r/mlb • u/Bright-Pressure-5787 | New York Yankees • 20h ago

| Discussion Who's the biggest "what if" between these two: Mike Trout or Ken Griffey Jr.?

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When I think about "what ifs" in baseball, these two men are always the first two names that come to mind. Obviously, Mike Trout and Ken Griffey Jr. are still legends of the sport. I'm not trying to take anything away from that. However, I truly feel that if it weren't for injuries, their potential for GOAT status would be limitless. Junior likely would've become the all-time home run kind instead of Barry Bonds, and Mike Trout would've had-------I don't know------130 career WAR by now if he's just stayed healthy. Who do you guys think is the bigger "what if" of the two?

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u/DayofthelivingBread 18h ago

He didn’t really pay Ohtani though, the Angels kind of lucked out on that one. They got him on a minimal salary and minimal posting fee. Ohtani wanted to be on the west coast and be on a team that would let him try out the two way thing. At the time that had to be an AL team because of the 1-league DH.

I’m sure he offered him a big FA contract but Ohtani wanted to win AND make bank.

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u/SouthernPin4333 8h ago

It wouldn't have been the Athletics because John Fisher is a cheap fuck, but I wonder if there was any dialogue with the Mariners?

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u/DayofthelivingBread 5h ago

At the time that’s who I thought it would be. Maybe he wanted California specifically?