A new record has been set in the world of sports memorabilia with the sale of Shohei Otani's 50th home run ball for an astounding $4.4 million at auction. This ball is not only valuable for its ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 19: Starting pitcher Shohei Otani (R) #16 of Japan high fives with infielder Nobuhiro Matsuda (L) #3 after the top of sixth inning during the WBSC Premier 12 semi final ...

Shohei Ohtani, the LA Dodger slugger who won the National League MVP last year, is a baseball superstar and a global phenom for the sport. He will also be the first MLB player to make his way into ...

If Otani were to wait until he turned 25, his MLB contract would easily be nine figures. Instead, he wants to prove himself at 23, so teams have to treat him the same way they would a 16-year-old ...

SHOHEI Otani is what this current free-agent market lacks. He is a young, talented starter — already perceived as one of the best pitchers in the world — with the fringe benefit that he ...

Reporting from Arlington, Texas — Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani has been cleared to face pitchers, the last stage in his return to the lineup as a hitter. Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who ...

There is a great deal of unknown when a player comes from abroad to play in the major leagues, and Shohei Otani, the Japanese Babe Ruth, is no exception. So the Daily News reached out to Japan Time… ...

Since making his pro debut at age 18 in 2013, Otani has appeared in 80 games on the mound, 77 of those as a starter. He has allowed just 371 hits over 517.2 innings with 595 strikeouts.

Shohei Otani AP. A second item is how much teams are fixating on what is needed to create peak individual performance. In no area is that being investigated more than with how to best deploy pitchers.

TOKYO — Shohei Otani is likely to leave Japan and sign with a Major League Baseball team after this season, multiple reports in Japanese media said Wednesday, a move that would cost the 23-year ...

On the mound Otani went 10-4 with a 1.86 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 140 innings in 2016. And on the days he didn’t pitch, he hit .322/.416/.588 with 22 home runs in 382 plate appearances as the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese pitcher Shohei Otani added to his reputation as a powerful hitter on Sunday when he hit a fly ball that didn't come down. Otani's towering fly ball in the seventh inning of ...