This year’s Major League Baseball Trade Deadline has potential to be one of the wildest and craziest in history. Huge superstars like Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani are the subject of trade rumors and there are a lot of contenders in search of roster upgrades with the additional wild-card spot in each league.
Adam Burke will be updating a running blog for the Trade Deadline that highlights the transactions that take place and the betting impacts of those moves, including the under-the-radar trades that may not move the line, but will actively help a team for the final two months of the regular season and possibly beyond.
Angels to keep Shohei Ohtani?: Jon Heyman of the is reporting that the Angels have stopped listening to trade offers for the two-way superstar. Teams that were hoping to avoid the Juan Soto sweepstakes and instead focus on Ohtani now reportedly have to look at alternatives.
It seems like owner Arte Moreno said no. Personally, I think the Angels should have traded Ohtani to stockpile prospects in what is a very bad farm system. Ohtani remains the second choice to win the AL MVP at + 290 per DraftKings, but his price would have likely moved down if traded to a contender.