The DUMBEST Team in Baseball

Hello and welcome to my channel! In this video, we go over the DUMBEST Team in Baseball. From Front Office decisions, to Managerial decisions, this team is a disaster...
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Title: The DUMBEST Team in Baseball
By: Purely Baseball

[@kiefdemon1979]

My favorite thing about the trade deadline with the Angels is that they bought a bunch of Rockies players literally a week after beating those guys by almost 25.😊

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep 🤣 The Angel way

[@stevec6965]

Bro, I literally just laughed out loud. Well, there you have it, The dumbest team.

[@patrickmcgarvey4403]

It’s not the front office that has the ego it’s Arte Moreno. Moreno is the one that wanted to buy at the deadline and ruin the hopes of a future for this team

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Its so sad to see man

[@Rune_Z0]

I feel like buying at this trade deadline was a good move but arte ruined this team years ago

[@scsmith4604]

He is likely selling the team in my opinion because not one with this much money can be this stupid.

[@shotimefans808]

@@PurelyBaseballYT That why Angels fans wanted the stupid owners the sell the teams.

[@nomercyinc6783]

nothing owners do causes teams to win or lose. the owner doesnt make a team a contender at all in any sport. players win games. coaches and owners just watch

[@JakeForest3]

The Angels plan was probably to make the playoffs and show Ohtani he could win there, so that he would be more likely to re-sign. I can’t blame them for that. As a rental, the return they would’ve gotten wouldn’t have been crazy either. The plan isn’t working, but a rebuild wouldn’t necessarily work for a while either.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I could see what you mean there for sure

[@shotimefans808]

@@PurelyBaseballYT Nah Ohtani is going Dodgers. Angels owners is stupid.

[@shotimefans808]

@@PurelyBaseballYT Angels ain’t going to back from a 8 game back of the wild card.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

@@shotimefans808 I agree, no shot they make the playoffs at this point of course lol

[@nomercyinc6783]

if they cant win with trout in over a decade theyll never win with ohtani. people thinking anaheim is la are idiots. anaheim isnt even in los angeles county

[@ocwaveoc69]

I agree with you. Think about this. Let's say that the Angels somehow convince Ohtani to stay. They'll be paying him an ungodly amount of money and have no money to hire necessary help to build a winning team. Past few seasons have shown that having Ohtani and Trout doesn't equal success. They need a lot of pieces, especially 2 more solid starting pitchers and solid relievers which the Angels will not have enough money for by keeping Ohtani.

[@Gravelgratious]

Seattle is beckoning.

[@Coreyy12]

Angels went from being the team that didn’t want to trade Shohei away to being the team that’s gonna let Shohei walk for nothing. Cutting their nose to spite their face Edit: Was typing this literally as you were saying this 😂😂

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🤣🤣 Literally man

[@phuckfumassters]

The Angels are dumb that's why they are trash

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

Angels have been needing pitching depth for decades, but their FO kept signing batters to massive FA contracts

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep, it just wont work

[@clarkesmith.]

Don't get it either. Why get Cron and Randal Grichuk? They should've gotten better relief pitchers instead.

[@Rune_Z0]

We already have solid bullpen arms some of them are on the IL but they are there

[@Aut0KAD]

Angels in 2022 was top 10 in least runs against, and like 29/30 in runs scored. They don't have a pitching problem. The bullpen sucks, but really they have a bat problem.

[@Rune_Z0]

@@Aut0KAD the bullpen did suck last uear and part of this year, but we fixed it by calling up rookies and trading for arms and loup and Moore breaking out for the first time with the angels and actually being solid arms again, but yes the offense has been very inconsistent for a long time even with the additions this year

[@DungNguyen-vn3eu]

If I was Ohtani I would either go to the Braves or the Dodgers. They both have super good teams with a solid farm system and can trade for any other player to improve their chances for the World series ring for the next decade.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Me too man. Ohtani on the Braves 👀👀👀

[@hoodiewaffles]

He's a Dodger. Dodgers got 120 million of the book next year, I wouldn't be surprised if they use half of that for Ohtani and then trade for Arenado. Create one of the best cores in MLB history

[@fredyuen2489]

@@hoodiewaffles Ohtani in dodger blue would be amazing to see. I think they fit all his wants a winning team that's on the west coast, california weather, and able to play everyday because there's universal DH now. The other team he would probably go for if they were a winning team but they aren't are the Padres. But that's only because Yu Darvish is on that team and Ohtani looked up to Darvish is what I've been hearing.

[@cmikesmith664]

He’d be good in Seattle

[@ParamoreFAV3]

Two Words. Arte Moreno. No one else to blame; not the front office, not the effort by the players…it’s literally Arte

[@bigRich07]

As an Angels fan -- I'm ok with letting him walk for nothing. You're exactly right, you don't want to be the guy that traded a baseball god. I've seen the experts line up 6-7 players in dream trade packages and they all feel like the Angels are still losing huge in that trade, im not convinced a fair trade actually exists for this guy, he's that valuable.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I get that but, its basically saying i’ll take no future players over potential players to help us win

[@jamesnguyen7069]

they'll sign roki once hes ready to post.

[@mentazmic]

​@@jamesnguyen7069why would he want to sign with the worst team in the league? Even the Las Vegas Athletics will be a better team

[@Yasuhiko88]

​@PurelyBaseballYT that is because you need to have that approach. I don't think you know this but ohtani loves anaheim and will resign this off-season and when he does everyone will pretend that they are shocked. They did this with trout saying he had no chance of resigning

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

@@Yasuhiko88 a LOT different. Trouts entire time here, has been failure for winning. Same with Ohtani. These guys aren’t STUPID. They know, and he knows, if he stays, nothing will change?! Like brother what do you think changes if Ohtani comes back? Truly what do you believe happens.

[@Hags27]

Arte was offered the 2.5 billion to buy the team with Shohei so if he doesn’t sign him he will lose a billion from the sale. That is why arte will give a huge contract offer if they sign him he will sell then. No Shohei no buyers!

[@sweatyraider7241]

Seems like Ohtani is not gonna play in October, you feel for him when he tears up in the dugout knowing it's over

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

It sucks to see man.. gives it his all no matter the circumstance

[@anthonyfam5469]

Oh he’s going to remember when he signs his new contract. He is going to find a team that has talent and the same vision as him. I’m guessing LA Dodgers. Maybe Giants

[@nomercyinc6783]

players willingly staying on shitty teams arent worth the tears. they chose incorrectly consistently and then want people to feel bad for them? the only people needing to feel bad about bad decisions are the people making bad decisions. what happens to strangers isnt tragic or sad

[@NIN1]

He’s not willingly staying lol this is his final year of his contract - he has to be traded. After the season as a free agent he can walk

[@shotimefans808]

@@nomercyinc6783 And that is Generational Loser Mike Trout ain't worth the tears.

[@rowlofobro2]

Your confusing ownership and front office. You said why did ownership let this happen but Moreno is the problem, not Minasian. Jerry Dipoto used to be the gm for the Angels but Moreno wouldn't let him make any of the moves he wanted so he left and helped break the Mariners playoff drought and him and Hollander are the main guys that built the Mariners incredible pitching. There's a reason that fans celebrated when they heard that Moreno was selling the team and why they were so disappointed when that didnt happen. Moreno may be a big spender but he's a dumb one and almost all of the terrible decisions that the Angles have made over the past decade of playoffless baseball is because of him, not the front office.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I will go ahead and correct myself on that, obviously he is one of the worst owners in Baseball. Should’ve touched on that a bit more

[@bryceavanti339]

I think we're overlooking the real culprit here. Mike Trout has been on steroids and growth hormone for so long that he can't even sneeze without missing 50 games a year on the IL 🤪

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

😭😭😭

[@kneelb4zod784]

You beat me to it! 😂

[@InUteroKDC]

So glad my favorite team doesn’t have an owner like Moreno- I feel bad for Angels fans.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Me too man

[@chrisnalina1755]

The Angels had 2 superstar players, Mike Trout and Ohtani and won NOTHING!! Not even making the playoffs. I am sick of hearing about Ohtani as if any team that gets him will win the World Series. The Angels won NOTHING with him and Trout on the team. Wake up and stop all this Ohtani idolization and worship!! The Angels would have been smart to shop Ohtani before the season and see what they could get for him and the team getting him would have at least had the guy for a full year. Why would anybody want a 6 or 8 week rental of Ohtani giving up quality talent for him?

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

They would get a good pitcher, and an elite hitter is why a team could’ve been aggressive with him.

[@oxeye8891]

Nobody is saying that any team who gets Ohtani is gonna win the ws. Who tf said that? Even teams with the most wins during regular szn isn't a guarantee to win the ws. The fact is he is the no. 1 player in baseball who can give a team the biggest push due to his production. So the point is he'll give teams that are either already set or right on the fringes of a postseason run the best chances. That's why a lot of ppl want him. It's not that hard to figure out. If you're sick of hearing about him then mute his name on twitter and don't click on anything about him anywhere. The algorithm will just offer you more Ohtani related content.

[@chrisnalina1755]

@@oxeye8891 Yeah, go pay the guy 60 million per year for the next (how many years?) to help your team win 5 more games per year. Makes a lot of sense, ( sarcasm ). The guy is so over rated it is ridiculous.

[@oxeye8891]

@@chrisnalina1755 blame all the other previous contracts then because they set the precedence. Lol how can he be overrated when that’s the going price nowadays? Take a good look at all the recent FA contracts and that’s the trend. Why tf should he take a pay cut after giving a massive ass discount his whole mlb career? And until someone can put up his numbers, he can’t be overrated. I mean at least someone should show that it’s not that special right

[@phuckfumassters]

​@@chrisnalina1755lol you just revealed your trueself, your a hater all along...thank you for that. Lmao

[@chibiprussia5574]

Giving up a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth and seeing Ohtani's face is priceless GO MARINERS

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🐐🐐🔥

[@fredyuen2489]

walk off grand slam? Yeah Ohtani needs to go to a better team, he doesn't deserve this.

[@scooby23LAA]

Even better is Cedric Mullins robbing a HR then crushing a 2 Run-HR in extras. Or better yet, seeing a bunt walk off lose to the Royals. Priceless.

[@R2M_Productions]

The Mariners sold off expiring contracts with the future in mind, remained competitive and are now higher in the wild card race than the Angels who went all-in at the deadline. That blows my mind.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep exactly

[@DionysusAlS]

It was a lose-lose. They weren't going to get a king's ransom back for a likely 2 month rental, unless that team had some kind of assurance that Ohtani would sign with them, and that would be foolish on his part. Let's face it, if they were going to trade him, last year was the time to do it. They probably would have gotten that king's random in prospects back for him. Also, their chances of bringing him back after trading him would be almost zero, whereas now, they still have a slim chance. And management saves face by keeping him. Angels fans would have revolted. Now when he leaves, they have plausible deniability. The only way he was staying is if the moves to shore up the roster for a playoff push worked and a playoff appearance enticed Ohtani to stick it out with the Angels and play meaningful baseball for the next few seasons. But that was unlikely to happen.

[@marcuswilliams7512]

Lol yeah you can get a King's Ransom. the Cubs gave up Gleyber Torres (#1 overall prospect) for 2 months of Arolidis Chatman

[@BazookaJoeBaseball]

Angels should have traded Ohtani for a boatload of prospects and built a team for the future. Instead Ohtani will be gone next season and Trout is injured alot and Rendon has been a bust. So not looking too good.

[@RudeDog24]

Thank you angels for gift wrapping ohtani to the dodgers 😉

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

😎 Take em

[@jamesnguyen7069]

hes not going to the dodgers. lol

[@xMuRDoCx]

​@jamesnguyen7069 I think Dodgers are the favorites. Remember, Ohtani wanted to go to the Dodgers in the beginning, but NL teams did not have the DH rule.

[@themagnificenthelio]

Teams weren't going to empty the farm to rent Ohtani.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Could’ve very much got something big still

[@eliteplays4876]

Ohtani needs to go to a good team, and Trout is wasting his career there sadly, and I mean its been 9 years since they last made a playoff appearance. This organization just cant get up on their feet and its miserable to watch.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I feel for Trout more than anyone

[@shotimefans808]

@@PurelyBaseballYT Mike Trout to stay with losers team than to go to the real contender team is a generational losers ain't worth the tears.

[@StevenEveral]

The Mariners started a rebuild in 2016 with the hiring of former Angels GM Jerry DiPoto. The rebuild didn't start bearing fruit until 2021. With the screw ups the Angels have been making in Arte Moreno's tenure, any possible rebuild is going to make the Angels a very bad team for a long time. Angels fans better settle in, getting rid of Arte Moreno and doing a full rebuild is gonna hurt for a long time.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yes it is. That’l be a tough time for them to say the least lol

[@zachremsberg3925]

TBF, from what I have heard and read it sounds like the front office brought trade proposals to ownership that they had worked up but the owner was the one who did not want to let Ohtani go. Hard to blame the front office when the owner is blocking them from doing their job and looking out for the long term success of the franchise.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I could agree with that perspective of course. The biggest issue, is the ownership.

[@caseypayne5138]

@@PurelyBaseballYT I think every single Angels fan will agree with you there

[@mariokart9227]

how can you blame the front office when every decision they make has to go through Arte Moreno. Arte Moreno is the problem

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Moreno is awful and i agree with that! Was more so critiquing them for the players they did buy, but they did have a part in Ohtani situation. Didn’t wanna be known as the GM who traded Shohei Ohtani

[@michaelminichini6651]

Salmon, Erstad, Eckstein, Glaus, and Garrett Anderson. Angels used to develop their own players. And had success in the 2000s. Sprinkled in Vladdy and there were legit good Angels teams. Since then theyve fallen in love with signing stars and they have sucked since. What amazes me is they do not learn from their mistakes. Its been like 10+ years of this dumb shit. Bad contract after bad contract

[@chrisdancy1254]

Im a Mariners fan and I do support my team BUT the Angels blew it against my team and had chances to win the series. Ohtani needs to get out of Anaheim and come to Seattle

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Seattle would be AWESOME for Shohei

[@viper6525D]

The answer to “Why?” is easy; ego and money. Arte does not want to be known as a failure and thinks of himself as a genius and of course, no one would buy tickets to see the Angels if Ohtani was gone. Arte is gonna ride this cash cow for the rest of the year, then bail when it’s at its peak.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep. Its pathetic

[@viper6525D]

@@PurelyBaseballYT It truly is. I'm not even an Angels fan and I'm angry for them they have to deal with his BS for over a decade.

[@boomingtx]

As a Rangers fan, I feel bad for Angels fans. They seriously threw themselves into a tear it all down rebuild.. trading ohtani would’ve been massive for them. Anyone that said they’re happy the Angels went to buy is a idiot.

[@NitsuJTrigger]

Being an angels fan is basically being on suicide watch every game

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

😭😭😭😭

[@joshuastar77]

When you are in a divison with the Rangers who has finally become a good team, an Astros team who made the playoffs 6 straight times, and a Mariners team who has late season surges for the last 3 years, there was no reason the angels buy here. I would feel bad for the Angels, but I am sick of the Ohtani over praise. Does he deserve it, ya, but it sucks when he hits a meaningless homer in the 9th inning of a game, and have Kyle Tucker make the GW catch, and Ohtani gets all the attention while Kyle Tucker doesn't get any. Keep in mind, this is coming from a Rangers fan that doesn't like the Astros to much.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I see what you mean for sure. That can for sure get annoying, happens constantly unfortunately

[@neilwang1924]

Well, the only reason is baseball needs more fans and the commissioner is striking the iron while it is hot.

[@tateanderson213]

*Mariners sweep 4 game series vs the Angels in Anaheim* 4:35 “The Mariners *might* be even *a little bit* better than the Angels.” Um what? Sorry?

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Video was also made a few days ago! My apologies

[@chiefmegadeth]

Aussie fan here. Im a D'Backs fan here. I had friends in Anahiem. So I got to See The Angels for 3 games last year in August and main reason was for Ohtani and trout. Off course Trout was injured when I came. But Ohtani put on a show and made me root for the Angels this year. They're my Secondary team thanks to Ohtani and being my 1st ever MLB games. Not to mention my D'Backs have also fallen apart... Heart break after great break I hope Angels can turn it around and make the playoffs. Because right now. DBacks cant even win a game let alone make the playoffs. Come on Trout, I bet this will be his career until he retires sadly. injury every few months

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Aussie baseball fan! Awesome man! Man a Angels fan and Diamondbacks fan. I will say I love the Diamondbacks future! But the Angels on the other hand.. yes your right about Trout for sure!

[@MIKELIN8]

It's all about Arte Moreno's ego. He came into baseball tooting his horn that his team was going to take the LA market away from the Dodgers. That's why he wouldn't trade Ohtani. If SHohei signs with the Dodgers in free-agency, Moreno is likely to jump off of the top of his left-centerfield rockpile.

[@shotimefans808]

And nobody care for the Losers owner.

[@ps50433]

If it was up to the GM, I think they would have traded him. But the owner Arte Moreno calls the shots there, and that's the biggest issue. He's too involved. Same issue with Cohen and the Mets.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep. Owners getting involved almost never works in sports, let alone baseball.

[@mbdg6810]

Mets issue is a lot less severe

[@user-ru1ck4oi3m]

If you're the Angels, why would you sell if you were 2.5 out of a wild card spot and 4 games over .500? If you're making a playoff push, there's no reason to trade Ohtani. Nobody could've predicted them losing 6 games in a row

[@phuckfumassters]

It's the Angels, yes, you can absolutely predict them losing 6 games in a row. I expect 12 in a row...but I guess your kind of right

[@andresbarajas2863]

ask Artie Moreno....then you will understand why the Angels make bad decisions over and over again.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

True lol, that clown

[@David.560_-]

​@@PurelyBaseballYTstupid

[@evoman1776]

Mike Trout can request a trade, but fat chance. He's already 32, obviously injury prone and has 35 mil coming for the next 8 seasons.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yea he’s loaded. Im sure he wants winning tho

[@mariol6095]

Arte doesn't want pitching. Hes a businessman. He would rather win/lose 11-10 than see a pitching masterpiece of 1-0. As fans, we were elated when he started selling the team. When he pulled it off the market you could here a collective groan across Orange and Riverside countys. Arte is doing just enough to keep fans coming back and spending money.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep I agree

[@smacdiesel]

He only wants to sell Trout and Ohtani jerseys.

[@BullishMoneyNow]

What I find bizarre is that not only did the Angels effectively say to other teams, "no, we don't want to take advantage of you by exchanging a two-month rental for a boatload of your prospects. Instead, we want you to take advantage of US by exchanging what few viable prospects we have for your two-month rentals." Am I missing something here? This seems like a trade you'd find only in intentionally stupid sports parody films and even then, I don't think the script writers would even conjure up something this stupid for fear of stretching credulity beyond its absolute limit.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I find it extremely bizarre too dude 🤣 its actually so weird that its funny, to see a professional sports team do that

[@BullishMoneyNow]

@@PurelyBaseballYT The closest example I can think of is the (very fictional) film Draft Day but without the iconic "pancake-eating MF-er" line. Because nobody would be so stupid to initiate the type of trade that catapulted the movie's plotline in real life...except for the Angels. You can't make this stuff up.

[@mh-do3pe]

Arte didnt even buy the Angels for the baseball team itself, he bought the team for the land that it sits on.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

It will be funny and sad at the same time to see how badly their viewership and brand declines after Ohtani leaves. All of their games get tons of views on YT now only because of him. When they go back to being nobodies literally nobody will watch that team anymore.

[@ShaolinPig]

The hardest Choice of an angels can can choose is male playoffs or getting a new team owner

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I’d get a new owner

[@andrewbees5705]

Angels fans always have an excuse “if only he wasn’t hurt “ they have an excuse every year as if ohtani isn’t in year 6 with the team and nothing to show for it. The dodgers have had the 2nd most injuries in baseball and a team full of roomie/senior citizens and still in first .. I keep saying angels fans say “ohtani might wanna stay because next year if they stay healthy they can make a run” they’ve been saying this for years 😂

[@davidmoss2576]

As an Angels fan the right move was to trade him last year to get max return. Seeing how we kept him we should have signed at least 2 more pitchers in the off season. We were buyers for the first time since Ohtani been here. I love Shotime and how hard he played for us but i know we have no shot of keeping him. He already signed 2 extension with the Angels but decided to hit free agency this year so we know he's leaving

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yea its unfortunate for Angels fans but, its time

[@Iverson8811]

The moment he is in the Dodgers uniform, I become a dodgers fan

[@williamlewis8462]

Angels management didn’t want to sell to teams like the Dodgers who is the envy of Arte Moreno! Pretty much ego not wanting to see Shoheni at Chavez Revine.

[@dirtface5923]

The Angels are looking at the money. Lose the revenue he packs in for two months or trade him for some prospects who may or may not pan out. I can't wait to see his contract though

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

His contracts gonna be insane

[@dirtface5923]

@@PurelyBaseballYT rumored to be asking 750 mil

[@vewaddell]

The Angels have a few things going for them that may allow them to pull this off: 1. They did win the original Ohtani sweepstakes and he chose them over all the other MLB teams. 2. They protect him from media demands and allow him to focus on just playing/practicing baseball. 3. Arte Moreno WILL back up the money truck and dump a stupid amount of money at Shohei’s feet. 4. They’re one of five (let’s ignore the A’s for obvious reasons) west coast teams which decreases their competition. I wouldn’t be surprised if they resign him and, hopefully, Moreno allows the GM to put a good supporting staff around him and Trout and stop the Rendon-type acquisitions. This may work out for the Angels!

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I think it COULD, but yes as u listed with everything it’l really take a lot! I hope they just sell the team man i really hope

[@matthewtrujillo3309]

Ohtani isn’t Trout, so he’s not going to waste his career for millions and the SoCal weather. No real competitor would.

[@phuckfumassters]

​@@matthewtrujillo3309bingo, your correct

[@JohnLee-cb8ez]

Given the circumstances, Angels made a decision, an educated one, and got the bad end of the stick. With your 20/20 hindsight, yeah, Angels made a bad decision. We will just see HOW bad! Having an erratic cheapskate for an owner doesn't help either.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

The owners the biggest problem in all of this

[@DubsBrown]

It’s the Guerrero (Sr.) curse. The more you look into the story of them refusing to resign their MVP/future first Angel Hall of Famer yet dish out money to every other rando FA it’s disgusting

[@ericwicker7514]

The Angels front office has made some bad moves. They should have traded Ohtani. Rather than trying to make the playoffs.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

An awful move on them

[@MokiYankees]

From a fans perspective if my team is within striking distance at the deadline I want them to go for it no matter how it ends up. Prospects are no guarantee to workout in the future. A great example is the White Sox

[@Kwolfx]

The only thing in this video I might disagree with is blaming the Angels GM Perry Minasian for this decision. I can't prove it, but I have a feeling this decision came straight from Angel owner Arte Moreno. Minisian was the guy who implemented it, but whether he fully agreed with this idea is unknown. Why do I think this was Arte Moreno's decision? Because it is exactly the kind of thing he has done in the past, overriding the decisions of the very people he hired to make decisions. In 2011, Moreno told then Angels GM Tony Regan to trade for Vernon Wells within 24 hours or be fired. Toronto had been hoping someone would rescue them from at least part Wells remaining contract. The Angels ate it all and Wells hit for .218 with an OPS+ of 84 that year and .230 and 90 in 2012. The Angels paid Wells $47 million for those two seasons. The Yankees foolishly took Wells off the Angels hands for the remaining two years of his contract. I also recall that following the 2013 season, Arte Moreno personally offered Matt Garza; a journeyman starting pitcher, a four year deal for $50 million. Fortunately, Matt Garza was on vacation camping and couldn't speak with his agent and Moreno had given Garza a take it or leave it offer and he didn't take it, so the Milwaukee Brewers made the mistake of signing Garza for roughly the same amount and years. Moreno hired people who gutted the Angels scouting and training program. Following Mike Trout, the highest total WAR by any player who came up through the Angels farm system and has stayed with them is Tyler Ward at 5.0, and he earned 3.7 of the WAR number last year. The Angels have had the worst or second worst farm system in MLB for at least ten or eleven years and as a team they have made one bonehead move after another and the common factor through the years of these mistakes has been the owner. If the Angels are still in Anaheim when Moreno eventually sells the team, the city should have a parade to celebrate.

[@kyshro]

I disagree. The Orioles have taken over as the dumbest franchise in the MLB 🥴

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@adcommit]

Idk If i was them I wouldn't trade him either They'll automatically lose the chance to re-sign him plus idk what trade for him would be worth it that would make the Angels play any better than they are atm

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I’d throw in a bunch of top prospects for him. I would agree with you on the losing the ability to resign him, but there not really even trying!

[@lemmywotb]

@@PurelyBaseballYTno trade is good enough. They took a risk. That shows ohtani that they care. To call them the dumbest team is absurd. Who’s the dumbest baseball channel now?

[@shotimefans808]

@@lemmywotb But Angels are dumbass to in MLB.

[@outofcompliance1639]

Been a Dodger fan since 1969 with a sidebar of Angel fan (you can guess where I live). You have to manufacture reasons to follow the Angels because winning won't be one of them. Root for some of the great players they have had, from Nolan Ryan, to Mike Trout is about all you can do.

[@doyermo7303]

I’m with you. I live here in the OC. LOVE THE DODGERS! but I do have a soft spot for the Angels! 1st ever game as a kid was an Angels game. I’ve been really rooting for them this year but like every year they have a stretch where they just can’t get out of their own way. There is still time though. Some “expert” said they should’ve traded Trout instead and that would’ve brought some decent talent and rebuild with Ohtani, I kind of agree.

[@zippynguyen1917]

Angels are going nowhere as long as they have Rendon on the team. Soaking up $30M+ / year. Sitting there WANTING to get injured so he doesn't have to play - like he goes up to the plate with zero protection gear. The guy goes home and enjoys the $$ he's raking in. Never working on his craft (his defense has gotten much worse, and defense is something that should be like riding a bike. it should be a CONSTANT. and yet he's managed to find a way to forget how to throw a ball across the diamond). And talking CRAP and being a complete lazy ass. Now he's on the team taking up a roster spot as well. You plug in ANY ONE of the utility infielders at 3B and they are going to out-perform Rendon.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@69sidewinder]

You may be right. But when Rendon is in the lineup, the team wins. Their record with and without him is rather drastic.

[@sourkoyote]

Absolute CLOWNS out there in La La Land 🤣 damn it feels good to be a Texan. 😎 skrt skrt gang gang whole lotta squad shit 💯

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🤣🤣🔥

[@dagoodistever7186]

Happy to say I’m one of the first 800 subs

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

YESSIRRR !!!!

[@WM44.]

They could have just sold him now to a winning team, so he would resign with a team like that. Or a team that is close and is in a playoff push. That way they wouldn’t lose much, but get a lot in return.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Exactly what I was thinking as well

[@SALSAKID49]

I'm offended by THAT remark "The DUMBEST Team in Baseball" Oh wait a minute. My bad😇 I thought you were referring about my #NY #YANKEES .... 🤣🤣😂😂😅😆

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🤣🤣 It should’ve been the Yankees!! Haha all love, Red Sox fan of course 😂😂🫡

[@exia0616]

FO has their hands tied, IT IS ALL ARTE MORENO. No matter what the FO wants to do it will obviously need to be approved by Moreno. For Moreno money in first than build a team.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Unfortunately yea that clowns in control

[@kyleklecak7099]

Look as an angel fan I know what you are saying and I can agree to a certain point but one think I have to point out is no ohtani is not “1000% leaving. You are making assumptions just like everyone else because nobody really knows what’s gonna happen but I think the angels have a damn good shot of resigning him because there’s a reason why he chose them in the first place. Anaheim matched what he wanted

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I see what your saying as well, but when he originally signed, he expected to win. He’s performing at his peak right now. I mean realistically, why would he wanna stay?

[@kyleklecak7099]

@@PurelyBaseballYT I remember reading about how he had very specific desires from the team he signed with. All 30 teams wanted him and he picked the angels specifically for whatever reason (probably socal, high Asian population, closeer to home and trout). Obviously the national league didn’t have a dh so that makes every team in the NL a way better shot of signing him this time though. Idk i feel like it’s 50/50 on where he signs because of that and he’s use to being in Anaheim. It’s not like the angels don’t have talent either they just have horrible luck with injuries and have made bad decisions. Id trout, neto and o’hoppe were healthy at those key positions they play this would be a much better team right now

[@Carlos-yn2ob]

The difference between the Angels and Dodgers is that you can still get a Dodger hot dog in October.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🤣🤣🤣 FACTSSSSS. That one made me die ngl 🤣

[@SALSAKID49]

Yes, on all points... Artie "El Pendejo" had a chance to sell the team... But he got greedy, BTW, the stadium is one of the 3 oldest MLB ballpark... Who wants to buy that. And it's not the City and County where the park sits on will need a much-needed start of art new stadium. Sound familiar, Oakland A's...?

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Pretty identical if you ask me! A’s 2.0

[@sonyamiller5504]

The angels should have had a fire sail! Other than trout and everything should have gone ! Getting Ohtani to the post season isn’t going to get him to sign there. The only chance at Ohtani the angels had was to trade him for a bunch of top prospects and get what you can from the rest of the team to replenish the farm system. Then when Ohtani goes to free agency over pay for him and show him that the angels have a future.

[@tonyangelo9109]

Mariners fan wouldn’t call Angels dumb. They mimicked the New York teams. The Angels World Series era much different roster.

[@naxos41]

Angels know Shohei better than any KZbinr. They didn’t think/sense his leaving at the end of the season was a bygone conclusion. If so, and with the W/L record at the time, keeping him was the right decision.

[@phuckfumassters]

If Ohtani was happy he would have already resigned, that right there speaks volume. He's gone. The Angels have a 1% chance of resigning him.

[@fireinfireout]

lol you're really on a roll with these roasts

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Gotta be lol. Happy video tomorrow 😂 maybe a lil bit of Yankee trolling but yk

[@lemcnalb]

This is one of my new favorite channels

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

AYEEE WELCOME BUD! 🔥

[@Aut0KAD]

The Angels had no chance. When they had Trout and Rendon in the line up, they were still 3 players away from being a playoff possibility. So they lost Ward, and they brought in 2 players. Like, they needed to win more games than when they had Trout, Rendon, and Ward in the line up, but they don't have them in the line up and they needed 3 more players then, and somehow they 'could' make the playoffs by just getting 2 more players?!?! That being said, I don't think the Angels could have made a deal. No way a team is going to wreck their farm system for a 1 year rental, and no way the Angels were going to give away Ohtani for next to nothing.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Its still ridiculous to get nothing for the best player in baseball no matter how you look at it.

[@slayz5147]

imagine how good the mariners would be with ohtani the mariners have more future than the angels. lets go mariners!

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I’d love to see it

[@jackm4457]

The Angels continue to be haunted by the Ghost of Mamie Van Doren...but the good news is that Mamie is still alive and in her 90s. My suggestion is for a "Mamie Van Doren Day," and retire her # -- 40 DD.

[@deannafarber274]

Say by to Trout too… 😢

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yep.. he’l leave eventually

[@LaztBoyScout]

1) If the Angels have ANY hope to resign Shohei they need to show him that they’re serious about winning. Buying at the deadline was exactly that. 2) If the Angels have ANY hope to resign Shohei they need to at least make the post season. Buying at the deadline was exactly that. 3) Fan attendance with Shohei on the team if massive. If they traded him that would be gone. 4) Japanese ad revenue is a huge added value with Shohei on the team. If they traded him that would be gone. 5) His merchandise sales are massive. If they traded him that would be gone. You’re saying throw all of that away…for two prospects? Nope. If I’m the Angels I bet on the chance of resigning him rather than bet on the chance that, the probably two prospects we got in return are superstars. I get it, if he gets traded that’s fun and good entertainment. Plus, the possibility of Shohei coming to your team is exciting and the Angels just killed that. But for two prospects? Nah.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

As a Red Sox fan, no I did not want Shohei their through trade 😭 I wanna futureeee! Which I mean look, I see WHY they kept him. Money. They may have even bought to try to keep him to stay. But it was DUMB. Because the other teams in there division bought heavier, and were already better and only got better. I mean im sorry but it was stupid. Yes I understand the owner gets more money in his pocket, but its still ridiculous that the fans are now gonna have a brutal rebuild to deal with

[@phuckfumassters]

Thats the problem. You listed reasons WHY the Angels aren't smart and not a real championship baseball team. They prioritize money now over winning. Ohtani, if a real true competitor, will move on and sign else where. This team was a mistake for Ohtani if winning championships is important.

[@igormorais4192]

Bullcrap. They have the Goat they have the attention and they decided to go for it Instead of giving up and being massacred the fans for decades

[@wytaurius1850]

wonderful baseball content, thanks

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

of course brotha

[@wytaurius1850]

LMAO "execute order 66"

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

@@wytaurius1850 😢 all my homies hate Palpatine…

[@kingjames1586]

Cubs are targeting Ohtani 🎯

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

👀👀

[@sengle928]

I find it funny how ring chasing is frowned upon in the NBA, but encouraged in MLB

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

As a METS fan that had to deal with Fred Wilpon for years,my heart truly truly TRULY goes out to Angels fans. This is sad 😞,and definitely not funny.

[@manzac112]

Rangers, Astros, and Mariners: No, keep doing what you're doing because it's worked wonders for us.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

🤣 Literally

[@NamesSimba]

It’s tough being an angels fan. We’re the laughing stock of the sport, and we will never legitimately turn the page till Moreno (the worst owner in sports) sells the team.

[@warplanner8852]

Update from a month in the future on 6-10-23. Angels are 2-6 for September, 15 games out if their division lead, and have a "tragic number" of 7 to be eliminated from the playoffs. The or playoff percent is less than 0.01 percent. I live down in Fountain Valley, 10 miles from The Big A[nal pore] and the stench reaches all the way down here!

[@cfields12121]

Can’t wait to see him in dodger blue next year thank you in advance Angels✊🏿..

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I see it happening!

[@anthonyfam5469]

Angels are a dumb franchise. If your going to buy , buy big. They went with Lucas Geolito … 😂😂😂

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Thats my BIGGEST issue with there deadline. They didn’t have the pieces to be true buyers, so instead they bring in Lucas 🤣 its just so bad

[@smacdiesel]

As an Angels fan I appreciate the prayers. Man it's so hard!

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I bet bro! I bet

[@caseypayne5138]

Dude this last week has been some straight up emotional whiplash. That first loss to the Mariners especially was just devestating. Going from pure elation seeing Ohtani crank out #40 and feeling like that game was in the bag, getting hype about our stud closer coming in to do what he does best, and then seeing... A walk. Okay cool, no big deal, Estevez does that pretty regularly and he does better with a couple guys on base anyways. The pressure makes him focus. Walk two. Okay, we've seen this before...a little nervous but it's nothing he hasn't handled before... Okay now the bases are loaded...really not liking this. And then before you know it a former Savannah Banana hits a grand slam and absolutely dunks on the whole stadium and then you feel your heart sink into your feet.

[@smacdiesel]

@@caseypayne5138 I was at Monday's game against the Giants. Estevez did a repeat at that game. It was devastating, especially with all the Giants fans at the stadium. The worst game I have ever been to for sure.

[@caseypayne5138]

@@smacdiesel Dude that night was absolutely horrific. I was so glad I could turn the TV off and just check the score in the morning. It's moments like that, where you blow a lead in the last inning and then the other team runs a train on you and scores 6 runs -- they definitely test your sanity

[@jonathanmercury1885]

Everybody knows they’re not gonna trade shohei ohtani because he’s the angels cash cow which he sells the most merchandise so they not gonna get rid of their cash cow and I bet you that the angels are going to try to sign him for like 10 more years or something like that I could be wrong

[@caseypayne5138]

Dude, have you ever been to an Angels home game? The vibe there is insane. At least, it was until the end of the Mariners sweep. There's Shohei Ohtani stuff all over the place. Shohei IS their draw for fans. He's basically THE National Hero/Icon over in Japan. Japanese people literally just fly into LAX, walk off the plane with their luggage, and take an Uber straight to the stadium to see him play. He steps up to the plate and the stadium absolutely erupts. He's that big of a deal. That's lots and lots and lots of $$$, and that's what Arte Moreno ultimately cares about the most. And Ohtani is a massive value. He's drawn countless thousands of people into MLB. And the Angels get to be the face of that. That's a really big deal. To a guy like Moreno, who's probably going to sell the team after this season anyways, he's not invested in the long-term at all. Speaking of Ohtani: obviously this is probably the Angels' last year with him. If not, it's their chance to show him that they can do something with him. Ohtani likes the Angels, he likes the players on his team, he likes the fans there and he likes the area a lot. He has a history of choosing unlikely mid-tier teams and then standing out with them. Personally, I think if they don't make the playoffs, if they at least get close and have a decent record by the end of the season there's a lot more likely chance that he'll stick around than people think. Yes, he wants to win. But he wants to win and do it with the Angels. Whether or not that sentiment lasts after the season is a matter that nobody will truly know until the dust settles in the off-season, but this whole thing really is about Ohtani and his relationship with them and it's honestly the smarter play to keep him and go all-in and hope for the best. Yeah, there's the ego aspect of not wanting to be the team that trades Ohtani. And TBH, that's a valid way of looking at things. Why would you give up you cash cow? But I feel like the importance placed on that sentiment is overblown at best. Also...I'm pretty new to MLB, but at least until that Mariners Sweep happened I could see a lot of excitement in the long-suffering Angels fandom. So many people were super hyped up that we were saying "screw it" and finally going all-in for once. That's ballsy. It's a big deal. It was saying that they cared to finally make something of this talent after squandering it for a decade. Was it "smart" from a boring, business-oriented, spreadsheet absorbed bean counter point of view? Not at all. Was it "smart" from an entertainment point of view? Absolutely. And TBH, I'm for that. MLB is too mired in lifeless statistics and metrics and Moneyball sabermetrics these days anyways. It's fun to see someone take a risk and inject some heart and soul back into the game. Is it "SmArT?" No. But fuck "SmArT." Sometimes it's awesome to see someone take a huge risk. It may not pay off, but that's way more entertaining that way. There's some real stakes there. You're a lot more invested in how they do. Obviously the Angels and Angels fans want Ohtani to stay around. And why wouldn't they? As an Angels fan myself, I'd much rather see them go all-in on this moment and try to keep him around! It's not "SmArT" but it's entertaining as hell and honestly, I'd be happier coming into the next season without Ohtani knowing that they really did try to keep him than if they'd have just traded him away for some prospects that may or may not have panned out in five years. That's so boring! And I bet a lot of the other fans feel the same. They finally broke their slump yesterday. Maybe they'll start getting momentum back. Troutie is about to be off the IL soon. It's exciting. Will they make it to the playoffs? Probably not. But even if they don't, it'll be a hell of a ride, and that's way more awesome than if they'd have just traded off Ohtani and said "meh."

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Aye I will say i definitely respect your perspective of it all! Theres a side where it makes sense, and one where it dosen’t so much. The one thing i’ll say is, at least Angels fans get to see Shohei another half!

[@caseypayne5138]

@@PurelyBaseballYT it's better than nothing, even if he's in a slump right now 😅

[@slashismyhommie8182]

If you ask me, I don't think it's the GM to blame, I 100% believe it's the owner, Arte Moreno. Just a year ago it was all but done he was gonna have to sell the team, between the bloated payroll, poor performance, awful record, bad attendance, and on top of that some corruption allegations between him and some elected officials there in the city we all know Mickey Mouse secretly is controlling with an iron fist. Anyways, jokes aside, he was fielding offers and it seemed like a reality. Then one day he woke up, looked at himself in the mirror and said "I'M ARTE MORENO G*D D*MNIT" and basically said he isn't going anywhere. Then this season, it started off alright, but then it went sideways, and Trout went out again, and the impending free agency it seemed all but certain Angels would receive a kings ransom for Ohtani, getting multiple legit major league players as well as a slew of top prospects that would be 2, 3 years max from being big league ready. And talks were hot, at least in the reporting world, insane proposed packages being written by Chat GPT authors showing up in my news feed each day, all full of boomers making Biden comments and Russian bots spewing nonsense. It seemed inevitable Ohtani would grab upwards of 8 serious players, enough by themselves to cover the minimum amount of players in my local softball beer league and not have to bring in a ringer. But Artie woke up one day, snapped out of his despair and said in his mirror, "I AM ARTE F**KING MORENO" and refused to save his faltering organization and did what he does best. That is...do the absolute worst thing possible, something nobody else would do in the same situation. Keep in mind, when he gave Pujols that contract, everyone said there's a major reason you don't over 10+ year contracts, especially to guys on the bad side of 30. Well Arte walked so all the other bad owners could sprint into what I could only imagine would be a whole new CBA capping contract years, but idk, MLB prints money even when families in their cities can no longer afford studio apartments within the city limits. Baseball doesn't make sense. Also there's Mike Trout, the 2nd all time great Angel named after a fish, and arguably the greatest player of the past decade only reaches the playoffs one time. Some would argue trade him years ago to build a team that can compete, nope, lock him down to possibly a worse contract than Pujols. He sets the bar so high for bad contracts we all as baseball fans can now enjoy having to pay near $100 for cheap seats in dynamic pricing situations for seats 20 years ago were about ten bucks. Is there any low Moreno knows? I sure as hell don't know, but I can only imagine when Robert Oppenheimer theorized about stars collapsing in on themselves becoming black holes, he somehow had one of his fever dreams and actually saw into the future of the Arte Moreno owned Angels franchise.

[@ViruszPlayz.5822]

Why do they call the angels Los Angeles, Los Angeles is the dodgers, This is not bad I hate the angels too. 👏👏👏

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yessirrrr

[@latinsizer]

Imagine having the two best players in the league and not even able to make the post season. They are about to end up with nothing for Shohei and Trout still gonna be stuck with a team that doesn't even get a wildcard game.

[@matthewsimonds3346]

Honestly I’m tired of these MASSIVE contracts. Players like Cabrera Rendon Stanton Strasberg getting paid multi million dollar contracts to do barely anything. Teams need to realize giving players that much money hurt their efforts to build around that team. That’s why I’m afraid of Ohtani’s contract next year, yes he’s the best player obviously but is he worth $600 million on a teams payroll? And he gets injured then what? It’s nothing but an enormous waste

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Yea man these big contracts are killing franchises

[@sirstuffie2.043]

Well tbh I think angels should of sold Ohtani last year where he still had 1 year of control but now this year his contract expiring so I don’t think teams want to give up so many top prospects for a 2 month rental

[@sirstuffie2.043]

And you are wrong calling this the dumbest team there are far worse😂

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Mismanaging two of the greatest players of all time all at once isn’t the modern day dumbest team in Baseball?

[@sirstuffie2.043]

@@PurelyBaseballYT I do agree they are dumb but they are like in top 5 most dumbest teams u still gotta think about the Mets and the padres those 2 I think are far dumber

[@Bigdaddy69430]

I’m so happy I get to say I was one of the first hundred to subscribe. You’re going to be big very soon and I can’t wait to see what happens

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Im happy to have you brother! We’l grow with time 😎

[@noahconway5203]

They didnt trade him cus he asked them not to, he wanted to finish the season and try to beat judges HR record of 62

[@v2micca]

You are being way to harsh on the Angels for not trading Ohtani. They looked at offers. No one was giving them a massive package to rent Ohtani for two months. I actually liked their decision to buy. They knew that this was their last year to run it back with Ohtani and Trout. I applaud them being aggressive and going for it. They didn't get the results they wanted, but I still think it was good process.

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

I mean, my issue is the Astros and Mariners in there division bought, and did it better than them

[@evanevans5428]

Its insane that Mike Trout has been trapped in LA for that long. And if he does get traded? Dodgers. Hands down. Out of their division AND league. He wont have to move. And theyre an obvious World Series contender every year.

[@xMuRDoCx]

Great video. Sub'd! I hope Ohtani makes his way to the Dodgers!

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

Ohtani on the Dodgers would be very fun! Hope to see it, also glad you enjoyed!

[@shotimefans808]

@@PurelyBaseballYT Angels just showing Ohtani who is the real losers are.

[@bigr6298]

The mistakes were sighning Anthony Rendon and not trading Shoha in 2022. The owner calls the shots for the Angels. Without sosa they failed to ever build around Trout and Otani. As an Angeles fan im happy. Unlike the Gardians who abandond there pepole to save folks. Sound familier😮😮😮😮

[@rbalara31]

Despite how much they suck, fans still come to games to see Ohtani, buy Angel merch because of Ohtani, spend money at the park because of Ohtani, etc., thus making money for Arte Moreno. This is the reason he wasn't traded. Also, the Angels have sucked since Trout arrived, so I wonder what kind of shit they fed Trout to convince him to sign for 12years. He could have gotten that money from any other team, so it had to be something else.

[@phuckfumassters]

No it's only about the money and locale. I don't think Trout really cares about winning championships. If you became rich and living in So. Cali you made it life under American pop culture.