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| Posted by tb on July 11th, 2024 | |
Shohei Ohtani has been dealt and has one Southern California team smiling and another in disbelief in a blockbuster deal over night Wednesday. With their neighbors to the north having a comfortable 8 game lead for the best overall record and looking like an imposing playoff contender, it was the Redondo Beach Sharkz who swooped in and acquired the slugger in an eye towards 2025.
The Sharkz sent Paul Skeens (and Lilly Dunne), Wyatt Langford and Riley Greene to San Antonio for the slugger. The 2025 lineup for the Sharkz will likely have the AL and NL home run leaders back-to-Back in Judge and Ohtani along with Bryce Harper and crew.
Meanwhile, their neighbors to the north, who are looking at the next few seasons as a window to win were hoping to add Ohtani to their lineup and apparently, were willing to move up to 14 top 100 prospects, including 4 in the top 10 for the slugger, but never had a chance to counter or hear back. “Disappointed, but it’s life. We feel that while Skeens is a great talent, the track record of pitchers simply indicates you have to expect him to blow out his arm at some point and miss a year+. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen, but it just seems that is the odds in today’s game. We absolutely think we had more to offer, but I guess we didn’t take into account the Lilly Dunne factor…..we don’t have a Lilly lying around.”
The Sharkz fired a massive shot over the bow of the San Fernado Tigers in what might signal the start of an arms race for the two Southern California teams. As Darth Sidious said, “Soon, I will have a new apprentice, one far younger and more powerful……it’s not over.” Time will tell who that player might be or if they can pry him loose, but if anyone has the prospect pool with which to pull it off, it would be the Tigers.
They reportedly did add an OF overnight with an eye on 2025, acquiring OF Brandon Nimmo from the Knights in as yet to be announced deal.
Stay tuned.
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