Lol yeah if they suck again by the trade deadline they will probably ship Ohtani to a contender.

Trout… who knows

The Angels have sacrificed building a complete team for signing aging players (namely hitters) for too much money, with Ohtani as the exception. They got lucky with Trout, who they drafted, but otherwise they also draft horribly. Additionally, they have consistently had a bottom 5 pitching staff in the league (and yes, even with Ohtani at full strength).

Every year there is some glimmer of hope they will be somewhere between ok and good with their new crop of signings, but each year they prove they are downright bad at winning baseball games. Its very sad to see as a fan.

I philosophically agree, but this year that would mean the teams to pick from for the last 2 spots are Utah, Kansas State, and Clemson (or an independent like Notre Dame).

Clemson you could make an argument for since they only lost twice (both to non-conference opponents), but to propel a 3-loss team into the 4-team cfp doesn’t seem quite right either if there are 1-loss teams with better overall resumes but were not conference champion.

Automatic bid for P5 winners plus 3 at-large for next best teams (either P5 or group of 5) seems reasonable enough though if it expands to 8.