Mike Trout breaks silence after Angels stunning sale to Stan Kroenke

The vision Mike Trout has of how he will end his career remains unchanged in the wake of Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s agreement to purchase a controlling share of the Angels.Trout still plans to finish his career with them.“It doesn’t change,” Trout said.“I got four years left on my deal.

I’m excited.”Shortly after being informed of the impending sale by Angels president Molly Jolly, Trout said he looked up Kroenke’s history in other sports.Super Bowl champions with the Rams.NBA champions with the Denver Nuggets.

Stanley Cup champions with the Colorado Avalanche.English Premier League champions with Arsenal.“What a track record,” Trout said.

“Wherever he buys, he wins.So it’s a good sign.”“Super excited to meet him and talk to him and get to know him a little bit and see where it goes.”Trout said he called a Rams player – he wouldn’t say whom – for a scouting report on the new owner.“He had some really good things to say,” he said.Trout, 35, played in his one and only postseason series in 2014.

He has endured 11 consecutive losing seasons with the Angels, including this one.With control of the team shifting to Kroenke, Trout said he was able to imagine a future in which the Angels win a World Series.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “That’s the goal,” he said.“I think you look at the track record.

I know one thing that’s going to be on his mind is get to the World Series and win (a) championship.As a player, you know, it makes you feel good to have that and to feel that.“It’s obviously been frustrating the last … I don’t know how many years it’s been.

But just to hear the news like this, I’m super excited to have this change.”That doesn’t mean Trout wanted departing owner Arte Mo...