Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平) News, MLB's Top 3 most concerning teams & more 

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Ohtani isn’t used to having guys on base with Angels so he’s having trouble with hitting with RISP.

Ohtani in summer is scary. It is said that as time goes by, RISP-BA is getting closer to the average for its skill level. This means that RISP-BA will be getting closer to batting average for the season. In addition, his xwOBA suggests that his home run pace will gradually revive.

I feel like the Dong Bong didn't get enough love this episode

Ben and Alex. You guys rock. Great show

Shohei is the greatest. Such a sweetheart of a guy too. I love those videos of him and Yoshi in the dugout doing their little handshakes and when Shohei puts his arm around his little friend. It’s nice to see he has that with what happened to him. He didn’t deserve what Ippei did to him.

You can’t win it in April, but you can lose it.

Shotime!

The Dong Bong is still in use. It is in the bullpen and each reliever picks a player and drinks when their player hits a homerun. The Dong Bong lives on!!!

P diddy licking his lips wanting to be a dodger when she said “Ohtani opening himself up to his new teammates” 😂😂

Hydration Station. The Dong Bong is in the bullpen for now. Literally. Like the pitchers each have an assigned player and rip the bong if their guy hits a dinger

Quickly becoming my go-to for baseball segments! 🎉

Alex out here tryna get Ben yelled at by Mama V for cussing on air 😅😅😂😂 #DFL

DFL!! Gonna start including that in my daily vocabulary lol.

I’m going to give a shoutout to Mauricio Dubón. He’s never going to make player of the week because he’s a utility player, but please take a look at his batting average and slugging percentage with RISP. He is dominating. Mauricio deserves some love.

i'm here for all the giggles before bad news about the astros! 😂

Great listen. Yall should have more views

There's plenty to be concerned about with my Astros, Ben. We'll get Justin back this weekend, so we'll see how he does. And it's only a matter of time before Joey Loperfido makes it to the Show.

No disrespect to Ohtani but Ozuna is on pace for a 10.6WAR….AS A DH AS WELL

Why do Otani's batted balls fly so far despite his seemingly light swing? Ohtani's hitting form looks quite different from that of many other major leaguers who swing with the power of their upper arms. Ohtani's swing form is unique in that there is not much power in his upper arms or upper body. The three characteristics of Ohtani's swing are what we see. (1) Natural dynamic vision to see the movement of the ball, (2) A stable and smooth swing trajectory that does not shake his body axis due to his overwhelming strength of his torso, lower body, legs, and hips, (3) Instantly finds the best timing for hitting the ball and captures the timing with certainty. These three things are performed with a big body that has been trained through diet and training for the past 10 years. As a result, he can hit a moving ball as far with a steady and efficient swing as if it were a driver shot of a stationary golf ball. Ohtani's hitting style is characterized by his ability to instantly find the optimal sweet spot for a pitch coming into the hitting zone, and to ensure that he hits the ball just right. His swing appears stable, smooth, and unshakeable, with no effort until the follow-through, when he captures the best timing to ensure that he hits the ball at the right moment. Despite this, the ball flies a long way. This is because the power generated by the swing trajectory is efficiently concentrated on a single point on the ball without waste and converted into the ball's flying power. Ohtani is able to hit the ball this way because, first, he has an unshakeable torso axis and strong legs and lower body, and second, he has good dynamic vision, which is the reason for his excellent pitch selection.（His good eye for the ball, which is the result of his natural dynamic vision.） He trains not only his upper body but also his lower body intensively, so that his legs and back, core, and axis are stable when he swings, and his body does not shake with the force of the swing. This is due to the strength of his well-trained legs and back muscles. If we compare Shohei Ohtani's swing with that of other sluggers, focusing on the relationship between the upper and lower body, we can see a significant difference during the swing. Many players swing with their upper bodies with great force and hit the ball, but when they follow through, their lower bodies, which are supported by an open stride, are defeated by the rotational force of the swing of the upper body, which has a longer trajectory than the stride, and in many cases their feet flop or their lower bodies are jolted by the swing. However, when looking at the follow-through of Otani's swing after hitting a just-meet shot, the lower body hardly swings at all, and the body axis remains stable, smooth, and clean. Naturally, like other hitters, Otani's upper arm movement should be greater and stronger than that of his lower body, but the overwhelming muscular strength of his lower body, including the length of his legs, absorbs and supports the impact of the swing trajectory of his upper body. When we compare the upper and lower body movements, we see that his lower body strength overwhelmingly outweighs his upper body strength. This is what seems to mechanically affect the distance of the ball when Ohtani hits it. (Ohtani: lower body strength >= upper body swing, other hitters: upper body swing >= lower body) In his case, being a pitcher from a young age may have contributed to the strength of his torso and legs and back. To reduce the burden on their overworked arms and shoulders, pitchers intentionally focus on training to strengthen the lower body, including the legs and hips, which stabilize the trunk and axis. In his case, more than 10 years of training as a pitcher since his boyhood may have formed his overwhelming core stability and leg and hip strength, and may have had a positive effect on his hitting form. If so, this may be the result of his pursuit of becoming a pitcher and hitter at the same time, a dual role that is very difficult to achieve. Another factor that may have contributed to his hitting is the way Japanese high school baseball education is conducted. Japanese high school baseball hitting instruction often adopts the "meat hitting" method. The bodies of Japanese high school students are often thin and without muscle strength, as they have not yet fully matured. In teaching these skinny and weak students to hit the ball, they often teach them to hit the ball at the best time, rather than hitting it with their upper arm strength. In other words, they teach them the "meat hitting" method, in which the ball is surely caught at the sweet spot and sent flying far away by its repulsive force. This approach is similar to the swing theory of hitting long shots in golf. In other words, this method has much in common with the theory of hitting the ball on the club's sweet spot and converting the acceleration of the club head into the force of the ball's flight with a stable swing trajectory that does not sway the axis. In Japanese youth baseball, a coach often uses this phrase when coaching skinny, ineffective players, "Don't swing hard for home runs. Aim for a single hit first, and think that a home run is an accidental extension of a single hit (when the conditions are right). The important thing is to hit the ball with a high probability of catching the center of the ball and making sure you hit it." He is now putting these theories into practice in the MLB with a body much larger than that of the average Japanese boy, which he has built up through self-discipline.

my observation about ohtani not familiar with seeing baserunners has been taken

Shohei needs to do 50-50 , i.e. 50 home runs & 50 steals. Put him in lead-off and put Mookie 2nd. Shohei is the fastest runner in Dodgers, faster Mookie. He was leading off when he was in Japan.

(36:44)- Correction: St. Louis Browns

Alex knows whats up. Teach Ben the ways of punk rock.

As a Houstonian and Astros fan, when they signed Abreu for that much, warning flags were popping up immediately. Last year, he didn't really start producing for the team until very late into the season. Unfortunately they are stuck with him. I don't see how they can trade him, not with that salary, and lack of performance. Do they bench him, or send him down to Sugar Land? They would still need a 1st baseman, as I don't think Jon Singleton is a good fit there either. The bullpen for them is a completely different story. The performances from bullpen is just shocking. In the offseason, when I heard that we got Hader, and we'd have Abreu, Pressly, and Hader, I was pumped. Those three should be locking in games on a regular basis. Hate to say it, time to press the panic button. They need to make changes and soon, or this team will not make the playoffs.

9-10 and won 5 of the last 7 and thats a top 3 most concerning team? They started slow and are still 1 GB of the division, not sure how thats a top 3 concerning team. They are already turning the ship

Ms are gunna figure it out! Julio hits his first homer this series mark my words. Emerson Luis and George all start and will most definitely shove this series.

Dodger are fine 😂😂 3 weeks into a long as season. 1st place…. And they’re having a bunch of pitching reinforcements coming . Kershaw, buehler, Trinen, graterol, May,Sheehan.

As an Astros fan, when we let Stanek, Maton, and Neris walk for one super star closer, i was very concerned. Then having our whole pitching staff go on the IL has not helped. Right now it only feels like Javier and Blanco can put us in a position to win, assuming the bullpen doesn’t absolutely blow it. It does feel like the astros are cooling down .

I'm concerned about the LA Dodgers

I had to skip the first 13 minutes of this video

Be concerned about the padres….

翔平は打率にこだわりを持った。爆発する6月まで、ある程度打率をキープできてれば、三冠王をとれる。 得点圏も爆上りだ

Why is a team 1 game out of first place in a division led by the defending champs a top 3 most concerning team?? Make it make sense!!

I read that in Japanese Ohtani means (Oh) Big or Large (Tani) Valley and Shohei means flying boy. How apropos is that huh?

Great for a guy who doesn't have to play defense, what a joke 🙄

Are we forgetting that his interpreter's original testimony meant Ohtani broke the rules Ben and Alex? Or are we just accepting whichever version of the testimony puts Oh in the clear?

8.5 but I still don't think he's hitting as well as he's going to be hitting. We've seen nothing yet. It only gets better.

Naw. Dodgers ain't winning. He's hurt Dodgers with his distractions.

Ben is the biggest Ohtani meat rider

he sucks lol only 4 hrs so far

This dude gets defensive af for the astros and then salivates for Ohtani 😂

Look, this is Baseball. With that being said Ohtani will level out, hes not going to have 8.0 WAR.