Shohei Ohtani’s season — and perhaps his Angels career — is over, with the team announcing that he’ll miss the remainder of the season with an oblique injury.

The announcement came one day after local beat writers reported that Ohtani’s locker in the clubhouse had been mostly cleared out, though the team didn’t confirm anything Friday and instead said they would make an announcement Saturday.

But with Ohtani’s free agency looming, and with the potential for the two-way star to become a $500 million player, Saturday could signal the end of a disappointing era for the Angels — where they couldn’t make the postseason with Ohtani and Mike Trout, two of MLB’s stars, overlapping at the center of their lineup.

Due to a torn UCL in his throwing elbow, Ohtani wouldn’t have been able to pitch the rest of the regular season, though the team still sounded optimistic about the potential for him to contribute as a designated hitter.

He was, after all, the reason they were trade deadline buyers.

His free agency in the winter, after all, was why the Angels’ front office felt this could be their final chance to make a run with Ohtani.

But everything backfired, starting with a stretch of losses following the deadline and continuing with Ohtani’s pitching injury, the decision to waive most of the mid-season acquisitions and now Ohtani’s oblique injury.

Ohtani’s next destination remains unknown, and the amount of money he receives in free agency might hinge on his pitching outlook for the 2024 season.