Yes.

😂

I imagine his first day of his first spring training went something like this: Coach: What position are you trying out for? Shohei: Yes.

He is recorded as a starting pitcher and a designed hitter. Besides,he also played as a right outfielder.

That's what I like to hear!

Same in Taiwan! Woke up early just for SHOTIME!!

It is correct.

From phil. Also.. but first i saw him playing in nippon ham.. very impressive..

YEP! my morning routine in Tokyo watching showtime w full Japanese breakfast w green tea though lol

It’s true, besides Japanese people have rice and miso soup for breakfast

すご過ぎだろ

I think he should just stick to homeruns.

Now imagine he wins Cy Young and MVP

@@phillyphan2938 silver slugger?

Or ever.

I never thought I would hear that in my entire life.

Yep‼️ That’ll be a Part of Everyday Baseball Lexicon for Years to Come‼️

Shohei really appreciates Iglesias when he hugged Iglesias after receiving all of the congratulations from the coaches and teammates. You are correct. Everyone needs a teammate like Iglesias. Better yet, everyone needs all teammates like Iglesias. That motivates Ohtani to try even harder and do better.

We need to be like Iglesias! A positive/supportive individual on and off the field 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Agree. Iglesias is supportive

What a time to be a baseball fan. He's my favorite player currently, and I'm not even an Angels fan.

I agree man! Something special

Hopefully he starts something in up and coming pitchers who can also hit well. His success really makes the game fun to watch. All teams should allow this.

Couldn’t agree more…..this is absolutely magical. Almost fake

wait till i get there :)

Babe Ruth is American Ohtani

Shohei is Shohei❇️

Shohei is a better player and a better person than Babe Ruth! And much better looking than Babe Ruth!

Babe Ruth couldn't pitch 100mph fastball

@@karlma2618 He's better the Mike Trout that's for sure.

I have been watching baseball for over 65 years and have never seen anything like this.

While batting over 1.000 OPS, pitching nearly 100mph, and having an ERA under 3.0

@@alex-ep4wt I mean, other than that. That's just normal stuff. (Lol, joking obviously. The dude's flat out amazing.)

Science, hes a student

If we adjust shohei to league average he is still above average

That's already exceedingly unlikely, but ya ok

@@aocplusme5676 well if he keeps up what he’s going then we’ll see...

@@jeffrendered3564 Nah he's probably right. Until Ohtani has multiple MVP like seasons then making bold claims like this is pretty ridiculous.

@@jeffrendered3564 not salty and he might but you're talking about him after roughly 3 seasons vs Ruth's entire career. Jumping the gun a little

@@jeffrendered3564 Are you f**KING for real? Saying some is salty for saying, pump the brakes, on your fanboy hype? Better than Babe Ruth? give me a break!

Just like the Playstations, Babe Ruth was the Fat Version and Shohei is the Slim Version.

His DNA is unbelievable

Thats reminded me of old super man movie... crazy

That’s “ two “

Can't wait to see him live at the stadium, both bat and pitch I hear now!

Make it two😂😂

Two

I like that lol

It's a joke if he isn't traded. His career will mean but 5% of what it could mean if he's never on a winning team

@@aocplusme5676 if he was in a team other than angels, they wouldn't let him do both.

@@aocplusme5676 ask trout about that?

Angels are on the edge of being great. They've hovered around .500 for years now. They're only missing 2 or 3 players

@@lancenorthcutt4474 like 15yrs ...they've been on edge.....sooner or maybe later, the inevitable is gonna happen, nah

DOUBT

@@roygoodhand1301 He won bud

NOPE. Segregated era. Ohtani wouldnt have been allowed to play in the mlb in 1923.

Its like seeing your older brother doing Great things . And o yea, jose played very well today.

Same, I love Iglesias greets Shohei always at first 😍

He’s the big brother of Shohei in LA.

1921 and you'll never guess who it was.

@@trobinson9342 Who

@@andrewbays6344 baby ruth

Reincarnation 100 years after.

They had the Fat Version 100 years ago, now we have the upgraded Slim Version just like the Playstations.

Griffey had some great hips to but yeah

@@metaphoria3 Yep, Shohei has the hip movement of Ken and the bat swing and ending position of Babe.

@@TheScotchaholic totally agree Ruth went barnstorming in the Far East and they loved him and it Shohes

most points in fantasy too lol

Shohei is a stud. Handsome and talented

That would be the greatest achievement in any sport I reckon!

@@johnhung8393 yea i agree

He can!

If he does that!?. Goat discussions will commence

Would have to be at a notional league ballpark, but I like the thinking there-definitely possible!

dude i need you to upload new video. i am waiting.

Me too!! as a Korean fan

@@ttoja1267 I love choi

@@ttoja1267 as a Taiwanese fan, its been a long time we dont have a legit MLB player. Altho envying at the same time, I support all the Korean and Japanese players! がんばれ! 화이팅!

Just curious, whose the bigger star in Japan right now? Shohei Ohtani or Naoya Inoue? Both best in the world in their sports

i have a feeling his pitching will be sub par.

@@josephsaeteurn9158 If he pitches sub-par to his standards, that's still 3.00-4.00 ERA pitching, which is still above average. He'd have to have a pretty off game to hit average numbers.

@@CastafioreOnKZfaq pitchers can have off days just like batters..i'm excited to se what happens tomorrow..

@@CastafioreOnKZfaq guess i got the last laugh.. really bad performance..

You think they would walk him more so he could steal, but the team is so bad, no worries if he hits a solo hr.

@@lcglazer there will be no problem if trout comes back

*too many extra base hits.

facts

@@GiangNguyen-xj4bt their bull pen is atrocious lol

His bat speed & power is insane

Even the players on the opposing team are watching him as fans. Can't help but love the guy and the way he plays.

Funniest thing is just how the "stats" disappeared during that Giants series last week. Just saying.

But we must ask ourselves, what does any of it matter if the guy never wins anything. Just look at Trout

@@aocplusme5676 you mean 3-time MVp trout and first ballot hall of famer trout, baseball is the ultimate team sport....and clearly something matters to you since you like in every comment.

bruhhh

WRONG. I'm a fan of baseball and I HATE OHTANI!

He’s not Barry bonds. They never pitched to Barry

Obviously I'm not shitting on Shohei but the only thing that's gonna hold him back from what you are saying is his strikeout rate. He's 9th in the MLB in K's and he doesn't foul off enough pitches to see more mistakes because he swings for the fences every time. Whiff rate is too high. He's gonna mash 50+ multiple times and win MVPs and deserve every one but it's not a perfect HR swing just on whiff rate. Griffey had the best HR swing.

@@MyKeeP81 Ohtani dont use PEDs

@@obscurereference6298 Agree! Ken G Jr was the best hitter in baseball & without peds. Still if Barry would've never used that stuff he'd be right there as well. Never needed it

@@MyKeeP81 dude, anything Bonds achieved is negated by cheating.

NO, it's his power.

Both

@@groworchids Judge has Ohtani's power since he also has a 119 mph escape velocity power, but Judge doesn't have the consistent eye and timing.

​@@TheScotchaholic is that the MOST amazing thing about Ohtani? I say Power, you say otherwise. We all view differently and have different opinions. btw, Judge comment is spot on, but not a good example re: Ohtani

@@groworchids In order to retake the HR lead, it has to be a combination of attributes, more than just power which Shotani has. He's more dangerous as a hitter because now he's developing better anticipation aka eyes for certain pitches, control, timing, and judgement on when to swing, on top of his great power hitting. These analytics proves it's a combination of attributes that makes Shohei a great hitter and an overall baseball player: baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_leaderboard https:

Ohtani will hit three bombs that game. Calling it now.

Shohei will hit No.37&38 on that day

Oh it’s today. Have fun!

Yeah, have fun!

Me too;)

If he was a “literal” action figure he would be made of plastic.

Then you think there is something wrong with me. #JackMorris

Baseball is already huge in Japan and South Korea though...

@@sethmoyer i know, but there aren’t many Asian players in the MLB. This could bring more stars like him to the MLB.

@@yoda9256know why? it's just me saying watching MLB for about 30 yrs in US. Since Nono and his his amazing rookie year, there have been many IMPORTED Asian players. Obviously if you are a baseball fan, you would know Ichiro, Matsui, Matsuzaka, Uehara, etc...... and not just from Japan, also from Korea and Taiwan, we have seen handful of also IMPORTED players. Asian kids growing up locally in US won't look upto them the same way they would with someone like Jeremy Lin. Asian American street kids respect him more than they would with Yao Ming :) you see and feel the difference? I believe that difference is why we don't see Asian American baseball players. When are we gonna see an Asian American baseball star ? Born and raised in US :)

@@groworchids i wasn’t referring to Asian Americans, I was referring to more Asian players from across the world.

@@yoda9256 you were?why? LOL Many Asian countries don't play baseball at all :) to begin with :)

Same!!

This is the reason why we should watching MLB this era

I check out Ohtani and UFO videos-nearly one new each daily.

Yes , better than NBA

@@shatner99 Me too. UFO's aren't as exciting as Ohtani though.

When his career is over and he's anywhere near a .342 lifetime hitter, maybe this can be considered.

@@ronachten2902 Yeah but Babe played with no black baseball players, it was segregated, Ohtani is much better than Babe

@@nancylove8360 No non-whites, and lesser performance capacity of the current era. Babe Ruth in his prime, playing in this era, would never have Shohei's numbers - but Shohei in Babe's era would be legendary and near unstoppable.

@@ronachten2902 batting average is all you look at? Seriously? 😆

Oooh, I like that!

His swing is exactly like Babe Ruth's swing.

His spray chart at Yankees Stadium would be even more exaggerated than Didi’s was as a Yankee. You wouldn’t be able to shift against him if he just hits to leave the yard.

I agree ! No doubt about that!

Yeah some of his fly outs and line outs will turn to HR

He would be a way bigger mega star 🌟 in NY, my God.... Unbelievable

@@Paulovrish7334 if only New York weren't so far away from Japan

tiny or not shohei hits NUKES

maybe his twin brother?

@@tommyguo4031 Lol

Ohtani will have a anime named after him

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMemhLZ62auxdmQ.html

When Ohtani faces the ace pitcher Ohtani, that will be a legendary battle