Angels general manager Perry Minasian declined to discuss the team’s conversations with their former two-way star Shohei Ohtani and whether they even made him a formal offer in free agency.
“I don’t discuss negotiations,” Minasian said repeatedly.
He added: “Shohei, what he did here the last three years specifically, he was an unbelievable player. Congratulate him on his deal and wish him nothing but the best.”
Minasian offered generalizations about what the Angels would do next about their pitching rotation and designated hitter position. At the end of a less than 16-minute session, with most of the questions revolving around Ohtani, Minasian — who spoke to reporters for the first time since the last day of winter meetings on Dec.