The 22-year-old Otani is the best pitcher in the world not currently under contract with an MLB team. He went 10-4 with a 1.86 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 140 innings in 2016 -- he also hit .322 ...

Before you know it, the Dodgers will have won the 2018 World Series with Stanton's slugging and Otani's pitching and hitting. And you wonder, again, when and whether the things you missed actually ...

TOKYO (AP) Shohei Otani will not pitch for Japan in next month's World Baseball Classic because of injury, although he may still hit. Since helping the Nippon Ham Fighters win the Japan Series ...

Japanese superstar Shohei Otani will not play in the World Baseball Classic due to a right ankle ... Otani initially suffered the injury running the bases during Game 4 of the Japan Series Oct. 26.

Otani is the best player in the world who isn't in the ... player had been suffering from pain in his right ankle after he injured it while base running in Game 4 of the Japan Series on Oct. 26.

The belief was Shohei Ohtani wouldn't pitch for the Dodgers until after the All-Star break, but it instead happens one month ...

FUTTERMAN: In the buildup to the Series, probably no one will receive more attention than the Dodgers' Shohei Otani. Before the season, he signed the richest contract in sports history, choosing ...

Otani is even planning a special promotion if the Dodgers win the World Series. “Someday, I’d like to deliver this rice to Shohei Ohtani and have him try it,” he said.

TOKYO (AP) Shohei Otani will not pitch for Japan in next month's World Baseball Classic because of injury, although he may still hit. Since helping the Nippon Ham Fighters win the Japan Series ...

TOKYO -- Shohei Otani will not pitch for Japan in next month's World Baseball Classic because of injury, although he might still hit. Since helping the Nippon-Ham Fighters win the Japan Series in ...