Everything about Shohei Ohtani as a Major League Baseball player is historic. He’s accomplished things on the field we haven’t seen since the days of Babe Ruth. The 2021 American League MVP has even accomplished things Ruth wasn’t able to do during his own Hall of Fame career.
With the Los Angeles Angels being, well, the Angels, Ohtani has found his name pop up in the trade rumor mill in recent months. L.A. was apparently shopping the two-way star at the deadline, but interested teams never felt like they were serious about it. Once the World Series was over, chatter began again about him potentially getting dealt prior to 2023 getting underway.