Mike Trout's agent implied in talks with the Angels that his client coveted a $1 million salary for this season, according to sources.

The figure would have been the largest ever paid to a player with fewer than two years of service.

Trout, as a pre-arbitration player, had no leverage. And the Angels simply followed a scale that they use for all of their pre-arbitration players.

The team renewed Trout for $510,000 -- the top of their scale for one-plus players, but just $20,000 above the major-league minimum.

A source said that the Angels actually made Trout a higher offer than $510,000, then renewed him as a punitive measure when he would not accept. Another source, however, said the Angels did not negotiate in any fashion, refusing to deviate from their scale.