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I heard the Dogers might make him choose because they dont want him getting him hurt. Ohtani might not be getting to pitch anymore cause of how well he is batting
4:45 I looked at his stats knowing he won 18 games one year. Well he won more than 20 games twice and his career era was 2.28. It was a different era but even with there being a lot fewer home runs he only gave up 10 in 1,221 innings. So, yes, he was an outstanding pitcher.
It's pointless to explain how Ohtani isn't the hitter Ruth was since you've already pointed out that Ruth wasn't really pitching when he hit all those dingers. If Ruth was pitching full time, he would have hit a lot less homers. Being two-way eats up your energy. It's a pointless comparison.
Othani's elbow will probably prevent him from being a two-way player his whole career. He's already had 2 Tommy John's, and his bat is too valuable to put him on the mound too often.
😂So after you made this VTR, you still don't know how good he is. Ohtani was leading most hitting stat including OPS, HR, 2B, hitting avg, Slugging, hits, total base hits before he a pick-off throw was purposely hit his hamstring and an injury lasts for almost 10 days. Even the injury affected his batting form & batting avg, Ohtani still leads NL league OPS, hit, and batting avg. Ohtani's batting power is almost recovered and later he would be more productive like before his injury. Ohtani has proved to Dodgers fans and MLB and the world that he worths every single penny of the 700m contract even his pitching hasn't started till 2025 as scheduled. Besides, you truly knew NOTHING about Ohtani's crazy economic powers and true marketing influences to his teams and the LA city and related businesses from millions of Japanese people and Ohtani fans in the world. Since April '24 there were 11 Japanese or Japan related coop signed several yrs sponsor contracts with Dodgers, all new sponsors were attracted by Ohtani. And more contracts are still coming in almost every week so far. With those JP ad contracts in stadium alone, Dodgers would probably earned 1 billion in 2 yrs. Besides Ohtani's good/jerseys(best sold in MLB), ticket sales, raise in ticket, price, and crazy sales of new foods in Dodgers stadium, even many opponent stadiums are also packed with Dodgers & Ohtani fans (though most incomes are distributed between 30 teams but the Dodgers sponsor contracts would only benefit Dodgers alone). Even during Korean series, the economy of close by shops and the town near the stadium was all boosted in Korea because most audience wanted to see Ohtani who was the biggest star in the series, not the Korean stars. A famous JP professor projected Ohtani's economic influence in the 1st yr of his joining Dodgers is around 600 million (by Ohtani alone, not along with any other Dodgers teammates). 😊
No one “let this slide”. Read the ~37 page report by the FEDS which completely absolved Shohei Ohtani, in addition Shohei Ohtani voluntarily offered all his electronic devices phone computers, iPads etc. LET IT GO son you got nothing 😂😂😂
No one wants to hear that or talk about it. Shit was hidden under the carpet, anyone with half a brain knows it. Money buys everything and Dodger have plenty of it. We all know the truth.
One thing everyone forgets is about Ohtani's world class speed vs. Ruth's snail like running ability. Ohtani is just a few stolen bases away from beating Ruth's stolen base total that took him 22 years to amass in just 5+ years.
He's only collecting 3% of that $700,000,000 for ten years to allow the Dodgers to get high caliber players. Ohtani just upped it again. What a world class person. It's no wonder Japanese society are so civilized.
I obviously love ohtani he was one of my baseball player crushes and I’m really happy for him that he’s having a great season with the la dodgers and I’m very excited to see him pitch in 2025
Koshien is nothing like March Madness. Summer Koshien is the largest sporting event in Japan. It's like a religious gathering. The Hanshin Tigers, the professional team that plays at Koshien stadium, are forced to leave and play elsewhere for the high school tournament. There's nothing like it anywhere in the world. Also, his name is Roki Sasaki, not Rory.
14:45... might not male the playoffs? With this collection of talent, if the manager gets in the way letting guys 1-31 play will do that. Get the most out of him. Fire Roberts LA's version of Aaron Boone.
13:32 No serious baseball analyst ever compares the number of rings of a pre-expansion player (Babe Ruth) to one in the modern era (Ohtani). Before 1961, there were only 8 teams in the AL and 8 teams in the NL for a total of 16 teams, with the exception of 1915 with the Federal League lawsuit. Today, there are 30 teams in baseball. There's a reason why all the record ring holders played before 1961, e.g. Yogi, Ruth, DiMaggio, Gehrig, etc. Due to the smaller pool, it's not uncommon for teams to win 3 or more WS titles within a span of 5 years before 1961. Philadelphia Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, and Dodgers all did it. Yankees did it multiple times. Cubs won a back to back WS. So did the NY Giants. NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Tigers all have 3 losing WS appearances within a 5 year span also. In the modern era, it is very rare to win 3 titles in a span of 5 years. Athletics did it in the 1970s. Yankees in the late 90s with their super team (they won 4, 3 of which were consecutive). And SF Giants in the 2010s (non-consecutive). That's it. That's the list.
