PT TODAY: Ohtani chooses the Angels

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Angels | Shohei Ohtani set to sign with LAA
Free-agent RHP/OF Shohei Ohtani (Japan) reportedly agreed to sign an undisclosed contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday, Dec. 8.  Source: New York Post - Joel Sherman
 
BHQ take: OK, this one is fun and fascinating as all get-out—but it’s also complicated. Until some smoke clears, Ohtani gets a pitcher-only listing, since this where he’s more likely to be a force. But be aware that his presence on the 25-man roster is more likely to take AB from both Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron at 1B and DH than it is from LAA’s already injury-suspect projected...

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