The Los Angeles Angels were the “카지노trade deadline winners” after adding to their starting rotation, bullpen, infield, and outfield at the trade deadline. But there’s a reason they were the most important. “Keeping Shohei Ohtani.”
MLB.com summarized the frenzied trade deadline rush in an article titled “These 7 teams were trade deadline winners” on Wednesday.
The Houston Astros, who brought Justin Verlander back after a six-month absence, the Tampa Bay Rays, who bolstered their starting rotation with the acquisition of Aaron Servais, and the New York Mets, who dealt costly veteran starter Max Scherzer and Verlander, were among the winners of the trade market. The Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, and Angels were also recognized as trade winners.
Shohei Ohtani had a seven-game hitting streak. His four multi-hit games have boosted his batting average and he is now third in the American League.
Shohei Ohtani
“The Angels had a good trade deadline, as they acquired CJ Cron, Randall Grichuk, Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, and Dominic Leon, but the real reason the Angels are the winners is that they got “at least” two more months with Ohtani,” MLB.com wrote.
“We’ll see where the Angels are in the standings race. No matter what happens, Angels fans will get to see Ohtani every night in their pennant chase. That alone seems like a winner.”
The Angels made two big trades after declaring they would not trade. They acquired Giolito and Lopez from the White Sox to bolster their pitching staff, and they added Kron and Grichuk from Colorado to thicken their outfield.
“It’s never easy to trade young pitching, but when the opportunity presented itself, we felt it was the right thing to do,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian said of giving up prospects while signing players who will be free agents after this season on “half-year loans.
The Angels, meanwhile, were blown out 5-12 in Atlanta on March 3. After taking the first game of the three-game series against Atlanta, they dropped two of three. They fell 4.0 games behind the third-place Toronto Blue Jays in the American League wild-card race. In front of the Angels, the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners are chasing Toronto.