Shohei Ohtani's unprecedented performance lifts Dodgers
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Having not yet finished his second season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani is already providing surplus value to the franchise just 22 months after signing a 10-year, $700 million contract in free agency.
Three homers. 10 strikeouts. Six scoreless innings. Ohtani's NLCS Game 4 was the best night of his career, and maybe in all of baseball.
We’re watching something we’ve never seen before,” Dave Roberts said. Here are seven reasons this was the single greatest game of all time.
The Dodgers star could have tried something new to overcome his struggles at the plate but he made the right choice—staying uniquely himself.
It’s crazy to be able to have \[him\] be a good pitcher and, on top of that, be able to produce at the plate. It’s not very common.” - World Series Game 1, presented by Capital One: Friday, time TBA,
He led off the game with a home run off Jose Quintana, but it did not stop there. He would go on to hit two more home runs, helping his club eliminate the Brew Crew. He is now the only player in MLB history to have 10 strikeouts and three home runs in the same game.
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