Trout won his second American League Most Valuable Player Award, but that wasn't the only positive development for a team that lost so many starting pitchers to injury that its status as a contender never materialized. The Angels won each of their final three series in 2016 and were 25-20 over their last 45 games.
"Obviously we were out of it, but we finished strong," Trout said. "There was a lot of positives we can look at for next year. Seemed like every other week we had a guy go down in our lineup or our pitching staff.