Shohei Ohtani, the most fascinating free agent in the last 20 years, if not the history of free agency, will not sign with the Giants. He has chosen the Angels, a team that is notable for not being the Dodgers or Padres.
At least it isn’t the Dodgers or Padres, everyone.
Before Ohtani made the decision to come over to Major League Baseball, logic suggested that only an American League team and the DH could accommodate a player who wanted to hit and pitch regularly. Then the list of his seven finalists came out and, whoa, there were four NL teams included.