{"id":59858,"date":"2023-07-27T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=59858"},"modified":"2023-07-27T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:48:07","slug":"angels-trade-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/27\/angels-trade-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani Off the Block, Angels Intend to Make Postseason Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday night, the biggest name on the trade market was removed. Something that nobody thought they\u2019d see a resolution to until the weekend at the earliest. The MLB hot stove might be getting as hot as we would like, but it is finally starting to take shape, especially with the biggest name in baseball being unavailable. Instead, the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> are going all in with intentions to make a postseason run for October.<\/span>
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The trade deadline is still days away, <\/span>with many variables in play.<\/span><\/a> One is how things could fall apart in 3 days. Why pull the biggest name on the trade market?\u00a0 Well, the powers removed Shohei Ohtani<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>from any trade on Wednesday evening. The Angels as a team have been neutral for a couple of weeks. July 16 was a turning point. They blew a 7-5 lead, leading to a 9-8 loss to the Houston Astros<\/a>. From that point, the team took a wait-and-see approach. <\/span>
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“The Angels aren’t interested in prospects and lottery tickets… in that mini-run, the Angels front office was convinced, ‘We have a chance at the Postseason.’ “<\/p>\n

Tom Verducci joins #MLBTonight<\/a> with the latest on Shohei Ohtani reportedly staying in Anaheim past the deadline. pic.twitter.com\/UuDLVz59NS<\/a><\/p>\n

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