Bryce Harper vs. Mike Trout, 12 years in: What drives them to be great, and will they ever join forces?

At 3:32 p.m. in Cleveland on April 28, 2012, Mike Trout led off a game for the Los Angeles Angels after his last call-up from Triple-A. Six hours later at Dodger Stadium, Bryce Harper made his major league debut for the Washington Nationals. Drafted one year apart by teams on opposite coasts, Trout and Harper made swift, concurrent rises through the minor leagues and lived up to the hype as generational stars. Trout settled the who's-the-better-player argument by finishing second, second, first, second, first, fourth, second and first in American League MVP voting from 2012 to 2019.