The Official Hypothetical Ohtani Trade Thread

[nando714]

Big time players starting to court Ohtani at the asg. Best believe that 

end of the day he’s gonna be a dodger . 

[jsnpritchett]

Jeter, A-Rod, and David Ortiz chime in with thoughts on what to do with Ohtani.  Ortiz's comments about top-heavy teams lines up with a what a few folks here have been saying recently.

 

[Justin]

12 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Jeter, A-Rod, and David Ortiz chime in with thoughts on what to do with Ohtani.  Ortiz's comments about top-heavy teams lines up with a what a few folks here have been saying recently.

 

I have several reasons why I would like the Angels to trade Ohtani. And a couple of reasons why I don't want them to. 

"What's that telling Mike Trout" is not one of them.  

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Justin said:

I have several reasons why I would like the Angels to trade Ohtani. And a couple of reason why I don't want them to. 

"What's that telling Mike Trout" is not one of them.  

[Jason]

31 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Jeter, A-Rod, and David Ortiz chime in with thoughts on what to do with Ohtani.  Ortiz's comments about top-heavy teams lines up with a what a few folks here have been saying recently.

 

Lol at trading Trout. Who would even consider taking on that contract now? I’m in agreement with Ortiz on this one. 

[Warfarin]

4 hours ago, Hubs said:

Add Pages and Cartaya.

I think the only way we can get the moon from the Dodgers (or any team) is if we granted a negotiation window for that team to come to a long-term contract extension with Ohtani.  If we did and that transpired, I imagine we could get a better trade package, as the acquiring team would be guaranteeing Ohtani's long-term stay.  I think that is the only way we could get a package like Miller, Cartaya, etc .. those are top 20 prospects in the game.

[Angels 1961]

37 minutes ago, Jason said:

Lol at trading Trout. Who would even consider taking on that contract now? I’m in agreement with Ortiz on this one. 

I agree be hard to find someone to take on his contract. I would sit down with Trout in off season and ask what he would want. Stay or be traded. Angels would have to eat lot of money on his deal. Maybe you just keep him as use him as DH and OF. I would sit down with him in off season and see what he would want.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Angels 1961 said:

I agree be hard to find someone to take on his contract. I would sit down with Trout in off season and ask what he would want. Stay or be traded. Angels would have to eat lot of money on his deal. Maybe you just keep him as use him as DH and OF. I would sit down with him in off season and see what he would want.

I’m guessing he would want for his teammates to stop sucking at baseball 

[Paolo11]

Ohtani, Rendon & Renfroe to the Dogs..... for Stone, Pepiot & Andrew Friedman.   I think Rendon has a -999 trade value, but if they want Ohtani, make em earn it. 

[jsnpritchett]

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-arrives-seattle-all-star-game

A couple of excerpts:

"A reporter at Monday’s All-Star Media Day -- familiar with old rumblings about how close Shohei Ohtani might have come to signing with the Cubs when he left Nippon Professional Baseball for MLB prior to the 2018 season -- wanted to know how the pending free-agent superstar feels about the North Siders now.

“How close was it with them? How much did you like them?” the reporter asked. “And is there any appeal for you to Chicago moving forward?”

Ohtani smiled.

“All those reports,” he said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, “probably most of them are lies. People make stuff up. So I don’t think you should believe everything you read.”

...

"Regarding the Trade Deadline, Ohtani said, “I have no control over it, so I try not to think about it. I just focus on the game that day.”

Regarding free agency, Ohtani said, “I’m focused on this season right now. I just want to do my best to get as many wins as possible.”

Ohtani did allow that his feelings about the importance of playing for a World Series-caliber team “get stronger every year.”

“It sucks to lose,” Ohtani said.

That comment will only fuel more discussion about whether an Angels team in possession of the longest active postseason drought in the Majors (tied with the Tigers) can keep Ohtani. And Ohtani may have thrown a bone to fans of the local nine when he said that he’s spent about four months across two offseasons living in Seattle and that it’s a “nice” and “clean” city."

[TroutField]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-arrives-seattle-all-star-game

A couple of excerpts:

"A reporter at Monday’s All-Star Media Day -- familiar with old rumblings about how close Shohei Ohtani might have come to signing with the Cubs when he left Nippon Professional Baseball for MLB prior to the 2018 season -- wanted to know how the pending free-agent superstar feels about the North Siders now.

“How close was it with them? How much did you like them?” the reporter asked. “And is there any appeal for you to Chicago moving forward?”

Ohtani smiled.

“All those reports,” he said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, “probably most of them are lies. People make stuff up. So I don’t think you should believe everything you read.”

...

"Regarding the Trade Deadline, Ohtani said, “I have no control over it, so I try not to think about it. I just focus on the game that day.”

Regarding free agency, Ohtani said, “I’m focused on this season right now. I just want to do my best to get as many wins as possible.”

Ohtani did allow that his feelings about the importance of playing for a World Series-caliber team “get stronger every year.”

“It sucks to lose,” Ohtani said.

That comment will only fuel more discussion about whether an Angels team in possession of the longest active postseason drought in the Majors (tied with the Tigers) can keep Ohtani. And Ohtani may have thrown a bone to fans of the local nine when he said that he’s spent about four months across two offseasons living in Seattle and that it’s a “nice” and “clean” city."

And when the hell did Seattle become a winning baseball city? 
 

Give me a break. 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, TroutField said:

And when the hell did Seattle become a winning baseball city? 
 

Give me a break. 

They've had 4 winning seasons since the last time the Angels had one!

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 hour ago, Warfarin said:

I think the only way we can get the moon from the Dodgers (or any team) is if we granted a negotiation window for that team to come to a long-term contract extension with Ohtani.  If we did and that transpired, I imagine we could get a better trade package, as the acquiring team would be guaranteeing Ohtani's long-term stay.  I think that is the only way we could get a package like Miller, Cartaya, etc .. those are top 20 prospects in the game.

No chance that’s happening. 
 

Ohtani isn’t going to forgo free agency to sign a deal in 48 hours in a place he’s never played. 

[Turd Ferguson]

Ohtani and Rendon anywhere for a bag of baseballs. Used the Rendon savings to put together a monster offer for Ohtani in the offseason.

[Angels 1961]

47 minutes ago, TroutField said:

And when the hell did Seattle become a winning baseball city? 
 

Give me a break. 

Playoffs last year

[Angels 1961]

25 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

No chance that’s happening. 
 

Ohtani isn’t going to forgo free agency to sign a deal in 48 hours in a place he’s never played. 

Jeff, you still think Angels do not trade him. I do think he will test FA and why would he not.

[Junkballer]

18 minutes ago, Turd Ferguson said:

Ohtani and Rendon anywhere for a bag of baseballs. Used the Rendon savings to put together a monster offer for Ohtani in the offseason.

It would be nice to move Rendon but with his no-trade clause and him being a Boras client, I can't see him agreeing to being moved without something (besides going to a contender; read$) extra.

[Angels 1961]

1 minute ago, Junkballer said:

It would be nice to move Rendon but with his no-trade clause and him being a Boras client, I can't see him agreeing to being moved without something (besides going to a contender; read$) extra.

NOBODY IS TRADING FOR RENDON or Loup

[Junkballer]

28 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

NOBODY IS TRADING FOR RENDON 

UMMM, that's exactly what I said

[Stradling]

4 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

This is one of the dumbest trades I've seen. Why would the Sox want an expiring Ohtani? 

They are basically giving up Eloy and his contract to have negotiating rights for two months.  

[jsnpritchett]

28 minutes ago, Stradling said:

They are basically giving up Eloy and his contract to have negotiating rights for two months.  

 

"The Chicago White Sox are opening up for business as a seller, according to sources, and they plan to seriously consider deals for all but four cornerstone players on their roster: Dylan Cease, Andrew Vaughn, Eloy Jimenez and of course All-Star Luis Robert Jr."

 

 

[Junkballer]

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

NOBODY IS TRADING FOR RENDON 

Okay, I agree, but that's why I posted what I did, which was to bring up a couple of reasons why he won't be traded.  Not sure why you quoted my post rather than those who advocated including him in an Ohtani trade.

[Warfarin]

2 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

No chance that’s happening. 
 

Ohtani isn’t going to forgo free agency to sign a deal in 48 hours in a place he’s never played. 

Oh yeah, I know.  I was just saying that the only way we could expect to extract that large of a return for Ohtani would only be if the acquiring team could guarantee that Ohtani would be staying there long-term.  Otherwise, no team will give up that kind of bounty for 2 months of a player, even if it's the best player in the game.

[Revad]

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Ohtani did allow that his feelings about the importance of playing for a World Series-caliber team “get stronger every year.”

“It sucks to lose,” Ohtani said.

Uh that sounds serious and of course he’s correct.

[Angels 1961]

16 minutes ago, Junkballer said:

Okay, I agree, but that's why I posted what I did, which was to bring up a couple of reasons why he won't be traded.  Not sure why you quoted my post rather than those who advocated including him in an Ohtani trade.

That makes 2 of us