Baseball / MLB May 10, 2019
Angels' Shohei Ohtani gets first two hits of season in rout of Tigers
Shohei Ohtani picked up his first hit of the season in a 2-for-4 showing at the plate and three Los Angeles Angels pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout of the Detroit Tigers in Thursday's 13-0 victory. Ohtani started in the No. 3 spot as the ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 12, 2019
Shohei Ohtani will make $650,000 with the Los Angeles Angels this season, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. Ohtani was among the 22 pre-arbitration players who signed major-league deals with the Angels. The 24-year-old will get a raise of $105,000 over last year, and ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 6, 2019
Shohei Ohtani's success paves new two-way street for players like Angels' Kaleb Cowart
by Jim Allen
Within the span of a few years, Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani has had a dramatic impact on the thinking of some major league clubs. Even after Ohtani hit 22 home runs in a two-way role for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2016, major league ...
Baseball / MLB Feb 13, 2019
Angels manager Brad Ausmus hopes to have Shohei Ohtani's bat back in May
Los Angeles Angels manager Brad Ausmus said Tuesday he hopes two-way star Shohei Ohtani will return to the lineup as a designated hitter for the American League team in May. "I'm not going to put a date on it, but we're thinking sometime in May," ...
Baseball / MLB Jan 6, 2019
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani encourages ailing boy Shohei, his parents
Los Angeles Angels player Shohei Ohtani on Saturday encouraged an ailing one-year-old boy, who shares the same given name, as well as his parents at a hospital in Japan. Ohtani presented Shohei Kawasaki, who needs a heart transplant due to cardiomyopathy, with a baseball he ...
Baseball / MLB Dec 5, 2018
Shohei Ohtani admits to lack of confidence despite historic year in MLB
Shohei Ohtani could rightfully be brimming with confidence following a historic rookie season, but the Los Angeles Angels' two-way talent said Tuesday he still feels uncertain about his success. The 24-year-old American League Rookie of the Year recently returned to Japan after undergoing offseason Tommy ...
Baseball / MLB Nov 22, 2018
Shohei Ohtani reflects on successful first year in Major League Baseball
by Jason Coskrey
A little over a year ago, Nov. 11, 2017, to be exact, Shohei Ohtani strode into a room full of journalists at the Japan National Press Club and told the world he was ready to head to MLB and hoped to one day become ...