Mike Trout would take himself 1st overall if he played fantasy baseball
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout knows exactly the guy he would build his fantasy baseball team around: Mike Trout.
"I mean, obviously, I would," Trout joked when Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com asked if he would take himself first overall. "I think it's pretty cool."
The 23-year-old is the consensus first-overall pick in fantasy baseball this year after finishing 2014 as the American League's Most Valuable Player.
While Trout acknowledged that he doesn't really pay attention to his own ranking, he is honored by how highly he's being selected and believes it's a testament to the hard work he puts in on the field.
"I don't really look at it, but when my buddies back home have their drafts, they always bring me up," Trout said.
"I just do my best every day on the field and try to get some hits and score runs. At the end of the year, if I'm the top-ranked player, that's pretty cool."
As for the players he'd hope to surround himself on his team with?
"(Miguel) Cabrera is up there, and (Clayton) Kershaw as a pitcher. (Andrew) McCutchen, Albert (Pujols). It depends on what skills you want."