In his first comments as he enters what could be his final season with the Angels, two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani offered as many assurances he would stay with the team as the team has played postseason games during his tenure: zero.
“As of now,” he said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during a terse, half-hour press conference split between English and Japanese, “I’m an Angel, and that’s all I want to focus on.”
The three dozen reporters in attendance tried several times to persuade him to indicate whether he intends to re-sign with Los Angeles, the team that signed him from Japan before the 2018 season. Ohtani, 28, dodged each attempt in an increasingly ludicrous fashion.
