Gavin Lux's Shohei Ohtani tweet could take ironic turn if Brewers rumors resurface

Gavin Lux's excitement after Ohtani's deal may be short-lived.

Eric Cole

Oct 11, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux (9) bats / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The baseball world was taken by storm on Saturday when Shohei Ohtani announced that he was going to join the Dodgers for 2024 and beyond on a colossal 10 year, $700 million deal. The sheer size of the deal, as well as all of the drama that came during his free agency, was the talk of the entire league.

That includes the discourse among several Dodgers players, who are obviously quite excited to add the baseball unicorn that is Shohei.

One particularly hilarious example for this is Gavin Lux. Lux was extremely quick to react to Shohei's signing and he was understandably stoked at the news once he woke up from his nap.

I wake up from a nap…. And BANGGG!🤣
LFG
— Gavin Lux (@TheRealGavinLux) December 9, 2023

Sadly for Lux, his excitement could end up being short-lived if the offseason rumor mill surrounding the Dodgers' possible plans end up being true.

Gavin Lux's Ohtani excitement could end up being short-lived if he gets traded to the Brewers

While LA's pursuit of Ohtani was as predictable as the sunrise, this is still a team that needs to figure out what the hell they are going to do about this rotation. Clayton Kershaw is hurt and a free agent, Julio Urías is a free agent and facing serious legal issues, and the rest of the staff is a whole bunch of question marks due to other injuries or youth. One move that has been floated this offseason to help resolve that is a potential trade with the Brewers ($) that would bring ace Corbin Burnes as well as shortstop Willy Adames to LA.

For those keeping score at home, adding Adames would very suddenly leave Lux without a spot in the lineup, and MLB insider Ken Rosenthal suggested that Lux could be included in such a deal to land Burnes and Adames. That would give the Dodgers' rotation a big boost next season and upgrade their infield defense.

However, that would also mean that Lux would go from one of the most aggressive contenders in the entire league with oodles of resources at their disposal and who just signed Ohtani to Milwaukee, who tends to field a pretty good team that consists of high end homegrown talent and cheap roster filler types and who, in this scenario, just lost their two best pitchers in Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.

Life comes at you fast, Gavin. Here's hoping you are happy however this offseason shakes out the rest of the way.

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Eric Cole

I started my career writing about baseball covering the Atlanta Braves for SB Nation's Talking Chop back in 2015 which has since been renamed Battery Power. After years of writing for those fine folks, I made the decision to take over as Site Expert at House That Hank Built before becoming a full-time MLB Staff Writer for FanSided in 2023. Along the way, I have been a guest on multiple ESPN radio affiliates as well as 680 The Fan and 92.9 The Game to discuss Braves baseball and especially Braves prospects and was a long-time host on the Battery Power podcast. These days, I continue to write about the Braves as well as covering the Astros, Padres, and Angels with particular expertise with minor league coverage, the MLB Draft, and bashing Anthony Rendon when possible. When I am not writing about or talking about baseball (which is seldom), I am an avid baseball card collector (Maddux and Soroka being my primary personal collections) and I also collect shark teeth. All other sports are mostly dead to me as my Bills have broken my heart too many times.