The Angels aren't making the playoffs this year. They have 2 years of control left with Ohtani after this. They are a club that spends to the luxury tax, but have only been over once and it was just a few hundred K over. In Ohtani's free agent year they have a 32 year old Mike trout making 37, a 34 year old Rendon making 38.5(3 years to go on that contract) and Fletcher making 6 mil. That's 81 mil for 3 players. If they sign Ohtani for 40 they have 121 mil, plus arb players and they still have to find a way to build a pitching staff. Ohtani is being wasted on the Angels. They should trade him while they can and do a much needed rebuild around trout and their other young players. They will not trade him and gamble on the next 2 years, but I don't necessarily see them as the favorites to sign Ohtani when he's a free agent in 2.5 years.