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  • You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you think
    • You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you think
    The poster child for deferred money, Shohei Ohtani, waves at fans at Wrigley Field last April | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Deferrals gone wild in the name of being competitive hurts players and baseball Well, there go those Tanner Scott bolstering the backend of the Cubs bullpen hopes and dreams: Closer Tanner Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers in agreement on a four-year, $72 m...2025
  • Why Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers is bad for baseball
    • Why Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers is bad for baseball
    Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers are dominating in a way that cannot be good for the game’s future. By now, you’ve heard about Japanese star righthander Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers. It does seem like a foregone conclusion, doesn’t it? All of the meetings with other teams and travel to some cities besides Los Angeles seem like the proverbial dog-an...2025
  • Dave Roberts Let Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman Decide Dodgers Batting Order
    • Dave Roberts Let Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman Decide Dodgers Batting Order
    When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million contract, manager Dave Roberts was faced with the task of choosing a batting order that included three MVPs in the lineup. Instead of deciding for himself, Roberts let the players decide. “We called the three of them into the manager’s office at …...2025
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  • Is this a joke?
    • Is this a joke?
    Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Padres lost another one of their stars to the Dodgers this morning So if it wasn’t bad enough that Roki Sasaki—the Padres white whale this offseason—signed with the Dodgers a few days ago, how about Tanner Scott picking them? You gotta be kidding me https://t.co/zz6KEmyYYd pic.twitter.com/0w6ymkNbnO— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) J...2025
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  • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    Vinnie Pasquantino #9 celebrates with Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals after Perez hit a grand slam during the sixth inning of game two of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Looking at RBIs from a different angle and adding some context can show who the truly elite run p...2025
  • Baseball World Reacts to Roki Sasaki Choosing Dodgers as LA Builds Japan Superteam
    • Baseball World Reacts to Roki Sasaki Choosing Dodgers as LA Builds Japan Superteam
    The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off another blockbuster move by signing superstar free agent starting pitcher Roki Sasaki. The Japanese-born right-hander announced the news via his Instagram account. Shohei Ohtani reposted Roki Sasaki’s announcement on his Instagram story.The Team Japan WBC teammates are back together on the Dodgers. pic.twitter.com/DD87yK8gXR— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) Janua...2025
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  • Brewers 2025 international prospect signing tracker
    • Brewers 2025 international prospect signing tracker
    Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 2025 international free agent signing period is now open. Who have the Brewers signed? The Brewers haven’t had a ton of success historically with international signings. MLB.com’s list of the best international free agent signings of all time for each team lists Mariano Rivera, Shohei Ohtani, and Miguel Cabrera among other supe...2025
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  • Padres in final three for Roki Sasaki
    • Padres in final three for Roki Sasaki
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Not a shocker but it’s fun seeing San Diego being right there as we get closer to Sasaki signing The time we’ve all been waiting for is almost here. Roki Sasaki is nearing a decision on where he’s going to spend the first chapter of his big league career. Jeff Passan is reporting that the Padres are a finalist for the Japanese star. The finalists for Japan...2025
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  • Should the Dodgers Bring Back Joe Kelly to Fortify The Bullpen? Fans Sound Off
    • Should the Dodgers Bring Back Joe Kelly to Fortify The Bullpen? Fans Sound Off
    Perhaps the largest flaw the defending World Series champions dealt with in 2024 was relief pitching. Starting pitching was injury riddled on the road to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ eighth title, but with Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani set to take the mound in 2025 — not to mention the signing of Cy Young winner …...2025
  • Shohei Ohtani Hopes to Be Able to Pitch and Hit When Dodgers Open Season in Japan
    • Shohei Ohtani Hopes to Be Able to Pitch and Hit When Dodgers Open Season in Japan
    When Shohei Ohtani signed his massive 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers were anticipating his return to the mound for the start of the 2025 season. A shoulder injury during the World Series was thought to have pushed his timeline back a few weeks but that …...2024
  • • Ohtani has shoulder surgery after dislocation
    Shohei Ohtani had surgery Tuesday to repair a labrum tear after partially dislocating his shoulder during the World Series, the Dodgers announced....2024
  • • Dodgers' Ohtani (shoulder) to play in Game 3
    Shohei Ohtani has been cleared to play in Game 3 of the World Series after he suffered a shoulder injury late in the Dodgers' Game 2 win....2024
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  • • Ohtani exits Game 2 with injury on slide attempt
    Shohei Ohtani appeared to suffer an injury to his left shoulder while sliding into second base on a steal attempt in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the Yankees on Saturday night....2024
  • Dodgers Invite Fan, Husband Back After Pressuring Her to Surrender Ohtani Home Run Ball
    • Dodgers Invite Fan, Husband Back After Pressuring Her to Surrender Ohtani Home Run Ball
    The Los Angeles Dodgers took some heat for their treatment of the fan who caught Shohei Ohtani’s first home run as a Dodger on Wednesday night. Ambar Roman described her experience to Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain on Thursday. After denying her request to have Ohtani sign and return the authenticated baseball, Dodger Stadium staff bartered …...2024
  • The Daily Belli watch: 25 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    • The Daily Belli watch: 25 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Happy Monday! After giving the Daily Belli watch the weekend off, here we sit on Monday morning with Cody Bellinger still a free agent, and the Cubs still the best match for his talents. But wait! This Los Angeles Times article from Saturday says the Angels might be interested in Bellinger: Bellinger could replace a chunk — but not all — of Ohtani’s pow...2024
  • Ronald Acuña wins the MLBPA Player of the Year Award and deserves them all and more
    • Ronald Acuña wins the MLBPA Player of the Year Award and deserves them all and more
    Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports NL Outstanding Player & Player of the Year Award, MVP, Cy Young Award, 40/70 wing in Cooperstown, Baseball Ambassador to the UN, just give it to him In case you missed after the Braves lost in the playoffs for the 21st time in 33 season. Ronald Acuña is good at baseball. How good? Really good. Really really super elite. 26.7 career WAR. Blistering speed. More b...2023
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Shohei Ohtani lifestyle

  • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
      Greetings in the last few hours of what I think was the very real year of 2024.It's difficult to tell what's real and what's not these days. Just yesterday I saw a report that said the brilliant minds that run Facebook and Instagram plan to infiltrate both social media sites with AI-generated users. This kind of stuff freaks me out. I've seen very real cases of people I know being fooled by...2025
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Just over a year removed from a disappointing offseason that saw the club emerge as a finalist for Shohei Ohtani but ultimately come up just short, the Blue Jays are once again in the midst of a difficult offseason where star players have repeatedly signed elsewhere despite aggressive pursuits from Toronto’s front office."

  • 2024
    "The interpreter for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday after questions surrounding at least $4."

  • 2023
    "Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani has a tear in an elbow ligament and will not pitch for the rest of the season, GM Perry Minasian said."

  • 2022
    "Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays"

  • 2021
    "Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris suspended indefinitely after using fake accent before Shohei Ohtani at-bat"

  • 2020
    "The Angels hope to turn Shohei Ohtani back into a two-way performer rather early in the 2020 season — just not quite as soon as might have been hoped."

  • 2019
    "The Angels' Shohei Ohtani completed the final step in his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and will return to Japan, where he'll recover for his anticipated return to a two-way role next season."

  • 2018
    "The Shohei Ohtani effect? Angels to lower right-field wall Angel Stadium by 10 feet"

  • 2017
    "Shohei Ohtani, a 23-year-old Japanese right-hander with a 100 mph fastball and devastating left-handed swing, picked the Angels over six other teams, his agent said on Friday."

  • 2016
    "Thanks to a potential loophole in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, Shohei Ohtani may be coming to the United States following the 2017 season, according to reports."

  • 2015
    "Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six shutout innings to lead Japan to a 5-0 win over South Korea on Sunday morning in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12 tournament."

  • 2014
    "Barring something unforeseen, Samurai Japan pitcher Shohei Ohtani of the Nippon-Ham Fighters will be a big leaguer someday."

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Shohei Ohtani trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you think
    2025
  • • Why Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers is bad for baseball
    2025
  • • Dave Roberts Let Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman Decide Dodgers Batting Order
    2025
  • • Is this a joke?
    2025
  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    2025
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  • • Baseball World Reacts to Roki Sasaki Choosing Dodgers as LA Builds Japan Superteam
    2025
  • • Raiding Japan
    The Athletics continue to make waves in the markets, this time signing an 18-year-old two-way player from Japan: Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes […...2025
  • • Japanese 2-way player Morii, 18, to sign with A's
    Hoping to become a two-way player in MLB just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics....2025
  • • Brewers 2025 international prospect signing tracker
    2025
  • Nationals history: Alfonso Soriano’s iconic 40-40 season
    • Nationals history: Alfonso Soriano’s iconic 40-40 season
    James Lang-Imagn Images Remembering the greatest season in the Nationals early history These days, we are seeing an increase in 40 home run, 40 stolen base seasons. Since the implementation of new rules in 2023, both Ronald Acuna Jr., and Shohei Ohtani have joined the exclusive club. However, before the new rules, there had not been a 40-40 season since 2006. That was when Alfonso Soriano ...2025
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Shohei Ohtani stats and results

  • • Why Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers is bad for baseball
    2025
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  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    2025
  • Thursday Rockpile: Can Rockies fans root for other teams?
    • Thursday Rockpile: Can Rockies fans root for other teams?
    Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 9, 2025 As often happens to my rotted brain, a piece of social media caught my attention this week. With news swirling that Nolan Arenado may be soon to depart the Midwest in favor of a trip out east to join the Boston Red Sox and, maybe more importantly, reunite with former Colorado costar Trevor Story...2025
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  • • Simply put: Braves are the best in June 2023
    Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was literally the best month for the Braves franchise since the start of the 20th century. I don’t think anyone ever goes back to read any of these monthly recaps, but if one were to do so, the very first part of each would give them a refresher about how the month went relative to expectations. I have a feeling that no one i...2023
  • • Shohei Ohtani is doing things baseball hasn’t seen in 130 years
    Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports It’s Shohei’s world, we’re just living in it I don’t know if you’ve heard, but that Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good at this baseball thing. The Los Angeles Angels all world pitcher/DH is one of, if not the best player in baseball, and he’s hit a completely different level this season. Through Friday, Ohtani is tied for the MLB lead in home runs, while also ...2023
  • • The Cubs used to be fun. What happened?
    Christopher Morel celebrates a home run on May 23 | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The team’s struggles continued as they were swept by the Angels The Cubs were swept by the Angels and every loss seemed utterly predictable and inevitable. There was the giving up a four-run lead loss as the bullpen imploded (yet again) on Tuesday, followed by the spectre o...2023
  • Ohtani pitches gem, has RBI, scores in 2-1 win
    • Ohtani pitches gem, has RBI, scores in 2-1 win
    Shohei Ohtani pitched seven scoreless innings, drove in one run and scored another to help the Angels beat the Mariners on Saturday night....2022
  • • Giancarlo Stanton’s absence further proved Aaron Judge is the AL MVP
    Though the New York Yankees necessarily haven’t had the results to show for it, Aaron Judge has done his best to carry the roster over the last month. Shohei Ohtani might be the game’s literal most valuable player because of his ability to excel on both sides of the ball, but take Judge away from […] Giancarlo Stanton’s absence further proved Aaron Judge is the AL MVP - Yan...2022
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  • • Angels Not Planning To Move Ohtani
    Although teams are calling the Angels about the availability of two-way standout Shohei Ohtani, the Angels have no plans to move their international superstar, per Jon Morosi of the MLB Network (via Twitter). The Angels are again mired in a disappointing season, one that has already resulted in the firing of manager Joe Maddon. At…...2022
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  • • White Sox pitcher Mike Wright suspended three games for plunking Angels' Shohei Ohtani
    Manager Tony La Russa was also banned for a game as a result of Wright's act...2021
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  • • You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you think
    2025
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  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    2025
  • • Thursday Rockpile: Can Rockies fans root for other teams?
    2025
  • Best Dodgers Murals to Visit in Los Angeles: Shohei Ohtani, Kiké, Fernándo Valenzuela and More
    • Best Dodgers Murals to Visit in Los Angeles: Shohei Ohtani, Kiké, Fernándo Valenzuela and More
    From the moment the Los Angeles Dodgers arrived at Camelback Ranch in 2024 up until those final 3 outs in New York from Walker Buehler, they provided fans with memories that will be passed through generations.The city of Los Angeles has gone through so much in the 2000’s and even the sole World Series that …...2025
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  • Dodgers Notes: Best Moments of 2024, Shohei Ohtani’s Goal, LA’s Top Target Revealed
    • Dodgers Notes: Best Moments of 2024, Shohei Ohtani’s Goal, LA’s Top Target Revealed
    Happy New Years, Dodgers Nation! While 2024 was a nearly perfect year for the Los Angeles Dodgers, we at Dodgers Nation decided to pick the top 24 moments of the year. What do you think was the Dodgers’ top moment of 2024? Also, Shohei Ohtani recently revealed one of his biggest goals of the 2024 …...2025
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  • • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    2025
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  • • Simply put: Braves are the best in June 2023
    2023
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  • • The Cubs used to be fun. What happened?
    2023
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  • • An MLB umpire mocked a challenge into a hot mic, then overturned their incorrect call
    An MLB ump was caught mocking a Marlins challenge into a hot mic before overturning the call. Replay review remains a fiercely debated topic even years after being adopted by every major sports league in America. On one hand, it’s great that referees and umpires can consult video replay to make sure they get calls correct. On the other, it slows the game down and often loses the momentum of what’s...2023

Top Shohei Ohtani news

  • • Prized prospect Ohtani to sign with Angels
    2017
  • Ohtani's interpreter fired, 'massive theft' alleged
    • Ohtani's interpreter fired, 'massive theft' alleged
    The interpreter for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday after questions surrounding at least $4.5 million in wire transfers sent from Ohtani's bank account to a bookmaking operation set off a series of events....2024
  • • Yankees out of running to sign Ohtani
    Shohei Ohtani will not be wearing pinstripes next season, as his representatives informed the Yankees that they will not be among the teams invited to make an in-person presentation, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch....2017
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  • • Yankees out of running to sign Ohtani
    Shohei Ohtani will not be wearing pinstripes next season, as his representatives informed the Yankees that they will not be among the teams invited to make an in-person presentation, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch....2017
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  • • Shohei Ohtani done pitching in '23 due to elbow tear
    2023
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  • • Angels To Sign Shohei Ohtani
    Shohei Ohtani has decided to sign with the Angels, agent Nez Balelo of CAA Baseball announced today. Balelo issued the following statement on his client’s decision: “This morning, after a thorough, detailed process, Shohei Ohtani has decided to sign with the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei is humbled and flattered by all the time and effort that so…...2017
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  • • Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris suspended indefinitely after using fake accent before Shohei Ohtani at-bat
    Morris apologized on the air when Ohtani came up to bat in the ninth after the sixth inning remark...2021
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  • • Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays
    Ohtani had never hit a grand slam in either MLB or Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...2022
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Shohei Ohtani fantasy rankings and news

  • • Assessing the bust potential of Shohei Ohtani in fantasy
    Now that we know how Shohei Ohtani will work as an ESPN Fantasy Baseball player, many managers will be ready to draft him early for their roto or head-to-head categories league rosters. Here's why you should think twice about spending big on the rookie....2018
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  • • The case for not drafting Shohei Ohtani in fantasy baseball
    Shohei Ohtani could break fantasy baseball as a talented two-way player, but that's only one of the possible outcomes for the rookie. If you play in a points league, there are some reasons to lower expectations for the Angels' newest star....2018
  • • How you can utilize Shohei Ohtani in ESPN Fantasy Baseball leagues
    Shohei Ohtani has sparked the imagination of baseball fans everywhere as his ability to both hit and pitch sits him apart from nearly everyone else in Major League Baseball. But what can you expect from this one-of-a-kind player in ESPN's fantasy game?...2018
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  • • You should be mad about the Dodgers spending — but not for the reasons you think
    2025
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  • • Dave Roberts Let Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman Decide Dodgers Batting Order
    2025
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  • • Is this a joke?
    2025
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  • • Vinnie Pasquantino might have been the best RBI guy in baseball last year
    2025
  • • Baseball World Reacts to Roki Sasaki Choosing Dodgers as LA Builds Japan Superteam
    2025
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  • Dodgers Notes: Roki Sasaki Latest, Shohei Ohtani $500,000 Donation, Brent Honeywell to Return?
    • Dodgers Notes: Roki Sasaki Latest, Shohei Ohtani $500,000 Donation, Brent Honeywell to Return?
    The Los Angeles Dodgers have their entire attention fixated on Roki Sasaki right now. The team is hoping he chooses L.A. over the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays. On Thursday, there were plenty of updates on Sasaki’s timeline to sign, and each team’s confidence in him joining their squad. Moreover, Dodgers starting pitcher …...2025
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  • • Brewers 2025 international prospect signing tracker
    2025
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: Can Rockies fans root for other teams?
    2025
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  • What Does the Dodgers Lineup Look Like With Teoscar Hernandez Back?
    • What Does the Dodgers Lineup Look Like With Teoscar Hernandez Back?
    Now that the Los Angeles Dodgers locked down outfielder Teoscar Hernández for the next few seasons, there is a general idea of what the 2025 lineup will look like. More news: Teoscar Hernández Reveals Why It Took So Long to Sign With Dodgers Here’s what the Dodgers lineup could look like next season: 1. Shohei Ohtani, …...2025
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  • The Daily Belli watch: 16 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    • The Daily Belli watch: 16 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Today I will share a rumor, and tell you why it’s probably nothing. Since we last met here, a day ago, there has been much kerfuffle made about what appears to be a throwaway comment buried way at the bottom of a long Sunday notes column by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale: Several executives think the Philadelphia Phillies could be a sleeper for one of the r...2024
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Shohei Ohtani rumors, scandals

  • Shohei Ohtani investigation: MLB begins formal probe into gambling scandal, Dodgers star can still play
    • Shohei Ohtani investigation: MLB begins formal probe into gambling scandal, Dodgers star can still play
    Ohtani remains an active player...2024
  • Shohei Ohtani declines comment on interpreter scandal, Dodgers stay quiet after firing Ippei Mizuhara
    • Shohei Ohtani declines comment on interpreter scandal, Dodgers stay quiet after firing Ippei Mizuhara
    There are plenty of questions involving Ohtani's now-former interpreter, but there were no answers Thursday...2024
  • • The Daily Belli watch: 16 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener
    2024
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  • • The Cubs used to be fun. What happened?
    2023
  • • Shohei 7: Latest buzz on two-way star Ohtani
    As the Hot Stove heats up, all eyes are on Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani. His Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, posted him on Friday, and Ohtani has until Dec. 22 to sign with a Major League team....2017
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