Trevor Bauer sat in front of his camera and stated that he is second only to Shohei Ohtani, not for an All-Star spot and Cy Young, but, for daily views. The post “Behind Shohei Ohtani”: Polarizing Ace Shocking Claims He’s a Bigger Draw Than All MLB Teams Amid His Forced Exile appeared first on EssentiallySports.

No cap coming from former left fielder, Barry Bonds, to the next-gen superstar. The post “Why Change Something That’s Going Great?”: Shohei Ohtani Receives a Surprising Advice From MLB’s Home Run King appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Shohei Ohtani is set to pitch for the first time with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 season, although the plan is to take it easy and start in his role as designated hitter an

Trevor Bauer called Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani a "global superstar" and the most popular pitcher in the world.

Seven-time NL MVP and MLB legend Barry Bonds recently attended the 100th New York Baseball Writers Dinner, where the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) gives out its yearly awards. The event honored Bonds’ godfather,

It was announced last month that Bonds would be returning to sign cards for Topps. He has not signed a Topps card since 2017. The card shows Ohtani in his Los Angeles Dodgers uniform while Bonds is depicted in his San Francisco Giants uniform. These two sluggers have a combined 10 MVP Awards, which is astounding.

A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani's former ... Angeles Angels during the 2021 MLB lockout so he could keep speaking to Ohtani — he was rehired after a deal ...

Masataka Yoshida is one of the best designated hitters in the MLB. This year, he's one of just 11 players at the position projected to record 1.2 fWAR or more. The Boston Red Sox left fielder had a 115 wRC+ last year, and he's poised for another strong offensive campaign.

The former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani impersonated the Los Angeles Dodgers player numerous times to defraud him, according to federal prosecutors.

MLB teams have coveted Roki Sasaki since he broke Shohei Ohtani's Japanese high school record by reaching 101 mph with his fastball as a 17-year-old in 2019, part of a 194-pitch, 12-inning, 21-strikeout complete game in the national summer Koshien tournament.

The splitter is on the rise in Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers are cornering the market. Splitters were thrown more often in 2024 than in any other season of the pitch tracking era, which goes back to 2008.