MLB Trade Rumors: Shohei Ohtani has been the talk of trade rumors for quite some time now. The Los Angeles Angels at one point were scuffling, dealing with numerous injuries, and were heading for sell mode at the trade deadline. Now a recent hot stretch has them three games over .500 and in the Wild Card hunt.
Due to their recent success Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated has come out with a report indicating that because LA is in win now mode that Shohei Ohtani trade talks are off the table.
Shohei Ohtani trade talks are reportedly off the table because the Los Angeles Angels are in win now mode (MLB Trade Rumors).
If this report from Tom Verducci is true then that means the Angels should be going all in. Shohei Ohtani is set to be a free agent upon conclusion of the regular season and he is going to ink the largest contract in baseball history. One way the Angels can improve their chances of retaining him long term would be by showing that they are not afraid to make moves to win.
For the rest of the league the fact that Shohei is now off the trade block means that other deals should start to get done. There were a lot of teams competing for Ohtani, but they will now have to focus their efforts elsewhere.
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