million in 2012, about half the difference of the money paid to Cabrera and Trout. So let's guess that a team could add at least two pretty good starting pitchers for that $20 million difference. Or Albert Pujols: $12 million, WAR 4.6.
And even though I do not embrace WAR let's try it for this purpose: determining a dollar value for wins. Let's use WAR as calculated by baseball-reference.com. What, you thought there was one intergalactically accepted WAR? And since Cabrera is ranked third because his fielding is considered below average, let's throw in the number two player, Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano who was paid $14 million.
salary / WAR = $$$ per WAR:
Trout $500,000 / 10.7 = $46,729
Cano $14,000,000 / 8.2 = $1,707,317
Cabrera $21,000,000 / 6.9 = $3,043,478
Well, that puts MVP into an entirely different perspective.
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Mike Trout:
| Year | Age | Team | Salary | ServTm(OpnDay) | Sources | Notes/Other Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 21 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $510,000 | 1.070 | contracts | |
| 2014 | 22 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $1,000,000 | 2.070 | contracts | |
| 2015 | 23 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $6,083,000 | 3.070 | contracts | |
| 2016 | 24 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $16,083,000 | 4.070 | ||
| 2017 | 25 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $20,083,000 | |||
| 2018 | 26 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $34,083,000 | |||
| 2019 | 27 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $34,083,000 | |||
| 2020 | 28 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $34,085,000 | |||
| Earliest Free Agent: 2021 | ||||||
| Career to date (may be incomplete) | $7,593,000 | Does not include future salaries ($138.4M) | ||||
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