MLB Network analyst says Shohei Ohtani could get traded to Braves in the wildest second-half prediction

Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos has worked some magic with trades in recent years. Last season, he rebuilt Atlanta’s outfield on the fly after Ronald Acuña Jr.’s injury, adding Jorge Soler, Joc Pederson, Adam Duvall and Eddie Rosario. All those additions helped carry the Braves to their first World Series title since 1995.

As astoundingly successful as those moves were last season, Anthopoulos is not an actual magician. MLB Network’s Dan Plesac must have other ideas, though.

In a segment after the All-Star Game, MLB Network had Plesac offer a “bold” prediction for the second half of the season. His prediction was that the Angels would trade Shohei Ohtani to the Braves for, uh, “payroll flexibility.”