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Shohei Ohtani is going to win the 2023 American League MVP award. Aaron Judge’s historic 2022 campaign propelled him to an MVP victory last season, but the award is Ohtani’s for the taking without question this year. However, Ohtani can further solidify his incredible campaign by accomplishing one of baseball’s most impressive feats. Everyone is […]

Shohei Ohtani’s 2023 season simply is the stuff of legends. What the Los Angeles Angels star is doing is simply unprecedented — being this elite both at the plate and on the mound remains one of the epitomes of greatness. There’s a reason why the Angels are not giving up on their push for the […]

The Los Angeles Angels are slumping bad since the trade deadline, and fans are blaming an unlikely source for the struggles. Angels supporters have been calling out the rapper Drake for cursing Shohei Ohtani amid the losing skid. The Angels have lost 6 straight games since last Tuesday’s deadline, and are crashing rapidly in the […]

The Los Angeles Angels opted to keep Shohei Ohtani and buy ahead of the MLB trade deadline. The decision initially excited the fanbase, but the Halos haven’t performed well since the trade deadline. Ohtani was also forced to exit his most recent outing on the mound after dealing with finger cramping. Fortunately, it appears as […]

A day after leaving the mound after just four innings, Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani will be in the lineup Friday as the designated hitter against the Seattle Mariners. Phil Nevin said Ohtani feels fine and that’s why he’s DHing today. They will see how he does over the next couple days to settle […]

The Los Angeles Angels should have traded Shohei Ohtani. It’s a sentence Angels fans probably don’t want to read, and that’s understandable. But the Halos have been stuck in the middle of mediocrity for years now, and the team needs to hit the reset button. In 2023, the Halos feature one of the best rosters […]

The Los Angeles Angels, despite not exactly being in a favorable position to make the playoffs, decided to hold on to Shohei Ohtani and make some huge additions leading up to the trade deadline. But the last thing the Angels will need in their bid to make the postseason is any sort of injury to […]

There is maybe nothing more impressive in sports than making the incredible feel ordinary. Shohei Ohtani again put together a masterful performance that should not be possible in the modern era, and yet who can really feign surprise anymore? Ohtani, in what could best be described as his audition for an old “Bo Knows” commercial, […]

Shohei Ohtani is one of the best and most unique baseball players that the sport has ever seen. It’s extremely rare for a player to be able to record double-digit strikeouts and hit a home run in the same game, but Ohtani can do it on any given night. Because of that, the Los Angeles […]

Aaron Judge broke the AL Home Run record year. But this year, Shohei Ohtani has cemented himself as a contender to hit over 62 home runs this year as he continues his excellent season. Ohtani continues to make history, and he put himself closer to Judge after knocking his 39th home run last Friday. However, […]

As the dust settles on the 2023 MLB trade deadline, it may not be evident at this moment but the Los Angeles Angels’ decision not to trade Shohei Ohtani may come back to haunt them when all is said and done. While Angels owner Arte Moreno has been less criticized as of late after announcing […]

New York Mets fans used to get tickled by the thought of Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani going to Queens. That idea, however, just got further away from reality based on the flurry of moves the Mets made just before Tuesday’s MLB trade deadline. That also means Cleveland Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell, a […]

The New York Mets were supposed to be one of the top contenders to sign Shohei Ohtani in free agency. Now that the Mets have blown up MLB’s most expensive roster by moving Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and several others at the 2023 trade deadline, their pursuit of Shohei Ohtani is up in the air. […]

The Los Angeles Angels felt the impact of their trades for Randal Grichuk and CJ Cron right in the first game of the two hitters in Halos uniform. In fact, Grichuk and Cron just duplicated an extremely rare feat that had not been seen in the big leagues in over two decades, according to OptaSTATS. […]

The 2023 MLB trade deadline is just around the corner. The new playoff format has a lot of teams in the mix, setting up an intriguing final push to the deadline. While Shohei Ohtani isn’t going anywhere, blockbuster deals are already flying in. There’s a lot to decipher before the playoff push for the 2023 […]

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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman ripped his manager for pitching to Shohei Ohtani on Friday night, when the Los Angeles Angels superstar nuked a first pitch home run at the Rogers Centre. It looks like his dugout outburst made an impact, because the Blue Jays are no longer pitching to Ohtani. Chapman was […]

The New York Mets are admitting defeat at the 2023 MLB trade deadline. Not only did they trade closer David Robertson but also star pitcher Max Scherzer, who got sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for infield prospect Luisangel Acuña. Meanwhile, the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes will resume in the offseason and the Mets’ deep […]

The Los Angeles Angels are going for it. Instead of trading Shohei Ohtani away, the Halos are keeping Ohtani and buying at the trade deadline. The team already acquired SP Lucas Giolito and RP Reynaldo Lopez from the Chicago White Sox to bolster their pitching staff. Once superstar Mike Trout returns from injury, who’s expected […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers reacquired utility man Kike Hernandez in a trade this week with the Boston Red Sox. While Hernandez is happy to be going back to the Dodgers after struggling most of the year with Boston, he demonstrated a surprising and hilarious sense of humor when he talked about his move from the […]

Shohei Ohtani is fine, according to Los Angeles Angels manager Phil Nevin. Shohei Ohtani is back in the Angels lineup on Saturday after leaving Friday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with cramps. It marked the second game in a row that Ohtani was pulled early because of cramps. Ohtani left the second game of […]

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels continue to stay afloat in the American League playoff race, despite missing a plethora of key players including Mike Trout, Gio Urshela, Anthony Rendon, and Brandon Drury. Drury in particular hasn’t played since late June due to a shoulder injury but told reporters Saturday that he plans to […]

The Toronto Blue Jays notched a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at the Rogers Centre, but things didn’t start off great as Shohei Ohtani continued his hot streak, taking Kevin Gausman deep on the first pitch he saw from the right-hander in the top of the first. The fact that […]

Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani continues to be bothered by leg cramps. After exiting Thursday’s game against the Detroit Tigers due to leg cramps, the same issue persisted on Friday for the Angels pitcher against the Toronto Blue Jays. In the ninth inning, the LA franchise decided to take out the Japanese superstar from […]

Shohei Ohtani continues to prove every day that he could very well be the most special talent we’ve ever seen on a baseball field. Thursday, it was his first complete game shutout in the first game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers before he hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats in the second game […]

After much speculation, the Los Angeles Angels have decided not only to hold onto Shohei Ohtani in hopes of making a push for the postseason, but they also gave up two talented prospects to the Chicago White Sox for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to bolster their pitching corps. And given the Angels’ recent hot […]

The 2023 MLB trade deadline is fast approaching, and for a point in time, it seemed like the Los Angeles Angels would be trading Shohei Ohtani to the highest bidder. However, with the Angels surging back into the American League Wild Card race, the Angels shut down any negotiations for Ohtani and will be keeping […]

Doubleheader matchups can cause quite the fatigue. A lot of players tend to get injured or suffer from minor bodily inconveniences whenever they play in these games. Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels had to brace themselves against the Detroit Tigers and this doubleheader challenge. The Japanese superstar did not falter in the first […]

The Los Angeles Angels opted not to trade Shohei Ohtani at the MLB Trade Deadline. Fans were not at all pleased with the decision and it is primarily due to the underlying reason behind it. An optimistic World Series run was the rationale despite the team being a flat six games back in the AL […]

Shohei Ohtani could be the most remarkable talent the game of baseball has ever seen. Those words have been uttered quite a bit since his sensational 2021 MVP campaign, but there is still a natural reaction to push back, given how heavily reliant the sport is on its history. Though, after a mind-boggling and historic […]

The Los Angeles Angels have made their intentions clear when it comes to trading Shohei Ohtani ahead of the 2023 MLB trade deadline: the Japanese superstar will be staying put. With Ohtani’s free agency upcoming, the Angels will try to make a push for a World Series run despite being behind in the AL West […]

The Los Angeles Angels decided not to trade Shohei Ohtani ahead of the 2023 deadline. Instead, the Halos decided to buy and even acquired star Lucas Giolito on Wednesday night. Ohtani responded by pitching the first complete game shutout of his MLB career on Thursday in what was truly a dazzling performance against the Detroit […]

The Los Angeles Angels decided not to trade Shohei Ohtani and the superstar responded in a major way on Thursday. The two-way phenom has enjoyed a terrific season with the bat, however, he’s endured some struggles on the mound. But you wouldn’t be able to tell based on how he performed Thursday against the Detroit […]

The Los Angeles Angels didn’t simply decide to take Shohei Ohtani off the trade market; the Angels became the first buyers ahead of the 2023 MLB trade deadline. Shortly after it was reported that Shohei Ohtani would finish the 2023 season in Los Angeles, the Angels agreed to trade prospects Edgar Quero and Ky Bush […]

One of the biggest questions of the upcoming MLB Trade Deadline has been whether or not the Los Angeles Angels would trade Shohei Ohtani, and it was reported on Wednesday by Tom Verducci that the Angels had pulled Ohtani off the market. The Angels verified that they had become buyers by completing a trade for […]

With less than a week to go before the MLB trade deadline passes, one of the most intriguing things to monitor on the trade front was the Los Angeles Angels’ impending decision of whether or not they’ll be trading away Shohei Ohtani, the most unique baseball player perhaps of all time. However, the Angels seemed […]

My how quickly things can change in the MLB. The Angels went from sellers, to now being likely buyers just ahead of the MLB trade deadline, all the while keeping Shohei Ohtani in the process. Amid this brief resurgence for the Angels after the All-Star break, where they’ve gotten off to a 7-2 start, it […]

After weeks of deliberation and internal discussion, the Los Angeles Angels have made their decision. Superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani is going nowhere. The Angels will look to push for a playoff spot in what could be Ohtani’s final season in an Angels uniform. The Angels entered play Wednesday just four games out of a […]

Speculation has been going around since the start of the MLB trade deadline for a while. It primarily concerned the Los Angeles Angels selling Shohei Ohtani as the team has lost all hopes of winning with him. The team looks like they were willing to hit either rebuild mode or were ready to compete with […]