Los Angeles Angels Take Shohei Ohtani Off The Trade Market
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00:03 >> Craig, you know, I mean, we've been doing this show together for four years.
00:07 I've been saying, well, the Angels, please,
00:09 can I see Shohei Otani play one meaningful game in my entire adult life?
00:14 Are they trying to make it happen?
00:15 Or is Artie Moreno gonna pay Shohei Otani a billion dollars?
00:20 What is going on, Craig?
00:21 >> Yeah, I mean, I guess, when you think about it at the end of the day for
00:26 the Angels, Davis, it's like, if somehow the last two months they can catch
00:32 lightning in a bottle and make the postseason, Davis, and think about this.
00:36 Like, the postseason's crazy, but to say that this no shot or
00:42 that team has no shot, I mean, you saw what happened last year.
00:46 The Braves got knocked out right away.
00:49 The Dodgers got knocked out right away.
00:51 So look, when the Angels go to bed last night, they're like, all right,
00:55 now we got Giolito, we got Otani coming back.
00:58 We got Mike Trout, we got Brandon Drury, we got Renfro,
01:03 we got some pieces, some decent pitching here.
01:06 Let's have a dream, Davis, and here's the dream.
01:08 You make the wild card, and by some miracle, you win, right?
01:12 You win the wild card matchup with whoever you're playing against.
01:16 Is it impossible?
01:16 I don't think so.
01:18 And then at that point, Davis, you go to Shohei Otani and say, hey,
01:20 look what we're building here.
01:22 We made the postseason.
01:23 We won, now I don't think the Angels are gonna win two series, but
01:25 we won the postseason.
01:26 We won a wild card.
01:27 And then you could see Otani, I'm comfortable, we're winning,
01:32 giving my 600 million, maybe so, maybe so.
01:35 Listen, I'm trying to talk it through the Angels way.
01:38 Conversely, Davis, if none of this happens and they don't get in,
01:43 they're gonna look back and
01:44 it'll be one of the biggest mistakes that a team could make, for sure.
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