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Hello and welcome to episode 21-27 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from

fan graphs presented by our Patreon supporters.

I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer

joined by Meg Rally of fan graphs.

Hello, Meg.

Hello.

Well, we're gonna do some emails today, we're gonna do some stat

lasting, we're going to be joined by a Patreon supporter shortly. Just a bit of banter before we are.

I am quite sure that we will be talking about the angels a lot less this season than we have in recent seasons thanks to the

absence of one particular player whom we have discussed quite a bit however there

are still some angels that we have devoted some time and attention to.

And two of them made a bit of news when they showed up for spring training.

A lot of people talking about two angels, Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon for maybe directly opposite reasons in some respects right

Mike Trout he just really really wants to be an angel he wants to win with the angels. He doesn't want to leave at least as of now.

He said that to ask for a trade would be the easy way out. He said when I sign that contract, I'm loyal loyal I want to win a championship here the overall picture of winning a championship or getting to the playoffs here is a bigger satisfaction than bailing out and just taking the easy way out

So I think that's been my mindset maybe down failing out and just taking the easy way out.

So I think that's been my mindset.

Maybe down the road, if some things change,

but that's been my mindset ever since the trade speculation came up.

He said he can't predict the future. He doesn't entirely rule out ever

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