Shohei Ohtani - MLB

[ferrisbueller]

I'm not a baseball fan but this man looks like a once in a generation talent and is now being compared to Babe Ruth.

Currently League leader for home runs. And he's a pitcher.

Worth a watch.

[mikef]

Two homers at the Yankees last night. He’s averaging .278 for the season, benchmark for a batter is .300 (getting on base 3 out of 10 at-bats), not bad for a pitcher

[ArnageWRC]

Incredible; producing good stats as a pitcher, and as a hitter........I'm pretty sure he led off in a recent game. I assume at some point he was encouraged to give one of them up, as we know US sports love specialisation, but this guy is a throw back, when more players did both.

I love to see pitchers batting - when they manage to make contact, it stays hit; Bartolo Colon's home run a few years ago......hilarious.

To use a cricketing phrase, he's an 'all rounder'.....

Edited by ArnageWRC on Thursday 1st July 09:45

[ferrisbueller]

Now 30 HRs.

[ferrisbueller]

He's getting better.

[ArnageWRC]

He's a freak - and I mean that as a compliment. Absolutely astonishing the stats he's putting up.....

[ferrisbueller]

This is getting silly.

[mikef]

They just showed the first game on TNT (BT Sport) 4. He’s got some stuff. Will watch the HR’s later

[Don1]

He's astonishing. Shame he doesn't have a good team around him....

[ferrisbueller]

Injury has ended his season. Looks like he'll be looking for a new team, too.

[Don1]

Don't blame him. An amazing talent

[RiseUp]

Not a MLB watcher but saw the headline numbers for his new contract. Can you imagine the insurance on that? What if he slips and falls on a banana tomorrow? Does he get the $700 mill?

[ferrisbueller]

Monster contract. Great that he got his payday.


He's on his way back from injury now. I hope he fully recovers and stays fit. He's a phenomenon.
If he gets injured again, I assume he gets paid and the contract is underwritten somehow.

[DaveTheRave87]

Could be the baseball equivalent to Jacques Kallis, could be a great batter and pitcher not just a great all rounder.

[QuartzDad]

One hell of a bet against inflation; he's chosen to be paid $2m a year for the next 10 years and $68m a year for the following 10.

[InformationSuperHighway]

More of a bet on winning championships. The deferral will all th e dodgers to build a good team around him.

Financially he’d be better of taking the money but to win championships.. he needs to give the dodgers budget to spend.

Very smart.

He earns $45m a year from sponsors so I’m sure he’ll cope

[ferrisbueller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5waOI0DoQ&ab...

Same old!

[Don1]

His reputation has been tarnished recently with the issues around bettings and his interpreter and then the home run ball…. Dodgers aren’t helping.