All or nothing

Since the trade deadline passed, there's very little in between. MLB's contenders have either taken flight or utterly collapsed

At times, Shohei Ohtani makes it look like he can do it all by himself. But despite his continued brilliance, both at the plate and on the mound, the Angels continually go out of their way to remind us he can’t.

Having lost 6 of 7 since the trade deadline, Arte Moreno’s club looks to have potentially set themselves back years with the decision to hang on to the pending free agent 2-way unicorn.

They decided to forego a massive haul in exchange for trading the MVP favorite to instead try to make a quixotic bid for a trip to the playoffs this season. With their October hopes fading by the hour, it appears all they’ll get for their efforts is a compensatory draft pick between the 2nd and 3rd rounds when Ohtani signs elsewhere this winter.

It has the potential to be a franchise-changing missed opportunity.