The Angels are coming off another disappointing season, missing the playoffs for the eighth straight year and fifth straight with Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout on the team together. Los Angeles even fired manager Joe Maddon mid-season, replacing him with Phil Nevin.
During the season, Ohtani didn’t comment much on the state of the team, but he did so with the season over this week. While giving an interview in a Japanese airport, the superstar two-way player said he was disappointed by the way the season ended.
“I have to say that August and September in particular felt longer to me than last year,” Ohtani said in Japanese, via the Associated Press.