“Will Shohei Ohtani be Traded? The Possibility and Conditions for an MLB Trade”

The team is doing well at the moment, but will Ohtani’s wish for a ‘stinging September’ come?

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Pitcher Shohei Ohtani (Photo: AP/Aflo)

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Will Shohei Ohtani wear a different uniform? Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Otani, who is now an FA, is paying attention to the US media and MLB officials.

Possibility of “trade by the end of July” depending on team results

Although the possibility of being traded during this season is low, it is still being whispered by some, and the deadline is the end of July.

However, Buster Olney, who is known as a “smart reporter” for the US sports network “ESPN”, said that a certain team executive said, “Unless the Angels are completely out of the postseason race, Ohtani will not be traded. “As of May 23 (24th Japan time), the Angels have a savings of 4 and are trailing the Texas Rangers, who lead the American League West, by 4 games. It’s well positioned.

In the midst of a development where the leader is within range, the Angels side will become the strongest weapon in throwing and hitting, and above all, it is hard to imagine that they will go out of their way to let go of Otani, who is a superstar and super popular.

However, it is a story of the assumption that the Angels can continue to accumulate victories smoothly.

On the other hand, if the team loses steadily in the future and it seems that the pennant battle will end before the end of July, the team situation will change greatly as a matter of course. If that happens, in order to avoid the risk of the Angels side being freed by Otani in free agency, the possibility of stepping into a large-scale trade with several young promising stocks from other teams before the deadline at the end of July is completely “zero”. I can’t say.