Dylan Hernández: Enjoy Shohei Ohtani while you can, Angels fans. His days in Anaheim appear numbered.
Would the Angels actually trade Shohei Ohtani this season? There's no excuse for a big-market team to deal a star player, but if the Angels had to trade Ohtani, the time to do so was last year. If they trade Ohtani three months before he becomes a free agent, the Angels would receive just a fraction of the bounty they would have gained by trading him a year earlier. So why is owner Arte Moreno ...
by Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times
Mar 28, 2023
4 minutes
Would the Angels actually trade Shohei Ohtani this season?
There's no excuse for a big-market team to deal a star player, but if the Angels had to trade Ohtani, the time to do so was last year.
If they trade Ohtani three months before he becomes a free agent, the Angels would receive just a fraction of the bounty they would have gained by trading him a year earlier.
So why is owner Arte Moreno implying the Angels could move Ohtani this summer?
Say farewell to the vision of a Dodgers-like transformation. Abandon the dream of a better tomorrow. Prepare for the worst.
Moreno is back.
I've written before that I
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