Japanese phenom and Oakland A's signee Shotaro Morii could be the first MLB two-way player since Shohei Ohtani.

While strong teammates now on the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts were once bitter rivals in the World Baseball Classic.

For his career, Ohtani owns a .945 OPS and 3.01 ERA. While he did not pitch at all in his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani still won the National League MVP award by becoming the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season.

Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese rookie phenom Sasaki made a different call.

Federal prosecutors say a nearly four-minute audio recording allegedly captured Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara impersonating the baseball star on a call with a bank as he attempted

Ichiro Suzuki is set to become the first Japanese player to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is likely to be the next.

Throughout Roki Sasaki's highly anticipated posting process and free agency, the Dodgers knew the main pillars they wanted their courtship to be built upon.

Only great Yankees All World reliever, Mariano Rivera, was unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That’s it. Nobody else. Both Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner received 95.13% of the vote when they were elected to the Hall.

After winning the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have had a historic offseason. What started with the signing of

Reliever Tanner Scott’s $72 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers includes $21 million in deferred salaries.

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