Angels GM Perry Minasian says comments from Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout are to be expected

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ARLINGTON, Texas — After proceeding his manager and 2 of his prima players explicit a tendency for the Angels to marque the changes indispensable for the nine to win, Perry Minasian reacted with a shrug.

“Nobody wants to play connected a losing team,” the Angels wide manager said from the visitors’ dugout connected Tuesday day astatine Globe Life Field. “That’s thing that I would expect everybody to say. Not shocking astatine all. As acold arsenic the wintertime that doesn’t alteration anything.”

Much was made successful immoderate circles – by media and fans – astir comments from Mike Trout connected Saturday and Shohei Ohtani connected Sunday.

To Minasian, it was overmuch ado astir nothing.

Essentially, they said precisely what immoderate subordinate would say, Minasian said. He added that the beforehand bureau is ever been geared toward winning, careless of what anyone says successful a property conference.

“I admit what they said,” Minasian said. “I liked the information that, obviously, Mike and Sho, they privation to win. Those aren’t the lone 2 players that privation to win. There’s plentifulness of guys connected this squad currently, and I’m definite if you inquire immoderate subordinate connected immoderate team, would accidental the aforesaid thing.”

Manager Joe Maddon besides said that it would beryllium incorrect to instrumentality Ohtani saying helium wants to triumph and construe that arsenic a menace to leave. Ohtani is presently acceptable to beryllium a escaped cause aft the 2023 season.

“We each consciousness the aforesaid way,” Maddon said. “We each privation to win. And I deliberation anybody who misconstrues that arsenic though helium wants to leave, that’s trying to link immoderate dots that were not astatine each what helium has said.”

The question, of course, is whether proprietor Arte Moreno and the beforehand bureau volition marque the moves indispensable to get the Angels backmost connected apical aft a streak that has present reached six consecutive losing seasons.

“One happening I don’t person to interest astir with him is helium wants to triumph too,” Minasian said of Moreno. “Nobody wants to triumph much than him. And he’s shown a commitment, obviously, financially implicit the years, to investing successful the club. I don’t deliberation anybody tin reason that. To me, the proof’s successful the pudding to a definite extent, right?”

While the Angels surely person spent big, it’s been mostly connected presumption players. They person made offers to pitchers astatine the apical of the market, but truthful acold nary person signed.

Maddon was much pointed with his comments past week, not lone saying that the Angels needed to triumph but pinpointing that they request to get frontline starting pitchers to bash it.

Minasian was noncommittal erstwhile specifically asked astir upgrading the apical of the rotation.

“There’s not galore guys similar that,” helium said. “Obviously it’s hard to get frontline players successful general. Again, arsenic acold arsenic the fund goes, it conscionable depends connected who is retired determination and opportunities we have. We person an ownership radical that has shown a committedness to doing what they request to bash to marque this squad arsenic bully arsenic it tin be. And I don’t deliberation that’s going to change.

“It’s conscionable got to marque sense. The things we bash person to marque sense. That’s thing that we’ll measure each and each subordinate and spot what’s determination and what fits and marque decisions and spot wherever it goes.”

NOTES

Maddon said the Angels inactive aren’t definite if Ohtani volition commencement the last crippled of the regular play connected Sunday. They are waiting to spot however Ohtani feels successful the coming days…

Maddon moved Jared Walsh down Ohtani successful the bid connected Tuesday. Maddon had been reluctant to person the 2 lefties deed back-to-back due to the fact that it would marque them much susceptible to left-handed pitchers. The Rangers had a right-handed starter connected Tuesday, and besides Maddon said he’s much consenting to experimentation erstwhile facing different squad that’s retired of the playoff race. “Just instrumentality it for a trial drive,” Maddon said. “There’s nary crushed not to bash that close now.”…

Taylor Ward joined the Angels’ taxi squad. Ward missed overmuch of the 2nd fractional astatine Triple-A rehabbing from an injury. He could beryllium activated sometime successful the last week of the season…

Minasian said Jaime Barria’s enarthrosis wounded is thing superior capable to person an interaction connected his wellness for adjacent season…

Left-hander Reid Detmers gave up 1 tally successful 2 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake connected Monday. It was his archetypal outing aft helium spent a period connected the COVID-related injured list. The Angels are undecided if Detmers volition transportation successful the majors implicit the weekend.