What Should the Angels Do With Shohei Ohtani? 

Two reasons why the Angels don't let Ohtani go. He gets wins for the team on Pitching/Hitting (no brainer), but also more importantly for ownership...he rakes in the cash from fans in US and internationally. Getting rid of Ohtani will lose so many fans and the stadium will resemble an Oakland A's home game. The team is just one or two good pitchers from being a contender. They are really close. Lets see what GM does. Good luck Angels.

Good points from both sides. As a GM, it's hard not to get emotions involved when it comes to Ohtani as he's one of a kind.

Imagine being the GM that traded away the best player in world for prospects. Its like having a billion dollars and you trade it for lotto tickets.

Dude must not be watching the Angels play. The whole team is killin it !

The only team that can give the angels a fair return would be the Astros. Yordan and Framber. Ain’t no way the Angels trading away a player that may end up being the greatest athlete in American sports

The decision had been made last season to ride or die with Ohtani. No point in trading him now.

The angels can actually compete this year, you’re not gonna get fair value for him anyway at this point just keep him and try to make a run, it’s the least those fans deserve

It's funny that Bo says "you have to take the emotions out" and yet the way he's talking, you can tell he's an emotional guy. LOL

And that folks, is why Bo Porter doesn't work for a Major League organization anymore

Ohtani isnt going anywhere. You get rid of ohtani you throw 2023 away. But that's just me

By that logic, shouldn't they have traded Trout years ago? And that would make the Rendon signing an even worse decision than it has been. If you're being a ruthless GM, then they have 2 guys with combined $670 million contracts who at this point are nothing but emotional decisions.

He's not staying but I wouldn't trade him when the team is actually playing well enough to clinch a post season seed, if anything I would go all in and get a big name or two in the trade deadline and let the dice roll.

Trading for Ohtani at this point isn't worth it unless you get young proven guys with control plus a prospect package, which I don't think is happening (especially when you assume they are in wildcard contention by the deadline). The Angels are in for a long rebuild anyway, so a haul of prospects that isn't guaranteed is just not enough and even a package with proven guys heading to FA like Will Smith and Urias plus prospects is not enough. Also, the Angels right now are heavily reliant on players on short term or expiring deals and if you trade Ohtani they are gone. I think the best bet is to stick it out and try to get to the postseason (and try to do some damage in the postseason). Remember, we don't know what he wants and Minasian probably has the best idea of what he wants. Ohtani might be willing to sign a short deal with high AAV if he thinks he can win with the Angels, which I think they can if they can show FA that they are good enough to make it to the postseason.

Why we pretending that Trout is the same player that he was. He's not. Hes injury prone, and when hes healthy, he isnt the same (still great-ish, but not what he was in his prime)

To the giants!

The only way the Angels make the playoffs this year is if the bullpen continues to pitch decent and Mike Trout steps up with clutch hitting in the second half. Truthfully, I doubt Trout will step up . Just saying

Given what the Angels have been building since Perry has come on, I seriously believe Ohtani gives the Angels another run with multiple opt-outs and extension. Ofc being a free agent means Ohtani can do whatever he wants but I wouldn’t rule him out of Anaheim just yet. Playing with Trout in low key Orange County with a championship contending roster is all Ohtani needs. That or it’s the Dodgers bid to lose

Showtime Ohtani Needs To Go Out For 1st Base

Its too late now we wont get enough for it to be worth it. Stupid takes. We haven’t made the playoffs in ages. Yankees were not a championship team at all last year. We have a good young core doing well actually. All you know about the Angels is that they have Shohei and Trout and their record. Which is is 7 games over 500 in the final AL wildcard so maybe you havent looked at that either.

this video is bare madness.

Come right to the Dodgers, Ohtani.

Freeeee Shohei NOW!!!!

Goatani.

Thats where the owners fucked up by not dealing him last season to aquire significant pieces. Now look, he is gonna walk away in the off-season, and they get nothing. I could kind of understand the owners wanting to keep him for one more year to get people in seats, but you got to think long term. Everybody and their mom knew Ohtani was going to walk unless this team has a deep playoff run or WS appearance/title, but let's be logical.

He needs to take that thinking to the NFL. There's no salary cap in MLB. How about the Angels don't get rid of the Greatest Baseball Player Ever and they spend MORE money to make a better team.

The Angels should keep him for all the intangibles he brings from a business stand point. If he does leave, Please go the Dodgers.

Win

Ridiculous take on Shohei...you really want to be the GM to trade the Unicorn/2023 MVP/Leading the league in most offensive Categories, etc etc etc??? Esp...after that HR off Cease today. Oh yeah just a small side note (he is a top 5 ACE). MLB network, please stop posting these clips about "trading Shohei".

So, the guy that says that the Angels should trade Ohtani regardless of their performance is talking to the guy who says that no team should go after Ohtani because he's a risk, are talking about a guy who, for the past three years, consistently has proven them wrong. Bk continuously says that Ohtani should not do what makes him great (pitching and hitting) and Bo Porter wants Ohtani traded especially if it's to the Mets.

Yeah the angles aren't the nats with soto, the braves replacing a freeman. They just can't do that. As well ohtani is a unicorn cant compare a unicorn in a game of stallions.

Comeon Bo, why are you even talking about Rendon?? He has been a non-factor since he signed. It's obvious Bo doesn't know anything about the Angels. The key for the Angels is that they think they are one of the finalists to re-sign Ohtani. Also Bo, why would the Mets take on Rendon's contract and get Ohtani for a playoff run with no guarantee to sign him when they are 8 1/2 games out of the wildcard spot? Too funny

The reason why shohei ohtani MUST be traded to the Yankees because he really wants a championship ring 💍 please bring him to the Bronx if they Yankees MUST trade THEIR young players to GET shohei ohtani in pinstripes in the Bronx NY and the fans will be blessed and happy for NYC.

This video won’t age well when the Angels win the WS.

Ohtani is like Steph Curry for Golden State. If he win with the angles, he will be a MJ leveled

First of all, from the Angels' perspective, what would be the point of making the Greatest Trade in History (say, landing 7 All-stars and a Cy Young winner) if all of your fans suddenly abandon you? Which is what would happen if they traded Ohtani. Halos fans don't care about contending; they're quite used to not doing it. They want the Unichorn. Second, from Ohtani's point of view, what thrill of winning as a team could come from getting air-dropped onto a stacked club? The stisfaction of winning alongside teammates comes from starting with the hand you're dealt, and building and striving from there; the worse the initial hand, the greater the joy in prevailing. Lastly, the sporting press and geeked-up fans - ever thirsty for gossip and drama - have blown up beyond all proportion a rather unremarkable remark made by Ohtani last year (in response to question) - the mundane comment that "winning" is important. Has any player ever said he/she Didn't want to win? If Ohtani's remark was intended as a signal (and It's not at all clear that it was), it almost certainly would have been directed at the Angels' front office - an exhortation to keep improving the roster. He'll sign with the club that gave him his start, that made accommodations for him to work, train and develop in his own way and at his own pace (it took four years for him rise above mediocrity). They've got the money. And they're 6 games above .500 at the midpoint - in line for a playoff spot.

If you lose a talent like this and get nothing in return, the organization won't recover for years.

Of course the reason they don't trade Ohtani is money. But you hurt the organization more, baseball wise, keeping him. They know they would've gotten an absolute HAUL for him. With this trade the Angels GM can turn one player into 7 players in an instant, and if you trade Trout as well, you'll turn 2 players into 14 or 15 players, half of which might be major leaguers already. THE RIGHT BASEBALL decision was to trade Trout and Ohtani and reset the organization for 1 or 2 years and then rebounding strong in a division in which Houston is weaker, Oakland is non-existent, Seattle doesn't know how to win and Texas' bullpen is weak (anything can happen). But they rather sell out for one year and make these mediocre players richer like Rendon and Anderson.

I think they have to trade him they could miss the playoffs and not resign him, if they trade him it will get a huge haul and the could resign him if they want to pony up the cash to me it's crazy not to trade him so you can hold on to him for 3 months

They got my Guardians with a losing record AGAIN!! LOL

Emotional yes, and a shortsighted businessman does not help.

Don’t take me too serious . How about this kind of mind as an owner. First of all , Angels were extremely lucky having him for 5years for super cheap salary right? I think Angels were surprised and didn’t expecting having Ohtani right? It was ridiculously cheap. 2018 $545,000 /ROY 2019 $650,000 2020 $259,259 2021 $3,000,000 /MVP 2022 $5,500,000 2023 $30,000,000 Overall (6 seasons) $39,954,259 means 4mil/year😂 They already made plenty of money already with Ohtani. They were super lucky. Keep Ohtani this season and let him go in2024 for nothing doesn’t hurt.

Please do not bother Ohtani. He want to concentrate season.

The Angels are one mini run from a solid playoff team. Can't trade him now. The Angels are pretty balanced, and their trying. They added Escobar and Moostakis. They get Soto back, and they're pretty deep.

Terrible take. Let’s start with the ridiculous playoff projections based on current pace. Yankees ain’t winning 89 games 😂 They’re 8-10 since Judge has been out and he’s not returning until August or September, if he does at all. Yankees are out of playoff contention unless they make a trade. So that means Angels would be one game behind the Astros for the last playoff spot and two behind the Blue Jays. Mike Trout has been slumping and starting shortstop Neto and starting third baseman Rendon are both projected to be back in the next week or so. Despite this, Angels have the third highest scoring offense in the AL behind the Rangers and Rays. Angels biggest weakness is the garbage bullpen aside from closer Estevez. Estevez is 4th in saves in the AL. Starting pitcher Reid Detmers has put together a few solid outings and now has a 3.77 ERA which is below the 4.18 league average. Sandoval has regressed but his era is still below League average at 4.16. Ohtani is still a stud at 3.13 and top 10 in ERA and pitching war in the AL. Angels have a solid shot at making the playoffs and if they just trade for a few decent relievers they would be a good team.

And thats why Bo Porter isnt a GM

Porters takes are far out there lol

they just pay these dudes to talk about nonsense

0% chance this guy has been to Angel stadium. Bc if he did he’d know why the angels didn’t trade him: the stadium is covered in Japanese ads with Ohtanis face on half of them. $$$$

The Angels will fade so they'll regret it if they don't trade Ohtani.

Insanely bad take. The Angels are a mess. They wouldn’t know what to do with any “talent” that they could get back. Pointless to even say they should or should have traded Ohtani

bUt ThEy CaNt TrAdE oHtAnI

$700m minimum

The Yankees had a championship team???? LOL

These clowns have no idea what they're talking about. The problem with the Angel's is the pitching and their bullpen is among the worse in the major. Second, Rendon was never healthy for the past three seasons.

Trade him

i agree completely with bo on this issue...angels should've traded ohtani last off-season to get maximum value from him...now the angels could very well lose ohtani @ free agency without getting anything back

Holy shit! Great analysis! Trade him to the dodgers or the Yankees!

Why put Rendon on the same line as Trout and Ohtani? Trout is worth it. Ohtani, of course. What Rendon has shown in the last few years is a round trip to the DL. It's easy. The Angels should just release Rendon. Even if Ohtani is released, only the Yankees cannot. How many bad comments and criticisms have Yankees officials and Yankees fans made to Ohtani, past and present? To Otani, who had achieved such good results until three days ago, "If he hadn't been injured, he would have been better judged. Ohtani is overrated." huh? Do you think Ohtani will be happy if he joins these guys' team? Do you think Ohtani only works with money? Those who think so don't understand Otani at all. Yankees fans should worship Judge for life. Ohtani is the treasure of every team except the Yankees. The Yankees will continue to live with jealousy and envy.

MLB doesn’t know what they talking about

The Angels are a poverty franchise, their way of approaching things isn’t about winning the World Series, they just want to make money. Giving out bad contracts in the past set them back for years. They have been trying really hard to get to the postseason this season, just wish they could have done that a lot sooner in previous years too. Simply wasted having two best players on the team and still not be able to be in the playoffs, that’s pathetic

Babe Ruth is still the Goat. Sushi sucks.

tradee him cant make playoffs

What a terrible take. The Angels are in contention for the first time since years. You have Ohtani, you have Trout. Sure, you are not the favourite to win it all but if I'm the Angels, I am making moves before the deadline to bring in talent. Trade for pitching etc., just to be competitive this year. Trading away Ohtani - with whom you always have a chance - is giving up on the chance that he stays. Plus, why does everyone think that the Angels have amazing offers on the table? No team that trades for Ohtani knows for sure that he re-signs with them. THus, the offers will be good but I doubt the Dodgers, Mets, whoever, wil give up their entire talent stock for a few months of Ohtani. Considering that, the Angels would be foolish to give up Ohtani for a "good but not great trade offer" when they are contending for a wildcard spot.

Sell him as a rental. It sucks for the angels fans but that’s the best decision for him, and for the team’s future. They’re not winning anything this year. Even if they have a winning record, it’s not good enough to make the postseason or go deep in it. If your goal is to win the WS, let a team like the dodgers or Yankees blow their load on him and send tons of prospects