Home Baseball ‘He obviously wants to have a Hall of Fame career’ Shohei Ohtani, according to the Angels All-Star, would have agreed to a longer contract in Anaheim.

‘He obviously wants to have a Hall of Fame career’ Shohei Ohtani, according to the Angels All-Star, would have agreed to a longer contract in Anaheim.

Baseball — 07/23/2024

Superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is performing at an MVP-caliber level despite playing only a limited role as a designated hitter after Tommy John surgery last year. Thoughts on the two-time MVP’s Angels leave were shared by his former teammate Tyler Anderson, who appears poised for a first-round postseason appearance.

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For the Midsummer Classic this season, Tyler Anderson selected his second All-Star team. Anderson is one of numerous Angels players who think Shohei Ohtani would have preferred to stay in Anaheim if the Angels had offered him a desirable contract, according to MLB expert Jon Heyman.

Anderson claimed that had Ohtani spent the majority of his career with the Angels, his only team, he would have a far better case for admission into the Hall of Fame.

“That’s the word,” Tyler Anderson stated of the Angels’ decision not to make a last-ditch bid for Ohtani. “I think staying with one team is the best way to achieve a Hall of Fame career, especially given how well he performed in Anaheim.” It was obvious that he felt at ease enough to display his numbers and do all of his actions there. There must be more to it than that.Heyman claims that although the Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Toronto Blue Jays were prepared to accommodate Ohtani’s request for a delayed contract, the Angeles weren’t the front-runners for the Japanese sensation.

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Shohei Ohtani inked a deferred $700 million contract with the Dodgers, but according to Heyman, the Angels were never confident enough about giving the Japanese phenom a record-breaking contract in the offseason due to Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon’s high contracts.

The Dodgers were able to add players like Yoshinobu Yamamoto to massive contracts without going over the payroll cap thanks to Ohtani’s delayed contract. Following the main event of this year at Globe Life Field on July 16, the former Rookie of the Year earned his fourth consecutive appearance in the All-Star game.

In his first season with the Dodgers, he has broken yet more records. After blasting a three-run home ball in the National League’s 5-3 loss to the American League, the two-time AL MVP became the first player since Mike Piazza to hit a home run in the Midsummer Classic.