They're in the middle of an extended rebuild until there's new ownership. Not sure what people were expecting. At least Detmers is solid and Trout still hits some HR's.
I'm sticking to the theory that Ohtani has been paying off Ippei's debts, didn't know it was a big deal, and that they mutually decided that Ippei would be the fall guy (in exchange for a large reward).
The launch angle and EV were known issues when he was drafted. The real question is whether this org can get him to make a successful swing change, or if they even care to try at all.
I follow a pretty good dynasty baseball resource and while he's pretty org-agnostic 98% of the time, the one org he specifically trashes for their player development is the Angels.
Fans should be ashamed of themselves. Arte has done so many great things for this organization.
Like that one time he, uh, um....
And when he did that, um, thing, uh...
I heard he even left a 20% tip at a restaurant once