The Case for signing Shohei Otani

[moonslav59]

And for some reason Japanese like West Coast better. The weather, maybe or is it just easier to fly home over the holidays?

 

...and easier assimilation into the culture due to a high Asian population and a culture that is very accepting of diversity.

 

He also apparently wants to blaze his own trail and not have to follow in someone else's footsteps. LAA fits the bill.

[OH FOY]

Found Otani's WAR. As soon he was signed Las Vegas moved the odds of 50-1 , to 30-1, for the Angels to win it all.

[sk7326]

Could they afford to realistically add that much payroll? The Angels arent exactly the Oakland A's, but I have always viewed them as pretty conservative, especially after the Pujols signing.

 

Otani is basically nothing payroll-wise after paying the posting fee. Moreno wants to win, so stranger things have happened.

[sk7326]

Spoken like someone who didn’t try to drive from Culver City to Dodgers Stadium. 405 and 10 are worse than 5.

 

405 and 10 are awful ... the 5 is the only way to get to Anaheim, and genuinely terrible, unless Ohtani really chose the Angels for their large number of strip malls.

[vjcsmoke]

Oh well I'm over him now. At least he didn't choose the Yankees.

 

Who knows maybe he will help the Angels give the Astros a run for their money in the AL West.

[Jack Flap]

Oh well I'm over him now. At least he didn't choose the Yankees.

 

You can say that again. Can you imagine them landing Ohtani and Stanton in the span of 24 hours? I think I just threw up a little...

[Northern Star]

You can say that again. Can you imagine them landing Ohtani and Stanton in the span of 24 hours? I think I just threw up a little...

 

and then a trade for Kershaw by 4pm this afternoon.

[jad]

Spoken like someone who didn’t try to drive from Culver City to Dodgers Stadium. 405 and 10 are worse than 5.

 

Well, why would one live in Culver City to begin with? But if it came to that, and also came to wanting to go to Dodger Stadium, I'd take the train and the express shuttle from Union Station. Driving to Dodger Stadium and trying to get out of the absurdly designed parking lots pretty much destroys any pleasure one could get from watching the game.

[Bellhorn04]

You can say that again. Can you imagine them landing Ohtani and Stanton in the span of 24 hours? I think I just threw up a little...

 

Yeah, I guess you could say we got half-lucky.

[mvp 78]

Well, why would one live in Culver City to begin with? But if it came to that, and also came to wanting to go to Dodger Stadium, I'd take the train and the express shuttle from Union Station. Driving to Dodger Stadium and trying to get out of the absurdly designed parking lots pretty much destroys any pleasure one could get from watching the game.

Lived in El Segundo, worked in CC.

[mvp 78]

405 and 10 are awful ... the 5 is the only way to get to Anaheim, and genuinely terrible, unless Ohtani really chose the Angels for their large number of strip malls.

Hmmmm, well it’s closer to the Ikea in Carson.

[mvp 78]

@pedromoura

 

To recap yesterday, Shohei Ohtani has a small tear in his elbow, as is common for major-league pitchers. The Angels knew about it, as did the other teams who pursued him. On that, and the Angels’ inclination to use a six-man rotation to keep him healthy

[Emp9]

'Free floating bodies' included

[SCM33]

@pedromoura

 

To recap yesterday, Shohei Ohtani has a small tear in his elbow, as is common for major-league pitchers. The Angels knew about it, as did the other teams who pursued him. On that, and the Angels’ inclination to use a six-man rotation to keep him healthy

 

LOL, when I am there to say "told you so" after he blows out his arm and cant hit MLB pitching, I wonder if I will be called racist? HAHAHAHA

[mvp 78]

LOL, when I am there to say "told you so" after he blows out his arm and cant hit MLB pitching, I wonder if I will be called racist? HAHAHAHA

 

People are saying it isn't a big deal. We'll see.