I don’t know if you realize this, however Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is a free agent on the finish of this season. I do know, loopy.
Ohtani goes to enter free company as some of the extremely wanted gamers in sports activities historical past, and can command a contract unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.
The Angels don’t look like one of many favorites to maintain Ohtani, which is why, he’s discovered himself in commerce rumors for the final year-plus. The Angels have made it clear they haven’t any intention of buying and selling him, nonetheless, in the event that they fall out of the playoff race earlier than the commerce deadline, they might be left with no alternative. And if that occurs, Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report thinks the Dodgers would emerge as the highest touchdown spot, and even created a possible commerce proposal. He thinks the Dodgers may commerce RHP Bobby Miller, OF Andy Pages, C Dalton Speeding and RHP Emmet Sheehan to the Angels for the two-way star. Right here’s part of what he needed to say:
“There was affordable hope early within the offseason that the Dodgers would get beneath the $233 million aggressive steadiness tax threshold in an effort to reset that luxurious tax clock and pay much less in “overage prices,” if you’ll, in future seasons—ideally with Ohtani on the crew beginning in 2024. But when he turns into accessible on the commerce deadline, the Dodgers can’t danger letting the Mets or Yankees swoop in and lock up him earlier than he reaches free company. They need to swing huge, providing up three top-100 prospects, in addition to a sixth-round choose from two years in the past who has pitched properly to date within the minors.”
Despite the fact that the Dodgers wouldn’t be buying and selling for him with a guarantee of signing him long term, Miller argues that they will’t sit again and let one other crew get that half-season of Ohtani, as a result of it may solely assist with attempting to signal him to an extension. Ohtani’s commerce worth gained’t be anyplace close to the place it was final yr, on account of the truth that he’d be a free agent in only a couple months. That’s why, Miller settled on this proposal.
Per MLB Pipeline, Miller is the Dodgers No. 2 general prospect and high pitching prospect. Pages is the Dodgers No. 6 general prospect, whereas Speeding is the crew’s No. 7 prospect. Sheehan is the No. 14 prospect, however is rising up the ranks.
4 of the Dodgers’ high 15 prospects continues to be fairly the haul, however for Ohtani, that’s what it’s going to take. Additionally, Pages and Speeding may have a troublesome time attending to the majors, because of the quantity of expertise forward of them. Speeding is the Dodgers’ second-best catching prospect behind Diego Cartaya, and Will Smith isn’t going anywhere. Pages is among the many outfielder prospects, and between him and Michael Busch, the Dodgers may look to maneuver considered one of them.
As for Ohtani, I don’t suppose I’ve to say a lot to promote him. He’s one of the best participant in baseball, and goes to be in rivalry to win a Silver Slugger, a Cy Younger and, after all, the MVP this season. He’s two All-Stars in a single, and appears to solely be getting higher as he performs in his age-29 season.
This yr, he’s at present slashing .300/.404/.575 with three dwelling runs and eight RBIs, and can also be 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA and 0.95 WHIP in 19 innings. He’s simply ridiculous.
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