If their three-game sweep of the Yankees this week helps elevate them back into the playoff race, can we stow the “Trade Ohtani” talk?
historically the scourge of all they survey, although their fans – many of whom swamped the concourses at Angel Stadium on Wednesday – continue to act the part.
It is beyond tiresome. The best player in baseball is not only having an MVP-caliber season, he is on a pace to at least threaten the euphemistic “American League Home Run Record” of 62, set by New York’s Aaron Judge last year. As for the teams that can put together that kind of scratch, the trade speculation and the jawboning over what kind of package it would take to pry Shohei away from Anaheim seems to be the new national pastime up until the Aug. 1 trade deadline.
The chatter potentially could be a double-barreled distraction – distracting the nation at large from appreciating a truly memorable individual season, and distracting the Angels themselves from tending to their business. The former? Definitely true. The latter? Not so much, evidently. “They’re playing with a sense of urgency, but it’s not a panic urgency,” he said. “They understand what’s in front of us. I mean, two and a half weeks ago, we were the second team in the wild card. And just as quick as we’ve gotten to the position we’re in, we can get that back too by playing well.Can it continue? Stay tuned.
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