Would you trade Shohei Ohtani? 😳 Buster_ESPN on the Angels' high-tension decision (ESPNPlus) 🔗
One player agent who has negotiated with Moreno views him as"a self-made guy who has his vision about how things should be, and he's not going to deviate that much from that vision. He's not a bad guy to deal with -- but he has really strong views, and that stubbornness can make him really difficult to deal with."
Former Angels staffers referred to other times that Moreno has claimed final say over roster decisions: He strongly believes in the box office juice of sluggers, a perspective which goes a long way to explaining some of the signings he has affected -- some of them which came to be viewed as debilitating mistakes for the Angels executives charged to manage a top-heavy payroll.
"He's a smart guy who's been really successful in building [his fortune]," said one ownership source."But I think like a lot of [owners], he probably thinks he knows the business of baseball more than he does." With Ohtani poised to test free agency in the fall and the Angels barely hanging in the playoff race, front office analysts in other organizations said the decision is a no-brainer: Of course you deal him, they said, and get what many assume would be a strong package of major league-ready players or prospects who could give the Angels a better chance to contend in 2024 and beyond.
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