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Braves GM's honest take on not landing Shohei Ohtani

The Atlanta Braves were in the running for Shohei Ohtani before he chose to go to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos spoke about why they missed out as well as whether or not he has to respond to the big move by the Dodgers.

“He's a great player and obviously the Dodgers are a great organization,” Alex Anthopoulos said, via Jeff Schultz of The Athletic. “We just can't — we get asked this all the time: Do we react to what other teams are doing? You can't.