A $432 million fish

The Angels are ready to sign Mike Trout for $432 million over 12 years.

Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball’s first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history.

The deal was disclosed Tuesday by a person familiar with negotiations that have not been finalized. The contract likely will be announced by the end of the week, the person said. Trout would set a baseball record for career earnings at about $513 million, surpassing the roughly $448 million Alex Rodriguez took in from three teams from 1994-2017.

Trout’s new deal would top the $330 million, 12-year contract between Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies, and Trout’s $36 million average annual value would surpass pitcher Zack Greinke’s $34.4 million in a six-year deal that started in 2016. Trout’s deal would also include a signing bonus and supersede the $144.5 million, six-year contract that had been set to pay him $33.25 million each of the next two seasons.

Yankees

New York reliever Dellin Betances has inflammation in his right shoulder and will start the regular season on the injured list.

Elsewhere

Major League Baseball is lifting all restrictions on which prospects can be sent to the Arizona Fall League and moving up the league’s season by nearly a month. The commissioner’s office said Tuesday that a team can now send any player to the AFL.