Report: Angels take Ohtani off trade market, plan to add for playoff push
The most coveted participant heading to the MLB commerce deadline is coming off the market because the Los Angeles Angels gained’t be shifting Shohei Ohtani, Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci stories.
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Not solely do the Angels not intend on buying and selling Ohtani however Verducci additionally stories that Los Angeles plans to be consumers forward of the Aug. 1 deadline.
They began off by buying right-handed pitchers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, in alternate for 2 minor league prospects.
The Angels are 4 video games again of a wild-card spot and wish to attain the post-season for the primary time since 2014, the longest drought in MLB.
With Mike Trout anticipated to report again in mid-August from a damaged hamate bone, the staff desires to make one final push if that is the ultimate season with Trout and Ohtani collectively.
Ohtani is a pending free agent setting himself up for a large payday as he leads the American League with 36 residence runs whereas hitting .299/.398/.668 in 99 video games. In 19 begins this season, Ohtani has an 8-5 file with a 3.71 ERA and 148 strikeouts in 111.2 innings pitched.
It was reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan that the Orioles, Rays and Blue Jays have been three of the most well-liked solutions when he requested big-league executives the place Ohtani may land if he’s moved.
The danger for groups seeking to purchase Ohtani is that the excessive worth it could take to amass Ohtani wouldn’t include any assure that he would re-sign.
“Makes no sense,” one govt advised Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smth. “You’d have to completely empty your farm system and to do that you’d want to believe you could re-sign him.”
Another issue that may have gone in opposition to the Blue Jays is that their farm system has thinned out as gamers have graduated to the majors in recent times, which means it could be robust for Toronto to assemble a package deal commensurate with Ohtani’s historic abilities until they scrap the big-league staff for elements. Plus, whereas the Blue Jays have spent aggressively in free company below president Mark Shapiro and GM Ross Atkins, it hasn’t been their model to go all-in with trades for pending free brokers.
–With information from Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith
