How Shohei Ohtani Spoiled Baseball’s Offseason
ESPN Daily: A Look Inside MLB Winter Meetings
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Show Notes
The first big domino from MLB’s Winter Meetings fell on Wednesday night as the New York Yankees traded for slugger Juan Soto. But there’s another, bigger move that we have no information about: who will Shohei Ohtani sign with?
Ohtani is the biggest free agent baseball has had in recent memory –– and possibly ever –– yet his camp has managed to keep the rumor mill to an absolute minimum, with teams across the Big Leagues swearing to an oath of secrecy if they want a chance to court him.
Clinton Yates was at the Winter Meetings, and he takes us behind the curtain to explain why Ohtani and his reps have been so lowkey, and why it’s bad for the sport.
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