Would you all really have been happy trading Ohtani for prospects?

[Dtwncbad]

Fans would have now said some form of:  “Stupid Angels got unproven minor leaguers for Ohtani and convinced him he wasn’t wanted here and we could have signed him or extended him for $2m a year if we hadn’t burned shown him we didn’t want to try to win with him.”

[totdprods]

5 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

This is why they almost feel like they they may not sign a QO fa. As of now they get an 8, 38 and 70 ish. Possibility of infusing some talent. 

Seeing as how Perry is pretty damn good at using early round picks, I’m hoping they hold onto ‘em. Especially if they’re in position to sign a big name next year (losing another pick again).

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Yes they should have traded Ohtani after the WBC. The writing was on the wall.

 

I still can't get over Artes 180 and deciding bot to sell. The only thing that made sense was that he had some sort of indication locking Ohtani up was going to happen. I assumed that would be his parting shot. Locked him up, appeased the fans, added value to the final sell, etc.

And lol.... instead we lose Ohtani and keep Arte.... sigh 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

20 hours ago, EDinTUSTIN said:

Too bad he signed nothing but retreads, though.

The players we traded for at the Trade Deadline did not perform... the others were injured. Then Trout went out and Ohtani hurt his elbow and was shutdown.

 

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Saw a report today that the Giants also agreed to Ohtani's deal of 10/700 with 680M being deferred...

Would be interesting to see if the Halos were offered the same deal?

Since we paid him 30M last year plus his endorsements he earned... it looks like we were not.

Either Arte was only offering cash today and during the deal with No deferred money.

Or

Ohtani didn't offer the same opportunity to the Halos.

[Tank]

no, i wouldn't have been happy about it at all.

i think a lot of those saying it today are reacting to where he signed more than anything else.

they should've built around ohtani with him as the centerpiece. he should've been an angel for life.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

There were definitely posters who didn't think the Angels would make a run and/or who thought Ohtani was gone via FA so they should have traded him.  I agreed with both of those camps but when they decided to make moves I said then and still now don't blame them for not waiving the white flag. 

[3pitchwalk]

i wouldve been ok with it but i wouldve been happy about it after his elbow blew out again. of course that might not have happened if he were traded but whatever.

[warped]

Fuck NO

[AngelsFaninGA]

Asking us to be happy? Not a chance

[Blarg]

They should have traded him mid season 2022. Going past that deadline committed Moreno to keep him for a half ass playoff run. Considering Moreno has been running a half ass franchise for the last 8 years it seemed inevitable this would be the outcome. 

[Redondo]

100% they should have traded him either last year or this year and build the farm

I'm a believer of building a strong farm and keeping it full of young talent

[cals]

It would have been the smart baseball move and there were quite a few here saying as such.  We don’t know what was or would have been offered so it’s not fair to assume they wouldn’t have gotten 2 top prospects for him at the 2023 deadline.  But they should have considered trading him sooner than that.

[Chuck]

55 minutes ago, cals said:

It would have been the smart baseball move and there were quite a few here saying as such.  We don’t know what was or would have been offered so it’s not fair to assume they wouldn’t have gotten 2 top prospects for him at the 2023 deadline.  But they should have considered trading him sooner than that.

[Hubs]

Top 10 clubs do not trade their stars for Prospects. Angels want to be a top 10 club, but they're not.

When was the last time the Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, Red Sox traded their star player for prospects who were any good? The Red Sox got nothing for Betts. The Mets trades last year of their two expensive pitchers netted a nice return, but thats also cuz they were so far over the tax line, they were trying to get under the huge penalty line.