Mike Trout has had a historical start to his career with his production on the field and now have a record breaking 12-year, $430 million contract.

Here is Trout's career timeline: 

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Bryce Harper is only 26 years old still, but he's had a unique path in MLB as a former prodigy and early MVP who will now be with the Phillies for the remainder of his career.

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Giancarlo Stanton became the first MVP in 15 years to change teams while still in his twenties. MLB players don't typically become available the way Stanton did following the sale of the Marlins. Here are the other MVPs since 1975 who changed teams while still in their twenties.

Because of a ratification of the MLB's posting system, the maximum posting fee for Shohei Ohtani is $20 million.

Past posting fees have ranged from Yu Darvish's $51.7 million in 2011, Daisuke Matsuzaka at $51.1 million in 2006 to Nori Aoki's $2.5 million in 2011.

The following video shows the top-10 posting fees.

A decade later, Alex Rodriguez still owns the richest free agent contract in MLB history. Rodriguez also owns the third biggest contract with his landmark deal back in 2000 when he left Seattle for Texas.

The following video shows the largest free agent contract in each offseason dating back to 2000.

George Springer has joined the likes of Madison Bumgarner, David Ortiz and Ben Zobrist as recent winners of World Series MVP.

The following video shows the winner of the award in each season since 2007.

The 2017 MLB free agent class is headline by a pair of starting pitchers in Yu Darvish and Jake Arrieta. 

Cliff Lee returned from the disabled list on Monday, allowing the Philadelphia Phillies to audition him for potential suitors.

Lee is guaranteed somewhere between $47.5 million and $62.5 million through age 37 or 38.

The left-hander's deal also includes a limited no-trade clause that allows him to block trades to 20 teams.

Lee has listed the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals as the nine teams he can be traded to without his consent, according to a source.