Angels News: Dodger Manager Praises Arte Moreno for Holding onto Shohei Ohtani

Dave Roberts applauds Arte Moreno for making the Angels buyers and keeping Shohei Ohtani at the deadline.

The Angels earned the praise of a World Series champion manager. Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts praised Arte Moreno for keeping Shohei Ohtani and being buyers at the trade deadline.

Many teams with the Angels’ record would try to sell everything they can. They would sell Ohtani to the highest bidder. However, in August and September, the Angels’ fans would have nothing good to watch.

"I applaud the Angels, I applaud Arte and all those guys for making that happen... It's good to see those guys go all in and be buyers at the deadline. That AL West is wide open."

Via Jim Rome Show

The likelihood of the Angels making the playoffs remains slim, even with Moreno buying every player he can at the deadline. Their pitching remains a struggle, while half of their potent offense is on the injured list. However, there's much more hope than there was a few days ago.

The Angels haven’t been to the postseason since 2014 when Mike Scioscia managed them. The Angels have only one world championship in their history, and mostly have had losing seasons even though they have obtained many stars, Don Baylor, Reggie Jackson, Don Sutton, Eddie Murray, etc.

Ohtani is a once-a-lifetime talent. Most players are exhausted when they only pitch every fifth day. Ohtani does that and hits every day at a high level.

In 2021, Ohtani won an American League MVP. Ohtani, like all major leaguers, wants to win a world championship. As a child, Ohtani wrote that his goal was to win a world championship by the age of 26. During his major league career, Ohtani hasn’t been to the postseason, and he is 29.

Unless Moreno shows he is serious about winning and giving Ohtani an opportunity to win a world championship, Ohtani is walking as a free agent. But for now, he's making all the right moves to try to keep him in Anaheim for the foreseeable future.