He’s not even the treasure of Japan. In Taiwan my country, every one knows this guy. He owns the Asian market

he's getting people around the world to follow MLB! He's a big talking point in Australia !

Shohei is handsome, talented and have good character. 🩷

Endorsements don't mean you are ten times better than other players. Shohei Ohtani is perfect role model and perfect for brands. He is very respectful and innocent looking.

Shohei is by far the most purest athlete on the planet for sure,right?

Great player but Humble and never proclaimed he’s the best. That’s the reason

He looks good and so humble..thats why his earning a lot off the field at the same time talented too.. he labored so hard and now is paying off

Be extremely talented, Be good looking, be humble, and have a clean image. You will make a killing.

Shohei deserves every dollar!!! He receives ~10x more than average player… and that was with the ANGELS. Now that he’s with the Dodgers, 2nd largest market in America.

Yep. He deserves all the success that comes his way. He’s something like a phenomenon.

Shohei Ohtani is a win-win player...Uhm❤❤😊

Def great character is what sponsors dream of

International appeal!

As he becomes more popular and influential, there are more haters too. Let's enjoy haters' ridiculous criticisms.

Great video! People who think other should get close or near ohtani's deal because of their on field prowess need to watch this

I think it’s good for baseball to get so much attention from non baseball geography as Europe. Especially when MLB is trying to promote the game globally, even Europeans find him facinating as he broke into a notoriously ‘provincial’ sport as baseball that had difficult to appeal to international viewers with its heavily specialized positions and all it seemed was try try to hit a ball over the fence.. Through Ohtani, they could see the multiple facets of the game and the how hitting and pitching requires many techniques and skills to affect the outcome of a game. How the batting order of different character players are strategically put together to advance on the bases…etc. People could see on paper the rules but see ONE MAN DEMONSTRATES THE GAME is always a different level. Even Europeans have been paying attention to this guy, a Japanese(exotic) who marvel in all American sport, physical athletic specimen, humble (despite all the hoopla and money) .. the fame hasn’t change his simple lifestyle..these are the things that makes him so special.

2 way player he deserves it

The Asian market is bigger than Japan... Ohtani is in Korean, Chinese, and Taiwan commercials.

Other than his 2-way/3-way once more than 100 years super baseball talents and world's best athletic physical abilities, Shohei Ohtani looks young, super handsome, amazingly cute, and owns a perfect super model body and height along with the most likeable personality while often showing various funny facial and body expressions at the drugout! Ohtani would definitely be a super super star in acting, modeling, or performing arts, even if he is not a two-way baseball super hero!

I'm old enough to remember when Magic Johnson received a 25 year/$25M contract from the Lakers and thought that was insane. That amount of $ for playing a game? It was outrageous back then. So when I saw what Ohtani was getting from my Dodgers, it was beyond belief, beyond mind blowing. But the more you look at it the more you realize that it's not 100% what he does on the field but the excitement and publicity that he'll bring to the Dodgers and MLB. I know he didn't "just arrive" in LA but the Dodgers and the Angels are 2 completely different commodities. Jersey sales, tickets both home and away, TV coverage and many other things will increase significantly.

Ohtani is the Taylor swift of baseball

Everyone expected him to get injured or be average at best. Playing at the elite level both ways is the shocker

Understanding National Pride. I felt that way about Texan Lance Armstrong. So much excellence, but turned out to be such a lie. Broke my heart. I get the Ohtani thing , a Japanese Boxer is fighting on December 26th for the Undisputed title at 122 Super Bantamweight. If he wins, it would possibly place him as the highest ranked fighter in the World .

No mention about his looks? He's at least 6'4", broad shouldered, and looks like a model. That definitely draws people to him. He's not getting Boss, Porsche and Kose sponsorships and having featured articles in GQ if he looks like Alex Verdugo.

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I'm Japanese in Japan. What it explains about Japan is mostly right except the fact that Japanese don't have that much purchasing power now... but yes Ohtani is so special for us. It is not just because of his ability of baseball, but also because of his personality.

Truly unbelievable what a system acuna is just as good because he not from rich country he want get endorsement like that wow

Who cares if “he deserves to be paid more than other players” - he negotiated those deals with the sponsor … not them.

New Balance must be mad he will have a Nike logo on his jersey.

Well in Argentina everyone is poor asf so they can't afford anything messi promotes

He is non-standrd for everything!

most MLB players get zero endorsements cuz they don't sell

Stop this, almost 60% of the Americans can’t pull out $30k in their saving accounts

I don't quite understand why he has a huge endorsement deal with New Balance which isn't a Japanese company and doesn't have such deals with the famous Japanese athletic companies like Asics and Mizuno. Especially Mizuno since baseball is a huge part of the company. I laugh every time I see Ohtani with a New Balance baseball glove.