With reviled owner John Fisher’s Vegas relocation dreams hanging over the Coliseum, the A’s have endured their first back-to-back 100-loss seasons in Oakland and the franchise’s first since 1964-65 in Kansas City. Oakland finished its funereal season at 50-112 after going 60-102 last year, posting the franchise’s worst record since the 1916 Philadelphia A’s went 36-117. The Angels saved the ball for Escobar after his RBI single in the fifth, but the 34-year-old infielder said after the game that it was an inside joke between teammates, and he has no plans to retire. Randal Grichuk also homered for the Halos, and Eduardo Escobar had two hits. The Angels didn't schedule an end-of-the-season news conference with general manager Perry Minasian, whose future also seems to be in question after three unsuccessful years in charge. There's a lot of great things that are on the horizon here with the young players and the guys coming back. It's not fun ending the way we did, but it's a great group in there. “I know it didn't go the way we wanted, but I'm proud of the way that room held together,” said manager Phil Nevin, who hasn't been told whether he'll be back. Los Angeles was 56-51 at the trade deadline and made several acquisitions in a bid to contend, but flopped immediately after the deadline with a seven-game skid, eventually going 17-38 in the season’s final two months while losing Ohtani, Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon and Taylor Ward for the year to injury. They've got the majors' longest active streak of losing records, and their playoff drought is matched by Detroit for the majors' longest. The Angels finished their latest hugely disappointing season at 73-89, matching their 2022 record to close out their ninth straight non-playoff campaign. "I’d love to be his teammate for a really long time.” “Shohei is going to make the best decision for himself and his family, and we respect that, (but) we hope he's an Angel for the rest of his career,” said Angels outfielder Mickey Moniak, who had a breakout season - particularly while hitting behind Ohtani. Ohtani can become a free agent after the World Series, and the Halos haven’t made the playoffs or finished higher than third in the AL West during his tenure in Anaheim. Ohtani was in the Angels' dugout all weekend, cheering on his teammates for their final two games less than two weeks after having surgery on his pitching elbow. Shohei Ohtani navigated through the bags and boxes strewn across the Los Angeles Angels' clubhouse after their season finale, exchanging hugs and memorabilia signatures with his teammates while they all packed up for the winter.Įverybody in the building knew this might be Ohtani's final game day with this team after six unprecedented years, and the uncertainty over their beloved two-way superstar looms above every other question hanging over the Halos.īrandon Drury homered twice, doubled and drove in three runs, and the Angels wrapped up their eighth consecutive losing season with a 7-3 victory over the major league-worst Oakland Athletics on Sunday. MLB, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland AthleticsĪNAHEIM, Calif. Brandon Drury's 2 homers send Angels past Athletics 7-3 in season finale
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