Shohei Ohtani Decision Imminent, Possibly Today (Friday, Dec 8)

[Brock Beauchamp]

Jon Morosi of MLB Network tweeted today that the free-agent dual-way player, Shohei Ohtani, may decide which team is awarded his services today.

The general sentiment around baseball is that the Los Angeles Dodgers are the front-runners for the free agent. In recent weeks, he has known to have met with the Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants as well. The Angels still appear to be in play, though it's unclear what they could do to convince Ohtani to return, seeing as they had Ohtani for several years - along with Mike Trout - and failed to make the postseason even once.

It is basically unknown where the Cubs stand in this situation. Jed Hoyer disputed earlier reports from Bob Nightengale that the northsiders were shifting focus away from Ohtani but little is known beyond that.

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

please Shohei, my offseason, she's very sick

[Brock Beauchamp]

43 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

please Shohei, my offseason, she's very sick

If nothing else, Ohtani is a domino that needs to fall before this offseason gets interesting. Then Yamamoto needs to sign.

From there, it's off to the races as teams vie for Montgomery, Bellinger, Chapman, et al.

And then we have the trades: Burnes, Glasnow, etc.