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  • • Are the Tables Are Turning On the Lopez-Arraez Trade?
    Luis Arraez was unavoidable for most of the summer. ESPN rarely fixates on baseball unless they’re showing Shohei Otani highlights. MLB is a regional sport until the playoffs, which isn’t necessarily bad, but ESPN needs to appeal to a national audience. Still, when Arraez is flirting with a .400 batting average, it’s hard not to run a daily update....2023
  • • Ronald Acuña, Jr. Leads MLB All-Star Voting; Orlando Arcia, Sean Murphy Lead NL at Their Positions
    Ronald Acuña, Jr. leads all MLB players in All-Star votes. | Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Acuña, Jr. tops all vote-getters in the initial phase of 2023 All-Star Game voting. His Atlanta teammates Arcia and Murphy hold the voting lead in the NL at shortstop and catcher, respectively. The initial fan voting for the 2023 MLB All-Star game was released today with out...2023
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  • • Peter Schmuck: It wasn’t a pitched battle, but O’s fans got to see the greatest Shohei on earth
    It was supposed to be one of those marquee pitching matchups that haven’t passed this way very often over the last few years. Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Otani is a big draw wherever he goes and he was matched against one of the most anticipated young Oriole pitchers since Ben McDonald and Mike […]...2023
  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels
    The Los Angeles Angels come into the 2023 with a deeper lineup but with the long-term future of Shohei Otani still in question. | Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Angels are graced with two of baseball’s biggest stars, but will Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani get enough on-field support be able to lead Los Angeles to their first postseason berth since 2014? It was another disappointing...2023
  • • Kevin Durant’s fawning over Shohei Otani draws hilarious response from Trea Turner
    Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant said he is yearning to trade for Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani in MLB The Show, even at the expense of Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner. The Nats star responded in kind. Durant called Ohtani a “Different breed” last night, suggesting Turner might be out of a roster spot […] The post Kevin Durant’s fawning over Shohei Otani d...2021
  • • Five things MLB should steal from the Little League World Series
    It's time again for the Little League World Series — another opportunity for us middle-aged, former 12-year-old All-Stars to live vicariously through today's youth.Hope Major League Baseball is watching, too.Why? Because it might learn something from the little league game to perhaps spice things up a bit and even keep fans in the stands.Sure, the major league arms are stronger and uniforms fancie...2018

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Shohei Otani injury and suspension

  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels
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  • • Shohei Otani To Undergo Ankle Surgery
    Japanese star Shohei Otani is slated to undergo ankle surgery later this week, as the Japan Times was among those to report. It will address an injury that occurred this time last year, but has evidently lingered to some extent. Otani’s outlook does not figure to be impacted too much by the procedure, though it’ll add another…...2017
  • • Quick Hits: Otani, Ortiz, Bour, Yanks, A’s
    A left hamstring injury has limited Nippon Ham Fighters right-handed ace/left-handed slugger Shohei Otani to just eight games this year in what could be his final season in Japan. Otani’s going to stay on the shelf for a while longer, it seems, as Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times tweets that he won’t take…...2017
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  • • Japanese baseball sensation Shohei Otani to miss six weeks following thigh injury
    Otani missed the World Baseball Classic with a different injury...2017
  • • Latest On Shohei Otani
    There was hope last weekend that two-way Japanese superstar Shohei Otani would be on his way to the major leagues after next season, but it may be time to pump the brakes on that optimism. Major league officials met with international scouting directors Tuesday and informed them that there will be no special treatment for…...2016

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  • 2023
    "The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Otani, at designated hitter, is second overall and leads the American League."

  • 2021
    "Durant called Ohtani a “Different breed” last night, suggesting Turner might be out of a roster spot […] The post Kevin Durant’s fawning over Shohei Otani draws hilarious response from Trea Turner appeared first on ClutchPoints."

  • 2018
    "If Shohei Otani succeeds as a Major League hitter, he'll mostly face pitchers who don't come with a resume that includes three Cy Young Awards, a Most Valuable Player Award and seven All-Star selections."

  • 2017
    "The Nippon Ham Fighters, Shohei Otani’s team in Japan, announced that they will allow the star pitcher/slugger to come to the majors via the posting system, as the Japan Times was among the outlets to report."

  • 2016
    "The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are planning to post two-way superstar Shohei Otani after the 2017 season, according to a report from Sponichi (Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports has follow-up tweets)."

  • 2015
    "Caple: Is two-way star Shohei Otani Japan's next MLB export?"

  • 2014
    "Matt Shoemaker upstaged Japanese pitching sensation Shohei Otani as the Major League Baseball All-Stars beat Japan 3-1 on Tuesday in the final game of their five-game series."

Shohei Otani trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels
    2023
  • • Report: Yankees seen as favorites to sign Shohei Otani
    After winning the Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes in 2014, the New York Yankees could be back at it again this offseason.Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reported Thursday that many Yankees rivals see them as the “supreme favorite” to sign 23-year-old Japanese phenom Shohei Otani. He also adds that a Monday deadline has been set to determine whether or not Otani will be posted by his Nippon Ham Fighters th...2017
  • • Miles Mikolas Interested In Returning To MLB After Thriving In Japan
    While Shohei Otani rightly draws the majority of headlines when it comes to international free agents potentially making the jump to Major League Baseball, there’s another interesting righty that could try to transition from Nippon Professional Baseball star to MLB starter. Right-hander Miles Mikolas is now a free agent after wrapping up a successful three-year stint with…...2017
  • • Giants Notes: Otani, Sabean, Belt
    The Giants have seemingly signaled their intentions to partake in the Shohei Otani sweepstakes. As Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, GM Bobby Evans and AGM Jeremy Shelley each went to watch the 23-year-old Japanese star. While the Giants, like several other teams, would be limited to offering only a miserly $300K bonus to Otani,…...2017
  • • Nippon-Ham Fighters Planning To Post Shohei Otani After 2017 Season
    The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are planning to post two-way superstar Shohei Otani after the 2017 season, according to a report from Sponichi (Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports has follow-up tweets).  Should the team follow through next winter, Otani would immediately become one of the most sought-after members of the 2017-18 free agent class. Since the…...2016
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  • • Quick Hits: Otani, Archer, Rays, McCutchen, Bucs
    If Japanese ace Shohei Otani were a free agent this offseason, “He’d be by far the best pitcher on the market,” one general manager told Barry M. Bloom of MLB.com. Considering the current class lacks front-end starters, that’s not a surprise. However, the right-handed Otani would also draw plenty of interest on a robust market.…...2016

Shohei Otani stats and results

  • • Ronald Acuña, Jr. Leads MLB All-Star Voting; Orlando Arcia, Sean Murphy Lead NL at Their Positions
    2023
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Shohei Otani parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

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  • • Nippon Ham Fighters Announce They Will Allow Shohei Otani To Move To Majors
    The Nippon Ham Fighters, Shohei Otani’s team in Japan, announced that they will allow the star pitcher/slugger to come to the majors via the posting system, as the Japan Times was among the outlets to report. That does not quite make things official, as Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball continue to try to…...2017
  • • Reports From Japan Suggest Shohei Otani Will Request To Be Posted
    Japanese star pitcher/outfielder Shohei Otani has long been on the radar as one of the most talented players on the planet who isn’t already with a MLB organization. He stoked expectations before the season that he might ask his current team — the Nippon Ham Fighters — to make him available to major league clubs through…...2017
  • • Japanese phenom Shohei Otani will reportedly join an MLB team this offseason
    Otani is the world's best player who isn't in the majors...2017
  • • Poll: Who’ll Sign Shohei Ohtani?
    We have been covering Shohei Otani here at MLBTR since his first potential move to the majors — back in 2012, when he was a teenager. At that time, Ohtani decided to remain in Japan. Though an eventual posting always seemed likely, barriers arose along the way that made it seem he’d remain there a…...2017
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  • • Shohei Otani Hires CAA
    Young Japanese star Shohei Otani has hired Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to represent him in his planned move to the majors, according to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter). Nez Balelo will be the lead agent, per the report, who’ll help steward Otani through what promises to be a fascinating process. While…...2017
  • • Latest On Shohei Otani
    In the wake of Shohei Otani’s decision to hire a MLBPA-certified player representative, it seems that there’ll be a renewed push to figure out a way to resolve the impasse that has threatened to derail his planned move to the majors. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that there’s a sense that the move…...2017
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  • • Seibu Lions Reliever Kazuhisa Makita Could Become Available To MLB Teams
    The posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball remains in flux, creating some question as to whether vaunted right-hander/slugger Shohei Otani will ultimately be made available to big league clubs this offseason. Otani isn’t the only person whose shot at a Major League opportunity is in question, however; as the Japan…...2017
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  • • Ronald Acuña, Jr. Leads MLB All-Star Voting; Orlando Arcia, Sean Murphy Lead NL at Their Positions
    2023
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  • • Nippon-Ham Fighters Planning To Post Shohei Otani After 2017 Season
    2016
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  • • Shohei Otani is still MLB's biggest offseason question
    Shohei Otani is still MLB's biggest offseason question...2017
  • • How can Shohei Otani make up $200 million in squandered value?
    How can Shohei Otani make up $200 million in squandered value?...2017
  • • Shohei Otani will break the mold in fantasy and video games when he gets to MLB
    Otani's rare ability to hit and pitch will need to be accounted for in realms beyond real baseball...2017
  • • Negotiation Impasse Could Jeopardize Shohei Otani Posting
    Despite a variety of roadblocks, it has become widely assumed that Japanese star Shohei Otani would transition to the majors over the coming offseason. That possibility could now be in jeopardy, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports, owing to a dispute regarding the nature of the transfer rules that would govern the transaction.…...2017
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  • • MLB Ratifies New NPB Posting System, Formally Announces Shohei Ohtani Will Be Posted Today
    Major League Baseball announced today that owners of all 30 clubs have ratified a new posting system between MLB and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. The two sides also agreed to an extension of the previous posting system through Nov. 1, 2018, and MLB formally announced within its release that Shohei Otani will be posted by…...2017
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Shohei Otani schedule, game

  • • Are the Tables Are Turning On the Lopez-Arraez Trade?
    2023
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  • • Ronald Acuña, Jr. Leads MLB All-Star Voting; Orlando Arcia, Sean Murphy Lead NL at Their Positions
    2023
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  • • Peter Schmuck: It wasn’t a pitched battle, but O’s fans got to see the greatest Shohei on earth
    2023
  • • 2023 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels
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  • • Miles Mikolas Interested In Returning To MLB After Thriving In Japan
    2017
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  • • For Japan’s Hitting-Hurling Double Threat, a Complex Path to the Majors
    What stands between Shohei Otani and a star turn in the major leagues? Besides differences in training and culture, there are financial hurdles to transcend....2017
  • • Farrell eager to see Otani on MLB trip to Japan
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