Last Updated on 08/16/2022 by てんしょく飯
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels will become a free agent after the 2023 season, and his departure this offseason is attracting attention. The U.S. media has developed a project to predict the leading players of all major league teams for the 2025 season. Ohtani has been named the “face” of the Dodgers, who are also based in Los Angeles, rather than the Angels.
FA after the 2023 season, focus on his departure.
The Angels’ chances to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season are getting tougher. In the midst of all this, Bleacher Report, a U.S. sports media outlet, ran a project titled “Predicting the Face of All MLB Teams in 2025” to predict who the face of each team will be three years from now.
Ohtani, who has reportedly been approached by several teams to be traded by the August 2 trade deadline, is projected to be the star of the powerful Dodgers in this project.
As background to this, the article introduced how the Angels considered offers from other teams until just before the trade deadline, and noted, “It is normal to think that negotiations will increase in seriousness this offseason. The Dodgers, who have the third-highest farm system talent rating in the majors and will expand their major reinforcement spending this offseason, “are in a great position to acquire him and sign him to a long-term deal right away.
The Dodgers could set aside $46 million in labor costs if they cancel the team’s contract options on infielders Justin Turner and Max Muncy and do not sign infielder Cody Belanger, according to the media outlet.
It also noted that the Dodgers are a West Coast team that Ohtani reportedly favors, and “in this case, it is not difficult to project them as the new face of the team, replacing incumbents Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.” Meanwhile, the face of the Angels in 2025 is selected to be outfielder Mike Trout, who has a large contract remaining through 2030.
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