Lucas Giolito boosts Angels playoff odds slightly and Shohei Ohtani will not be traded, pitches Thursday matinee vs. Tigers

It often takes one big deal within a week or so of the annual MLB Trade Deadline to open the floodgates for more major deals. That may soon be the case following the Los Angeles Angels acquiring Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito and reliever Reynaldo Lopez for prospects late Wednesday. The Halos are still +700 longshots at DraftKings to make the playoffs but now will KEEP Shohei Ohtani through the deadline — and he pitches this afternoon in Detroit.
  
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