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One world trade8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() 1 pitcher, also has a team-best 18 home runs and 46 RBIs – will only help a team chasing a goal like that. ![]() Sunday’s victory kept the Angels within 1½ games of the Houston Astros for the final wild-card slot. It’s doable: Short of winning the AL West, they now also have three wild-card spots to chase. So they can give themselves the best shot at their first postseason appearance since 2014. The Angels should hold onto him now so they can turn around their misfortunes, change the narrative after the past two seasons when, despite Ohtani’s greatness, they were out of contention at the All-Star break. So, what then? Just lose Ohtani in free agency for nothing?įor now, this very season. It isn’t as though spurning teams’ offers for him now won’t keep him from accepting one of those suitor’s overtures later. Even if the Angels are hoping against hope that Ohtani will decide he’s comfortable re-signing with a team that hasn’t had a winning record since 2015 so long as it caters to all his wishes. But it probably won’t affect his decisions in free agency, when he’ll likely command a contract worth more than $500 million. So, no, the Angels shouldn’t ship the 28-year-old Ohtani anywhere – but not because of those fans’ feelings, or any nostalgic residue related to what he’s accomplished in an Angels uniform.Īll the history attached to his 2021 American League MVP season, or his mind-bending accomplishments last season, when he had probably the best two-way season since Babe Ruth? ![]()
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