Blue Jays pitcher still whining about Shohei Ohtani contract is music to Dodgers fans' ears

Shohei Ohtani was not on that plane flying from Anaheim to Toronto on Dec. 8, and Blue Jays fans might never get over it. Never mind that it wasn't even Ohtani's fault — Jon Morosi either had a bad source or jumped the gun, or both — but Ohtani will probably have to deal with salty, boo'ing Blue Jays fans every time he visits Toronto over the next nine years.

But Ohtani clearly made the right choice. The Blue Jays are 12 games back of the last Wild Card spot and fifth in the mighty AL East with a -81 run differential, and the Dodgers are hanging onto first place in the NL West with a +104 run differential.

Blue Jays fans won't easily let go of being scorned by the game's biggest superstar, but maybe their players won't, either.

In an appearance on The Rose Rotation, Toronto starter Chris Bassitt definitely made it seem like the team is still sore about their front office whiffing on Ohtani. When asked about the team's recent struggles, he said, "I don't want to identify the problems, because some of the problems I don't think are fixable. [...] We put, I think, $700 million into Shohei Ohtani's basket and didn't get him. We really didn't have a pivot."

Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt made it clear Toronto still isn't over losing Shohei Ohtani to Dodgers (while shading the Jays' front office)

Bassitt went on to say, "I've never [spoken poorly about] the White Sox or Oakland or the Mets, [...] because I love all the guys that I've ever played with, so I'd rather protect them than hurt them." Hmm... likening your current team to three others with historically bad and/or difficult front offices doesn't seem like a ringing endorsement! If the problems aren't fixable, that doesn't seem like Bassitt thinks an active offseason or roster overhaul would solve this team's issues.

Anyway, Ohtani doesn't have to worry about any of that. The Dodgers front office and management isn't perfect — What were they really doing making that Amed Rosario trade? Why did Mookie Betts stay at shortstop for so long? — but no one who's walked away from the club has ever really had negative things to say about how it's run on a fundamental level.

Deep breaths, Blue Jays. You didn't get Ohtani. It's time to digest that and move on.