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    Shohei Ohtani signs with the Dodgers (10 years, $700 million)

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    6 minutes ago, Taylor said:

    Ohtani is like a woman who gets out of a terrible relationship or marriage, and the next guy she's with has a job, treats her well, and has his shit together. And she's constantly amazed and saying things like, "Wait, you actually clean up after yourself? Men do that?"

    Then why ask the terrible guy not to break up with you when u had a chance to leave at the deadline?

    Shohei Ohtani signs with the Dodgers (10 years, $700 million)

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    31 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

    And from August first of 2023, the Angels had zero shot of keeping him.  Their only chance to prove to Shohei that they could do what was necessary to win was 2023.  Just prior to the deadline they were within shouting distance of the wild card.  Injuries had piled up and Perry was essentially forced to make a bunch of trades to maintain what he was able to piece together from earlier in the season.  The problem was that his deadline was an absolute miserable failure that ultimately left the team with 73 wins and zero chance to re-sign him.  If you pull out all of the stops and end up with 73 wins while going 17-38 over the final 55 games of a must win season, you have zero chance to keep a guy who's main priority is winning.  

    The long term success of any baseball franchise is the farm system.  You might be able to occasionally piece together a halfway decent team via the free agent market and some trades, but ultimately, to create sustainable winning, you need to have a capable farm system.  This is not a mystery to any of us.   

    And it's not just about having a young, club controlled, major league team.  You always need to worry about the next guy.  Injury and poor performance happen as we've seen.  Over and Over and Over.  

    Having Ohtani and Trout.  Two generational players and not being able to piece together a winner just tells you how important this really is.  And the real kick in the teeth is that the farm was kinda moving in the right direction yet to convince Ohtani to stay, you have to essentially put a major dent in what little progress the system had made.   And because they're stubborn and short-sighted as a franchise as they've been for the last 20 years, they were never going to trade their golden goose for what is actually even more important that a Unicorn.  

    So here we stand once again.  With the worst farm in baseball.  Yes, there is some young talent on this roster but in order to win it will take everyone reaching their potential and very few, if any, injuries.  

    I actually don't care that they didn't keep Shohei for that kind of money.  I'm most annoyed because of the double bitch slap at the end.  Not trading him AND selling off a bunch of prospects to try and keep him.  Recently I have wanted to believe that this franchise was doing things to move in the right direction.  Nope, they just doubled down and put themselves in a lose lose.  

    I really don't think I'm gonna feel a lot of positivity toward this team until Arte no longer owns it.  

    Bro you fuxken nailed it

    Where will Ohtani play in 2024?

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    24 minutes ago, T.G. said:

    King of the blowhards, Jim Bowden said today on MLB Network radio - "The best thing that could happen for baseball is if Shohei signs with the Dodgers and Juan Soto is traded to the Yankees. The worst thing is if Shohei resigns with the Angels."

    But that's what baseball wants 

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