We may not know the answer to the above question until the final hours of the Major League Baseball trade deadline on August 1, which officially ends at 6:00 pm ET. But before the Angels answer the question about what they will do with Shohei Ohtani, the two-way sensation that is almost a shoo-in to win the American League MVP, they need to decide if they should trade him.

There is no player like him in the world. How do you trade away the unicorn? But, with the injury to Mike Trout, the Angels aren’t likely to make the postseason, and they aren’t likely to sign Shohei Ohtani this offseason to what is expected to be the richest contract in baseball history and perhaps all of American professional sports.

The case for trading your superstar is clear, and we have seen similar moves in the past. The one difference, however, is that we have never seen a similar superstar.

Shohei Ohtani’s Team After the Trade Deadline

• Los Angeles Angels (-170)
• Los Angeles Dodgers (+800)
• San Francisco Giants (+900)
• The Field (+1000)
• Atlanta Braves (+1100)
• New York Yankees (+1400)
• Baltimore Orioles (+1500)
• New York Mets (+1800)
• Tampa Bay Rays (+2200)
• Philadelphia Phillies (+2500)
• Boston Red Sox (+2500)
• Toronto Blue Jays (+2800)

According to the oddsmakers, the smart money is on Shohei Ohtani saying with the Angels. It’s a combination of a number of factors. Many suitors are afraid of both the asking price to acquire him in the next week and the additional price of keeping him beyond this year. There are 11 teams listed here as possible trade partners with the Angels, but in reality, there are far fewer than that.

There is also the pressure on the Angles and owner Arte Moreno to get a king’s ransom in return. If he is going to sell an Ohtani trade to a fanbase that will no doubt be upset with the move, he can only do it with a huge haul of top prospects. And that need by the Angles to score big will limit the Ohtani suitors even more.

If he does leave the Angels by the end of the month, he may not go far. The Dodgers are the non-Angel favorite. But again, this is where the owner will have his say. Of all the teams for Shohei Ohtani to go on and star in the postseason for, the city-rival Dodgers would hurt the most. The Giants would hurt considerably less.

And oh my, wouldn’t it be fun to see both Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr. playing for the Braves in October.

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