Amidst the 2022 MLB season, the MLB trade deadline had players gripping their chairs with the worry of what might happen next. And it becomes more interesting when someone as big as Shohei Ohtani becomes a part of the MLB trade conversation. Despite knowing the fact that the Angels will not let go of their two-way star easily, almost every clubhouse dreams to get his signature.

And during these tense moments going on the MLB trade deadline, the Red Sox star cracked an Ohtani joke that put all of his teammates in shock. To ease the tension of trades going on, the Red Sox’s utility player Christian Arroyo took it upon himself to bring the atmosphere’s temperature down.

Was Shohei Ohtani about to get traded to the Boston Red Sox?

Earlier this week, on MassLive?s Fenway Rundown podcast, Arroyo confessed to a prank. He caused it to make the situation in the clubhouse a bit lighter. Therefore, he told his teammates and the reporters that the Red Sox had traded him for the 2021 AL MVP Shohei Ohtani.

“Guys get traded. So I tried to lighten up the mood a little bit, as much as I could because it?s a tense situation,”?said Arroyo about the prank he managed to pull off.?

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He later said that the team would like to be in a situation where the players would get added to the team but not have to leave. When talking about Arroyo, he did not have a memorable season with the Red Sox this year. Even the Red Sox had one of their worst season in franchise history.

Who did the Red Sox end up trading instead of Arroyo?

After obtaining the first baseman Eric Hosmer from the Padres, the clubhouse did not make any sudden moves. They also did not end up trading Arroyo for Angels’ Ohtani. The two-way star finished second in the AL MVP race this year.?

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But they did send off V?zquez and Jake Diekman in exchange for Hosmer, Tommy Pham, and Reese McGuire. Given the Red Sox are in a rebuilding phase, do you think they will be able to make a statement in the next season?