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Mike Trout: Baseball's Best, Without the Brand - The New York Times
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Not being the best makes Mike Trout the best
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The case for and against Red Sox trading for Mike Trout – NBC Sports Boston
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Mike Trout Will Probably Just Ignore Your First Pitch
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Logan Gilbert won't back down from hot-hitting Mike Trout and it led to his fifth homer in four wins vs. Mariners
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Mike Trout May Be the Greatest Baseball Player of All Time. And Hardly Anyone Even Knows Who He Is.
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Smith: With Mike Trout out, AL MVP should belong to Astros' Alex Bregman
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Happy birthday, Mike Trout - 29 stories from those who know him best as baseball's best turns 29 - ESPN
Mike Trout Talks Contract, MLB Free Agency, Angels, and More
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Mike Trout Won't Hit .400, but It Will Be Fun to Watch Him Try - The New York Times
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It's Time to Rescue Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani - The New York Times
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Team USA is Mike Trout's team at the World Baseball Classic - Sports Illustrated
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LA Angels: 5 teams who should be willing to absorb Mike Trout's contract in a trade
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Why Mike Trout, best MLB player of this era, gets overlooked
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Mike Trout tracker, July edition -- He's now better than eight more Hall of Famers - ESPN
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Mike Trout's $3.9M Rookie Card Becomes the Most Expensive of All Time – Robb Report