Ohtani became the first player in league history to tally 50 home runs and stolen bases in the same season, inventing MLB's 50/50 club. He accomplished that while recovering from UCL surgery, which prevented Ohtani from contributing on the mound last season, when he served as LA's designated hitter in 159 games played.
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Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese rookie phenom Sasaki made a different call.
Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers stacked their rotation this offseason to deal with potential injuries, which had plagued them in the second half of their title-winning run in 2024.
Shohei Ohtani will be back on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2025, and the benefits stretch beyond his well-documented abilities as a pitcher.
A new piece of evidence has come to light after the Dodgers star was deceived by his interpreter, who stole nearly $20 million.
A nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani 's former interpreter ... Mizuhara famously resigned from the Los Angeles Angels during the 2021 MLB lockout so he could ...
LOS ANGELES ... then go yell at the … Angels. Maybe you’ve already forgotten – sometimes it feels like people have – but once upon a time, Shohei Ohtani turned down the Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Dodgers ran the gauntlet and won the World Series in 2024, all with Shohei ... as well. Ohtani made 23 starts on the mound in his final season with the Angels, posting a 3.14 ...
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.
MLB free agency has already seen multiple star players switch teams. Headlined by Juan Soto's decision to sign a record 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, this MLB offseason has been a busy one.
Franchise players don’t come around too often. True superstars who capture not only local fans, but the league as a whole. The Los Angeles Angels landed theirs in the first round of the 2009 draft when they selected Mike Trout 25th overall.