Baseball is back! Well, sort of—spring training officially kicks off on Monday as pitchers and catchers report. The Los Angeles Dodgers, based in Glendale, Arizona, are already making headlines, particularly with the arrival of superstar Shohei Ohtani.

The decision is partly a matter of comfort, with Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto accustomed to pitching essentially once a week dating back to their time in Japan. It also factored prominently, the Dodgers believe, into their ability to land phenom Roki Sasaki this winter — like his countrymen, Sasaki is used to pitching on a once-per-week schedule.