Shohei Ohtani will be a free agent in a year. With the market available to him, it is more and more obvious that he will want to test his autonomy.
He will also do it because the Angels want to sign him long term, which means that he will not be traded by the end of the season by a club that wants to make the playoffs.
But even if the Angels were to make the playoffs, I don’t see him staying. After all, he wants to win so badly that his chances are better elsewhere.
That’s the opinion that matters right now, even if the Angels like their chances of keeping it. But in my opinion, without a new owner, it will not change what Ohtani thinks.
In fact, according to Jon Heyman, it looks like winning will be his #1 criterion. Then he’ll want the chance to prove he’s the best in history and ultimately he’ll want to be comfortable.
The Angels are banking on allowing him, as promised, to be a pitcher and hitter, but how do you get recognized as the best by everyone if you never make the playoffs?
But to be comfortable in Anaheim, that is. However, he could be comfortable elsewhere in the West trying to win.
And there are so many teams that will want to offer him a contract that the amount, which was said to be $500 million, could even go up to $600 million.
The worst thing, as you noted, is that money wouldn’t be one of the most important factors for the pitcher.
Why talk about so much money, then? Because his agents will do their job.
In fact, it is not about money in life. If a club that meets his needs offers him a bit less, he is ready to leave money on the table to achieve his ends.
In fact, his relatives really wonder how important money is.
I don’t even know if he knows how much money he makes through his deal with New Balance.
– A loved one who jokes (a bit)
The point here is that even if the Dodgers, Mets or Yankees put money on the table, they’ll have to be comfortable going into such a big deal.
Because they have loose money, have a chance to win, and are in a California market that isn’t completely crazy, I’ll be watching the Giants…
