Angels' Mike Trout: 'I think the easy way out is to ask for a trade'

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Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is determined to stick with the team – at least through the end of his contract – and is not looking to be traded.

Trout has spent his entire career with the Angels and is in the sixth year of a 12-year, $426.5 million contract he signed in March 2019. While the outfielder is considered one of the best players of this generation, he has only played three games in one playoff appearance.

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Los Angeles Angles' Mike Trout leaves the batting cages during a baseball spring training workout on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Tempe, Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The New Jersey native said on Monday he was not interested in "taking the easy way out."

"I think the easy way out is to ask for a trade," Trout said, via The Athletic. "There might be a time, maybe. I really haven’t thought about this. When I signed that contract, I’m loyal. I want to win a championship here. 

"The overall picture of winning a championship or getting to the playoffs here is the bigger satisfaction than bailing out or taking the easy way out. I think that’s been my mindset. Maybe down the road, if some things change."

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Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout smiles as he rounds third after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, July 2, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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