NEWSLETTER
Well, it happened today.
Ohtani’s meetings today: #Cubs (per sources); #Mariners (per @RyanDivish); #Rangers (per @Evan_P_Grant). That would leave #Padres and #Angels, presumably for tomorrow.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 6, 2017
Gulp. I wonder if we’ll hear of additional cut downs after tomorrow’s meetings, and if there will then be additional follow-up next week at the Winter Meetings with a smaller handful of teams. Ohtani has until December 22 to sign.
I also wonder if we’re going to learn who was involved in the Cubs’ meeting, and what points they hammered in their presentation. Here’s hoping the ability to use Ohtani in a very versatile, creative way was highlighted.
Oh, and I’m trying not to be an irrational freak and read into the fact that the Cubs were allotted their meeting time on the one day that included three teams, instead of just two. That doesn’t mean he had less interest in hearing from those three teams, Brett. That doesn’t mean he needed less time to consider those three teams thoughtfully, Brett. Why are you the way you are, Brett?!?!?
UPDATE: I am more calm now:
I can now add the #Angels list to of teams that have had their Ohtani meeting. https://t.co/opZZLj5hPX via @ladailynews
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) December 6, 2017
Fletcher’s report indicates that Ohtani met with the Angels on Monday, which would mean he had three meetings that day, and three meetings today. No short-changing anyone!
… but what if that means he was saving the Padres to have a full-day meeting on Wednesday because HE LOVES THEM? Oh, no, I’m back to being crazy again.
(In all seriousness, we don’t actually know when the Padres had/will have their meeting. It could also have been yesterday or today.)
This is Brett writing the intro by the way, but the rest of this post is from Michael …
