A lot of gaps in this rapid run through Ohtani's history. It deals more with his time in Japan and skips showing him lead Team Japan in the WBC last year, an accomplishment he obviously loved. How good is he? World-class, once in a lifetime, a supreme talent who already deserves his own room in the Hall of Fame.
That HALF of Ohtani in his recovery year is about to win the goddamn MVP as just DH. That’s Shohei Ohtani. Unparalleled greatness. And he’s doing it in the modern era, in a thousand times more competitive league filled with so many crazy talent. Even the level of athletes has drastically changed in all of sports. This ain’t the 50s or 60s or 70s or 80s or even the 90s
He’s great and if you don’t see that now? You don’t know baseball. We’ll see if he gets a hundred percent. I really like him and his wife. Both athletes ⚾️🏀
700million is a lot of money but Dodgers already got fair a few good Japanese sponsors coz Ohtani is playing for Dodgers and I am sure there will be many more to come plus merchandise sales etc.
he won't receieve 97% of that money until his 10th year with the dodgers. Which I get it ohtanis team made that offer to them but it's is bullshit to essentially lock in the best all around player in baseball and if things don't last you can cut him short for almost nothing
@@dislikebutton5748 lol, that's not how it works. Even if he plays 1 game a season, they will still have to pay him. If they cut him, they still need to pay him all that money.
I have the luxury of watching this video near the end of the 2024 regular season. Ohtani became the sixth player to make the 40/40 club, and then started the first ever 50/50 club. He anointed the 50/50 club while having what many consider the best game of baseball ever, collecting 5 metrics in a single game that no player has ever obtained in their career (each stat in 1 game but the 5 permitted to be obtained at any game, with or without the other stats in the same game).
From Hank's "I Had A Hammer": Of the ten National League batting leaders of the sixties, seven were black or Latin. Of the ten National League home run leaders of the sixties, ten were black or Latin. A white player did not even finish second in home runs during the 1960s. Totaling the top five places each year in each category, thirty-seven of fifty batting leaders and forty-one of fifty home run leaders were black or Latin-giving a staggering 78 percent domination to the groups in the distinct minority. *** What would the National League have been like in my time without black players? Who would have been the greatest home run hitters if I had not been in the league, or Mays or Banks or Frank Robinson or Willie McCovey or Orlando Cepeda or Willie Stargell or Billy Williams or Richie Allen? I'll tell you. The white player who hit the most home runs in the National League in the 1960s was Ron Santo, who was almost fifty ahead of the next white player, Eddie Mathews. With no black players in the game, Ron Santo-who is not in the Hall of Fame-would have stood well above all the other home run hitters in the league during his time. Lastly, perhaps cut plumbers and mailmen some slack. I mean, one can peruse my one LA Rams game program from way back in the day and learn that in the 70s pretty much the entire starting offensive line sold insurance in the off-season. A man has to support his family and when the game doesn't pay enough... Almost forgot, but re the rings thing, if the idiots follow that to its logical conclusion, then Trent Dilfer, Jeff Hostetler and Nick Foles were all better than Dan Marino since they all won a ring while Dan did not.
Already he has proven marketing value, Ohtani is the savior and god of baseball. Kuriyama believed in his talent and nurtured him. Joe Maddon believed in his talent and helped him blossom. Joe didn't make rules for him to rest, he gave Ohtani freedom. We should be grateful to see such great talent in our era.
13:32 No serious baseball analyst ever compares the number of rings of a pre-expansion player (Babe Ruth) to one in the modern era (Ohtani). Before 1961, there were only 8 teams in the AL and 8 teams in the NL for a total of 16 teams, with the exception of 1915 with the Federal League lawsuit. Today, there are 30 teams in baseball. There's a reason why all the record ring holders played before 1961, e.g. Yogi, Ruth, DiMaggio, Gehrig, etc. Due to the smaller pool, it's not uncommon for teams to win 3 or more WS titles within a span of 5 years before 1961. Philadelphia Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, and Dodgers all did it. Yankees did it multiple times. Cubs won a back to back WS. So did the NY Giants. NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Tigers all have 3 losing WS appearances within a 5 year span also. In the modern era, it is very rare to win 3 titles in a span of 5 years. Athletics did it in the 1970s. Yankees in the late 90s with their super team (they won 4, 3 of which were consecutive). And SF Giants in the 2010s (non-consecutive). That's it. That's the list.
right now he’s top 1 in avg/slugging/ops. Last year he is top 1 in slugging/ops. so i would say he’s literally number 1 for now. theres so much pitching talent rn though that i will just put him top 15.
@@jesuswasbrown6960 analytical number say otherwise. Last year he was easily a top five hitter. He was top five in wins above replacement as a hitter alone, and that was just with 5 months played out of six. He was near the top in home runs, runs bad in, batting average, on base plus slugging percentage. I don't know what other metric you want for a top hitter. This year he's top five in the league in many of those same categories. He seems to favor on base plus slugging percentage and pure on base percentage as his top categories. The guy can flat out hit
when you say "how good is he compared with the 700 mil contract for the ten years", you have to mention more on his market value. How many more people are coming to the stadium, and how much their shops sales are for Ohtani goods. I think I heard those additional market sales only will surpass the 700 mil in a few years
He's only collecting 3% of that $700,000,000 for ten years to allow the Dodgers to get high caliber players. Ohtani just upped it again. What a world class person. It's no wonder Japanese society are so civilized.
Koshien is nothing like March Madness. Summer Koshien is the largest sporting event in Japan. It's like a religious gathering. The Hanshin Tigers, the professional team that plays at Koshien stadium, are forced to leave and play elsewhere for the high school tournament. There's nothing like it anywhere in the world. Also, his name is Roki Sasaki, not Rory.
😂So after you made this VTR, you still don't know how good he is. Ohtani was leading most hitting stat including OPS, HR, 2B, hitting avg, Slugging, hits, total base hits before he a pick-off throw was purposely hit his hamstring and an injury lasts for almost 10 days. Even the injury affected his batting form & batting avg, Ohtani still leads NL league OPS, hit, and batting avg. Ohtani's batting power is almost recovered and later he would be more productive like before his injury. Ohtani has proved to Dodgers fans and MLB and the world that he worths every single penny of the 700m contract even his pitching hasn't started till 2025 as scheduled. Besides, you truly knew NOTHING about Ohtani's crazy economic powers and true marketing influences to his teams and the LA city and related businesses from millions of Japanese people and Ohtani fans in the world. Since April '24 there were 11 Japanese or Japan related coop signed several yrs sponsor contracts with Dodgers, all new sponsors were attracted by Ohtani. And more contracts are still coming in almost every week so far. With those JP ad contracts in stadium alone, Dodgers would probably earned 1 billion in 2 yrs. Besides Ohtani's good/jerseys(best sold in MLB), ticket sales, raise in ticket, price, and crazy sales of new foods in Dodgers stadium, even many opponent stadiums are also packed with Dodgers & Ohtani fans (though most incomes are distributed between 30 teams but the Dodgers sponsor contracts would only benefit Dodgers alone). Even during Korean series, the economy of close by shops and the town near the stadium was all boosted in Korea because most audience wanted to see Ohtani who was the biggest star in the series, not the Korean stars. A famous JP professor projected Ohtani's economic influence in the 1st yr of his joining Dodgers is around 600 million (by Ohtani alone, not along with any other Dodgers teammates). 😊
You should be changing your assessment now because Shohei & the Dodgers are 1 win away from winning that elusive WS ring in his first year as a Dodger.
14:45... might not male the playoffs? With this collection of talent, if the manager gets in the way letting guys 1-31 play will do that. Get the most out of him. Fire Roberts LA's version of Aaron Boone.
americans are still eurocentric - to europe - asia is to their east - since it's shorter than going west - however for americans - particularly west coast americans - japan is shortest going west - - what's more going "further east - across the pacific ocean" (0:43) doesn't make logical sense - that means going WEST - not EAST - even if you travel from europe
Babe Ruth is objectively overrated if you adjust for all of the changes, it being a white league, playing against basically mechanics and grocery store clerks while having the advantage of being paid enough to focus solely on baseball. He doesn't even break top 200 of all time, all things considered. You're stating stats and figures with zero analysis which renders your comments irrelevant.
Shohei Ohtani is king of baseball ⚾️
👑⚾️👑
Will be widely considered the GOAT of baseball if this keeps up
I’m a very big football guru Skol. But I can’t help but watch this guy perform at the level he’s at. Much respect
A lot of gaps in this rapid run through Ohtani's history. It deals more with his time in Japan and skips showing him lead Team Japan in the WBC last year, an accomplishment he obviously loved. How good is he? World-class, once in a lifetime, a supreme talent who already deserves his own room in the Hall of Fame.
That HALF of Ohtani in his recovery year is about to win the goddamn MVP as just DH. That’s Shohei Ohtani. Unparalleled greatness. And he’s doing it in the modern era, in a thousand times more competitive league filled with so many crazy talent. Even the level of athletes has drastically changed in all of sports. This ain’t the 50s or 60s or 70s or 80s or even the 90s
Othani is a 2 way phenom, he hits and pitches, if you compare him to the elites of pitchers and hitters, he's up there with them.
Shohei Ohtani got the World Series ring. 🎉
Showtime Shohei!! 🔥🔥🔥
I think we should all just let the guy play. His extraordinary talent will appear naturally.
if it's only by natural talent why practice 12h a day?
He settled for the team closest to LA, always wanted to be a Dodger!
GOAT OHTANI.
gOHTANI 😊
You think Ohtani won’t make the playoffs? Lol they win 100 games like every year
And they choke every single time
@jonathanmuro489 they have multiple rings , lol
@@speedracer9220 not a real one since 1988 lmfao
@@TrueCrimeBreakdownsthere's 29 other teams who wish they had won in 2020. And you cant say they didn't want to win because they all played 🤷♂️
@@TrueCrimeBreakdownsidk the padres threw a parade for making the playoffs that year, i dont think they would do that for a chance at a fake ring
Shohei is an amazing player. God bless you more and more
OHTANI is the GOAT.
You cross the Pacific to the WEST to Japan from California.
He is absolutley Elite
The best goat
He’s great and if you don’t see that now? You don’t know baseball. We’ll see if he gets a hundred percent. I really like him and his wife. Both athletes ⚾️🏀
700million is a lot of money but Dodgers already got fair a few good Japanese sponsors coz Ohtani is playing for Dodgers and I am sure there will be many more to come plus merchandise sales etc.
he won't receieve 97% of that money until his 10th year with the dodgers. Which I get it ohtanis team made that offer to them but it's is bullshit to essentially lock in the best all around player in baseball and if things don't last you can cut him short for almost nothing
@@dislikebutton5748 lol, that's not how it works. Even if he plays 1 game a season, they will still have to pay him. If they cut him, they still need to pay him all that money.
He Owes His Formal Team Money
Just think about how much the MLB and the LA Dodgers are making off Otani merchandise. 😮
shohei is so cute as a child
I have the luxury of watching this video near the end of the 2024 regular season. Ohtani became the sixth player to make the 40/40 club, and then started the first ever 50/50 club. He anointed the 50/50 club while having what many consider the best game of baseball ever, collecting 5 metrics in a single game that no player has ever obtained in their career (each stat in 1 game but the 5 permitted to be obtained at any game, with or without the other stats in the same game).
Babe Ruth's 7 rings vs plumbers and mailmen in a white men no blacks, latinos, asians.
😂😂😂
From Hank's "I Had A Hammer":
Of the ten National League batting leaders of the sixties, seven were black or Latin. Of the ten National League home run leaders of the sixties, ten were black or Latin. A white player did not even finish second in home runs during the 1960s. Totaling the top five places each year in each category, thirty-seven of fifty batting leaders and forty-one of fifty home run leaders were black or Latin-giving a staggering 78 percent domination to the groups in the distinct minority.
***
What would the National League have been like in my time without black
players? Who would have been the greatest home run hitters if I had not
been in the league, or Mays or Banks or Frank Robinson or Willie
McCovey or Orlando Cepeda or Willie Stargell or Billy Williams or Richie Allen? I'll tell you. The white player who hit the most home runs in the National League in the 1960s was Ron Santo, who was almost fifty ahead of the next white player, Eddie Mathews. With no black players in the game, Ron Santo-who is not in the
Hall of Fame-would have stood well above all the other home run hitters
in the league during his time.
Lastly, perhaps cut plumbers and mailmen some slack. I mean, one can peruse my one LA Rams game program from way back in the day and learn that in the 70s pretty much the entire starting offensive line sold insurance in the off-season. A man has to support his family and when the game doesn't pay enough...
Almost forgot, but re the rings thing, if the idiots follow that to its logical conclusion, then Trent Dilfer, Jeff Hostetler and Nick Foles were all better than Dan Marino since they all won a ring while Dan did not.
@@paulhicks7387are you white?
Ohtani Did Help Out In The Outfield In RF
"Across the Pacific Ocean."
...But...but that'd be going west.
The sound like THOR hit baseball
A team of ohtanis would beat a team of anyone else easily. Thats why he’s so far beyond anyone ever.
Well yeah because everyone else can either only pitch or hit so he wins by default.
He'll continue to be the best he'll continue to set records And he will get that ring
Thank You Shohei Ohtani
Taking my grandsons to see this Once in a lifetime player go against another phenom elly de la cruz on memorial day weekend... Cant wait
He's A Ex Pitcher For Outfield He's Has Not Been Getting Any Outfield Duty For Years
Already he has proven marketing value, Ohtani is the savior and god of baseball.
Kuriyama believed in his talent and nurtured him.
Joe Maddon believed in his talent and helped him blossom.
Joe didn't make rules for him to rest, he gave Ohtani freedom.
We should be grateful to see such great talent in our era.
157 km/h is actually *98 mph!!* 🤯
He was only 15
How good is he actually? He’s better than you can imagine
I'm convinced! Shohei is a bonafide baseball Star! And worth every penny he is being paid!
So glad he is with the Dodgers now ! He got tired of being on a loser team 👼🏻He wants to WIN & with the Dodgers he Will !! Go Dodgers !!!
Shohei is the best❤❤
I mean technically you're not wrong in saying 157kmh is over 93mph but that's 97.5mph kinda feels like sure under selling it xD
This channel is so underrated
13:32 No serious baseball analyst ever compares the number of rings of a pre-expansion player (Babe Ruth) to one in the modern era (Ohtani). Before 1961, there were only 8 teams in the AL and 8 teams in the NL for a total of 16 teams, with the exception of 1915 with the Federal League lawsuit. Today, there are 30 teams in baseball. There's a reason why all the record ring holders played before 1961, e.g. Yogi, Ruth, DiMaggio, Gehrig, etc. Due to the smaller pool, it's not uncommon for teams to win 3 or more WS titles within a span of 5 years before 1961. Philadelphia Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, and Dodgers all did it. Yankees did it multiple times. Cubs won a back to back WS. So did the NY Giants. NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Tigers all have 3 losing WS appearances within a 5 year span also.
In the modern era, it is very rare to win 3 titles in a span of 5 years. Athletics did it in the 1970s. Yankees in the late 90s with their super team (they won 4, 3 of which were consecutive). And SF Giants in the 2010s (non-consecutive). That's it. That's the list.
Imagine being number 1 hitter and top 5 pitcher
He's neither more like top 10 batter top 15 pitcher
@@jesuswasbrown6960that’s still astonishingly impressive tho
right now he’s top 1 in avg/slugging/ops. Last year he is top 1 in slugging/ops.
so i would say he’s literally number 1 for now. theres so much pitching talent rn though that i will just put him top 15.
@@jesuswasbrown6960 377 avg and sluggin 670 , best hitter
@@jesuswasbrown6960 analytical number say otherwise. Last year he was easily a top five hitter. He was top five in wins above replacement as a hitter alone, and that was just with 5 months played out of six. He was near the top in home runs, runs bad in, batting average, on base plus slugging percentage. I don't know what other metric you want for a top hitter.
This year he's top five in the league in many of those same categories. He seems to favor on base plus slugging percentage and pure on base percentage as his top categories. The guy can flat out hit
when you say "how good is he compared with the 700 mil contract for the ten years", you have to mention more on his market value. How many more people are coming to the stadium, and how much their shops sales are for Ohtani goods. I think I heard those additional market sales only will surpass the 700 mil in a few years
Question answered: Pretty good
Eyyy they use Major as their reference for Koshien ❤. Shohei Ohtani is the real life Goro Shigeno after all.
Super underrated comment
He's only collecting 3% of that $700,000,000 for ten years to allow the Dodgers to get high caliber players. Ohtani just upped it again. What a world class person. It's no wonder Japanese society are so civilized.
Koshien is nothing like March Madness. Summer Koshien is the largest sporting event in Japan. It's like a religious gathering. The Hanshin Tigers, the professional team that plays at Koshien stadium, are forced to leave and play elsewhere for the high school tournament. There's nothing like it anywhere in the world. Also, his name is Roki Sasaki, not Rory.
From Anaheim or LA you could definitely go west to get to Japan. Just so we are clear that is faster.
This channel vids seems nice but it has a weird feeling. Why is it using cartoonish clickbait?
cause it's run by AI
hold on lol did you just say california is on the east coast? 😂
How good is Ohtani Actually? He's darn Good Enough to be The Single Best Baseball Player on the Planet!!!!!!!!
54 homers 59 stolen bases. anotther MVP
won his first WS in his first year with dodgers.
practically carried them to the team tto the WS
1:43 I see Major I like!
He's 30
How good is he? Right now he's arguably a top 5 player in all MLB..........and he's not even pitching this year.
That is Vietnam you are showing on the map at 0:45 not Japan. So sad that someone does not even know where in the world Japan is located.
I’m watching this from Vietnam laughing my ass off hahahah
❤
Babe Ruth wants to be Shohei when he grows up.
".....we have to go East. No, not California......."????? Huh? Great video, just had to ask...
didn’t babe ruth only pitch for 1 year
If you cross the pacific to japan from US, you are going west not east.
😂So after you made this VTR, you still don't know how good he is. Ohtani was leading most hitting stat including OPS, HR, 2B, hitting avg, Slugging, hits, total base hits before he a pick-off throw was purposely hit his hamstring and an injury lasts for almost 10 days. Even the injury affected his batting form & batting avg, Ohtani still leads NL league OPS, hit, and batting avg. Ohtani's batting power is almost recovered and later he would be more productive like before his injury. Ohtani has proved to Dodgers fans and MLB and the world that he worths every single penny of the 700m contract even his pitching hasn't started till 2025 as scheduled. Besides, you truly knew NOTHING about Ohtani's crazy economic powers and true marketing influences to his teams and the LA city and related businesses from millions of Japanese people and Ohtani fans in the world. Since April '24 there were 11 Japanese or Japan related coop signed several yrs sponsor contracts with Dodgers, all new sponsors were attracted by Ohtani. And more contracts are still coming in almost every week so far. With those JP ad contracts in stadium alone, Dodgers would probably earned 1 billion in 2 yrs. Besides Ohtani's good/jerseys(best sold in MLB), ticket sales, raise in ticket, price, and crazy sales of new foods in Dodgers stadium, even many opponent stadiums are also packed with Dodgers & Ohtani fans (though most incomes are distributed between 30 teams but the Dodgers sponsor contracts would only benefit Dodgers alone). Even during Korean series, the economy of close by shops and the town near the stadium was all boosted in Korea because most audience wanted to see Ohtani who was the biggest star in the series, not the Korean stars. A famous JP professor projected Ohtani's economic influence in the 1st yr of his joining Dodgers is around 600 million (by Ohtani alone, not along with any other Dodgers teammates). 😊
He'll win 2 or 3 champiinship imo
Let’s go get 500th sub
0:45 😅
“We have to go East, no, not California…”. Um, okay AI writer and narrator.
Don't start him as pitcher. Relief pitching and he can last 10 yrs.
Does he play in Japan?
Shohei will win World Series in his 9th year. This is not edited. I came from the future.
This year diodgers win. Yamamoto 💎
Ninth year in the MLB or with the Dodgers, Mr Future?
Angels will buy him in his 9th year and he will win world series
He’s so good that he’s a pitcher but he’s the best hitter in the league
"We've got to go East" then says California lol. Is mans living in Hawaii.
It’s west not east.
106 isn't that far ahead of 100?? 6mph is a giant leap especially when your talking about the 100s.
You should be changing your assessment now because Shohei & the Dodgers are 1 win away from winning that elusive WS ring in his first year as a Dodger.
✨👑✨
⚾
Showtime
14:45... might not male the playoffs? With this collection of talent, if the manager gets in the way letting guys 1-31 play will do that. Get the most out of him. Fire Roberts LA's version of Aaron Boone.
or you could just go West across the pacific
Dead Internet Theory...
Is this AI narration? Was it on 'dad joke' mode? 😀
Pretty sure it's AI voice + script
americans are still eurocentric - to europe - asia is to their east - since it's shorter than going west - however for americans - particularly west coast americans - japan is shortest going west - - what's more going "further east - across the pacific ocean" (0:43) doesn't make logical sense - that means going WEST - not EAST - even if you travel from europe
I hate your choice of thumbnail.
Babe Ruth is objectively overrated if you adjust for all of the changes, it being a white league, playing against basically mechanics and grocery store clerks while having the advantage of being paid enough to focus solely on baseball. He doesn't even break top 200 of all time, all things considered. You're stating stats and figures with zero analysis which renders your comments irrelevant.
This guy lost me at going east over the pacific
Yeah lol he did get to play the most they are using AAA players over there
이정후 선수의 3천배가 오타니 쇼헤이 선수입니다.
14:31
Cringe, stop using the word Anime
Steroids are AWESOME!!
OHTANIS pitching is clutch......hitting is not clutch. in needed situations to score...but still a great hitter...
Of course you can be a clutch hitter, wtf are you talking about?
@@F1Fanatic76 u cant read ? i said he is not a clutch hitter .....geeez
@@dougphamtexas2707he’s the most clutch hitter in baseball. Look up his a stats between 2021-2023 😂😂😂😂
Gn
0:44 Japan is not even on the map...
Not that good if you have to ask.
He's not thaaat good. Wanna bet?
Yeah， I bet you’ll lose😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@楊晟-x5u i have a translator that says otherwise
@@楊晟-x5u 😂🤣🤣🤡
🤡
not worth 70 mil a year for SURE
A batter of his caliber costs around 40M, and a pitcher of his caliber 30M, so technically he is worth it
Don't bother@@hectorluis8707
he's worth way over 70 mil a year due to the colossal fanbase that's following him, which make the Dodgers earn back even more in return
He also makes 65 m in endorsements. So 135 million a year ….🤷♂😭
yap since he only take 1m per year for 10 years.
Imagine being number 1 hitter and top 5 pitcher
can't
@@drewbiegolf so your dense
@@drewbiegolf so you’re dense
Ohtani is the best baseball player to ever grace the diamond 💎 period the end!!!!!! Hate on him and u will eat your words.
In the worse fucken team