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Morosi: Angels unlikely to trade Ohtani (www.mlb.com)
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[–] KebertXela@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, the narrative going into this season was that Ohtani is tired of not making the playoffs. If that’s true, then you might be right that money alone won’t do it.

Obviously Ohtani knows more about the Angels than I do, but from my perspective it’s hard to see why he’d want to return. The franchise has floundered around two all-time great talents for years now. They’ve never even had a winning season with Ohtani.

What do you think?

[–] headie_sage@fanaticus.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think he's tired of losing. He wants to win a championship, not just be the best player on a losing team. It's tough to see how the Angels can dig themselves out of the hole they've dug and pay Ohtani the money he deserves.

It sucks because I think it's good for baseball to have stars sign long term deals with the teams they're drafted by instead of losing them to big market teams but the Angels are not a well-run team.