Angels Rumors: Insider Predicts Shohei Ohtani Doesn’t Get Traded This Season

We are a month away from pitchers, catchers and position players reporting to spring training, and before you know it, the 2024 MLB season will be here. There's still much to be determined, even after the big free-agent fish have been landed. Who will sign Blake Snell? Where will Jordan Montgomery land? Can the Cubs convince Cody Bellinger to…

Breaking down the perfect trade the Los Angeles Dodgers must offer the Angels for superstar Mike Trout as rumors swirl Will the Los Angeles Angels trade Mike Trout this offseason? And if so, could the Los Angeles Dodgers be a potential trade suitor for one of MLB's best players of all-time? MLB insider Hector Gomez reported on Friday that the…

All eyes are on Shohei Ohtani this offseason. The Los Angeles Angels' superstar just won his second AL MVP award in the last three years and is going to have the opportunity to cash in. It's widely expected that Ohtani is going to get the largest contract in MLB history, but where Ohtani will choose to play out what will likely be at least the next…

The Los Angeles Angels had to make a decision as the trade deadline approached. The team was five games over.500 and was three games back of a playoff spot. The odds were low, but the Angels had their choice of buying and trying to win with their final guaranteed year of Shohei Ohtani, or selling and ensuring themselves of receiving a haul in the…

The Los Angeles Angels are on the verge of being baseball's grandest on-field tragedy in decades. Arguably, actually, they have already achieved it. The two greatest ballplayers of this generation both play in Anaheim. Mike Trout was the best player of the 2010s by a country mile, beating the next-closest hitter by nearly 20 wins above replacement…

As we inch closer to the MLB trade deadline, it's becoming increasingly clear that the player movement we see between now and Aug. 1 could shift the entire landscape of professional baseball. One of the biggest names in sports, Shohei Ohtani, highlights the rumors as the most valuable potential rental in MLB history. Other huge names, including…

The biggest story in MLB is the Los Angeles Angels possibly moving superstar Shohei Ohtani at or before August 1st's trade deadline. Shohei is virtually a lock to win the 2023 AL MVP with odds -1000 at DraftKings Sportsbook. As of Monday, July 24th, Shohei leads the MLB in home runs (36), is 1st among qualified everyday hitters in wRC+ (184), is…

The Boston Red Sox feel like a long shot to acquire Shohei Ohtani before the Major League Baseball trade deadline. And oddsmakers agree. DraftKings Sportsbook released odds for which team Ohtani will take his first regular season plate appearance or throw his first regular season pitch for after the Aug. 1 MLB trade deadline. The Red Sox, as of…

With each passing day as the MLB trade deadline inches closer, the questions surrounding the future of Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani continue to grow louder. With the Angels' playoff hopes looking slim at this time, many have started to wonder if the team would consider trading away Ohtani to ensure they get something of value for him…

Unless the Los Angeles Angels can play the Yankees every game the rest of the way, it's starting to look like another lost season. At 48-48, they are 4.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot in the American League and will be without Mike Trout for quite a while. They weren't able to put a winning team around the greatest baseball player of all…

Will he be traded? It is the single biggest story as we begin in earnest the run-up to the Aug. 1 trade deadline in Major League Baseball, and it will remain the biggest story until that question is answered. Perhaps some specifics are in order. "He" would be two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani is eligible for free…

But if that dynamic changes over the next 12 days, the trade talk surrounding the two-way superstar and AL Most Valuable Player frontrunner will only intensify. To prepare for a potential Ohtani deal, we first asked MLB.com executive reporter Mark Feinsand to identify the likeliest Ohtani destinations. We then asked the MLB.com writers covering…

Throughout the season the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. Last week we debated the All-Star Game starting pitchers. This week we're going to tackle Shohei…

Could the biggest star in baseball be on the move at this year's MLB trade deadline? The online sportsbooks in Canada seem to think there is a chance, releasing odds for Shohei Ohtani's next team. Shohei Ohtani has been MLB's main attraction since he entered the league in 2018, thanks to his unique ability as both a hitter and pitcher. As such,…

Predictions are a tough game, even for us so-called experts. Did anyone see the 2010 Giants win the World Series? Or, for that matter, before them the 2003 Marlins, the 1991 Twins, the 1988 Dodgers or, of course, the 1969 Miracle Mets? The races for MVP and Cy Young are a little easier since there are obvious superstars. The AL MVP race is a coin…

It may seem like MLB rosters are settled now that spring training is underway, but we all know teams will look different once games start mattering most. There are relevant players on current rosters with question marks over their futures, and contenders are going to be tempted to poach these players from teams otherwise burning daylight. Think of…

TEMPE, Ariz. - Angels superstar Mike Trout comes into spring every year fit and happy and hopefully healthy (he is feeling good again this year). He also comes in determined to erase the confounding, long-running second-division trend for his simultaneously star-studded and star-crossed team. If possible, he's even more determined this year. "This…

Los Angeles Angels' owner Arte Moreno, who recently decided not to sell the team, made an extremely obvious Shohei Ohtani confession amid the superstar's looming free agency next offseason, per the New York Post's Jon Heyman. "I'd like to keep Ohtani," Moreno told The Post. "He's a one of a kind, He's a great person. He's obviously one of the most…

Aaron Judge bet on himself ahead of the 2022 MLB season and it ultimately paid off. He won the AL MVP over Shohei Ohtani and ended up receiving a massive contract to stay in New York with the Yankees. Ohtani is expected to bet on himself in 2023 as well. The two-way phenom is entering a contract year and will hit free agency barring a Los Angeles…

Major League Baseball's offseason has officially crossed the halfway point. All but five of our top 50 free agents are off the board. The trade market is still open, of course, but the biggest story on that front this offseason has concerned who hasn't been moved rather than who has. Coming into the offseason, the expectation was that the Los…

There are going to be a lot of these rumors all year long. It's going to be a long year of rumors regarding Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani - and rightfully so. Ohtani is entering his final year of team control in 2023, and will be an unrestricted free agent at season's end. There's no way of estimating how much Ohtani is going to get,…

Although this has been a pretty miserable season for the Angels, the fans have been given some reason to be hopeful as the calendar turns to September. The Angels have just won five of their last six games - winning two series against contenders. Mike Trout is back. Young starting pitchers Patrick Sandoval, Reid Detmers and José Suarez are doing…

The St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of an intense playoff push. Between fighting for the NL Central crown and positioning themselves as a true contender amongst the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and Atlanta Braves, the club is in a great position for 2022 and beyond. The Cardinals have gotten to their position of strength through a…

Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors held a chat on Wednesday where he talked some LA Angels baseball. Among a few topics, he hit on Trevor Story and the prospects of him signing with the Angels. A fan comically pretending to be Story asked: "Do you see the Angels going after me on a shorter term deal. Like 1/30 or 2/55 type?" "I can see them trying…

SEATTLE - All-Star week is over, the trade deadline is around the corner and these next two weeks will provide a line of demarcation between contenders and surrenders. The second half will be filled with compelling storylines, and the biggest and boldest will captivate our attention right until the postseason. It really starts (and ends) with…