Joe Maddon said Tuesday that Shohei Ohtani's comments this past weekend about wanting to win don't mean the star wants to leave the Los Angeles Angels when he becomes a free agent after the 2023 season.

Ohtani said Sunday that although he likes the team, the fans and the atmosphere, his top priority is winning.

"We all feel the same way -- we all want to win," Maddon said. "If anybody misconstrues that as though he wants to leave, that's trying to connect some dots that weren't necessarily what he, not at all what he said.

"He also mentioned how much he loves it here. The inner sanctum of the clubhouse, the guys, the coaching staff, everything about it. The area. The fans. He loves them all. We all want to get to the next level, and we see it as an absolute possibility it's going to happen here in the very near future."