Among the worst mistakes in the Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 2020s, the Los Angeles Angels did not trade Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers).토토사이트

ESPN, a U.S. sports media outlet, selected the "worst mistake made by 30 MLB clubs since 2020" on the 10th and put the Angels' failure to trade Ohtani at the top.

Ohtani, who signed with the Angels using the posting system after the 2017 season, became a sensation with his "complexity of pitching and hitting" and was named the MVP of the American League (AL) in 2021 and 2023. However, contrary to Ohtani's success, the Angels suffered setbacks because they never made the postseason in the same period as Ohtani.

The Angels should have traded Ohtani in 2023, the last season of their contract. Ohtani, who wanted to win the World Series, was unlikely to renew his contract with the Angels, so he had to trade Ohtani and get paid a lot of money. However, the Angels couldn't do anything about it and ultimately failed to trade Ohtani.

ESPN reported that then owner Art Moreno said, "Fans buy tickets to see Ohtani. I want to see Ohtani play as well. We are in the entertainment business, and we have decided that it is best to keep Ohtani." "When the Angels made the decision not to trade Ohtani, they were seven games behind the No. 1 team in the world, and their chances of advancing to the postseason were only 16.7 percent. I wondered if they would be able to advance to the wild card game only with good luck."

As a result, the Angels failed to advance to the postseason and also failed to catch Ohtani, who became a free agent after the season. Ohtani left with a 10-year, 700-million-dollar contract with his neighborhood rival Dodgers.