The LA Angels star athlete joins ranks of highest paid athletes … but just what does that kind of money mean to your shopping list? We explore some options
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Not only could Trout pay Bryce Harper’s recent $330 million contract in full and still have $100 million leftover, here are some of the most mind-blowing calculations for the 12-year contract (based on his 2018 regular season stats). Trout will earn roughly:
So we could help but wonder, what could one do with that kind of money? In addition to giving 43 of your closest friends and family members $10 million each, here’s our 43 Things You could Buy with Mike Trout’s $430 Million Contract! 43. 1.45 million tickets Angels Stadium. At $295 per ticket for the exclusive Diamond Club seats at you could buy tickets for you and 9 friends to every home for 1,800 straight years! 42. 1.6 million authentic Mike Trout jerseys on mlb.com (source ESPN) 41. An NHL team franchise. Actually, you could pick from any one of 8 teams valued at less than $430 million according to Forbes: Arizona, Buffalo, Colorado, Columbus, Carolina, Florida, Nashville or Winnipeg. 40. 1,029 Lamborghini Aventador S (MSRP $417,650; source ESPN) 39. The Weather Channel, which sold for $300 million last year. 38. The entire 2018 payroll of the Angels baseball team for nearly 2.5 years 37. Get Health Coverage for every person in Mike Trout’s hometown
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36. An official MLB baseball for every resident of New Jersey & Philadelphia (closest metropolitan to Trout’s hometown). 35. The President of the United States’ annual compensation for the next 782 years, or through the year 2801. 34. Guarantee 95 consecutive sellouts at Angels Stadium 33. More than 240,000 shares of Amazon stock (trading at $1,760) 32. A NASCAR race team like Hendrick Motorsports (source Forbes). 31. Two tickets to space each for every player in MLB this year The price on Virgin Galatic is $250,000 per ticket. 30. through 21. Buy all of these 10 American Castles; and still have roughly $400 million left! 20. One basic doctor visit for every social media follower of the LA Angels 19. MLB The Show19 video game for every person in Orange County, CA plus the City of Los Angeles 18. Buy 8.6 million Amazon Echo Dots. “Hey Alexa, What Could you Buy with Mike Trout’s $430 Million?” 17. Buy 18.6 million hospital cotton swabs at $23 average price each 16. Provide Tylenol for 1.2 million hospital patients |
… and the Top 15 Things you Could buy!15. Buy 150 million+ clicks on Google for the search term ‘affordable healthcare’ 14. Purchase 215,000 foursome rounds of golf at Pebble Beach An avid golfer, Trout and his descendants could play 13. Buy more than 7 private islands similar to Cave Cay in the Bahamas ($60 million) 12. Purchase 86 million $5 Subway footlong sandwiches. That’s more than the entire attendance of all 30 MLB teams last year. 11. Buy the Montage Laguna Beach and have millions left for room service 10. Pay for 250 million clicks on Bing search for ‘awesome healthcare’ 9. Order 92+ million Venti Skinny Vanilla Lattes from Starbucks That’s enough to buy more than 2 lattes for every man, woman and child in California 8. 24 million 12-packs of BodyArmor sports drink 7. Buy 130,000 Topps Golf Mike Trout Rookie Cards on Walmart.com 6. Own 3.3 million pairs of Nike Force Zoom Trout 5 baseball cleats 5. Account for more than the entire GDP of Austria ($416 million) 4. Nearly 74 million party size Oreo cookie boxes At less than $6 each, that’s enough boxes for all of CA, NJ, FL, and NV! 3. One Cabela’s GORE-TEX® Boonie Hat for each Angels guest at home sellouts for 4 years 2. More than 1.1 million Rawlings Pro Preferred Mike Trout Game Day Outfield Glove That’s enough gloves for every student in LA Unified and Anaheim Union High school districts. 1. Take a 14% ownership stake in crosstown baseball rival the Los Angeles Dodgers! |
