Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout have created two of the most valuable financial profiles in Major League Baseball, but they have gotten rich in different ways. Ohtani’s record-breaking Los Angeles Dodgers contract and extensive global endorsement portfolio contrast sharply with Trout’s long-term Los Angeles Angels salary and established commercial partnerships.

Fans expressed concern over LA Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani after he struck out four times in the team’s 8-6 loss to the Cardinals at home on Wednesday. The Japanese two-way phenom has gone 12 games without a home run or an RBI.

Murakami, Ohtani and Okamoto are each projected for at least 30 homers, something three Japanese-born MLB players have never done together.

For Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka, that meant building a family life away from the glaring spotlight on one of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars. In April 2025, the couple announced the birth of their first child,

Over the past five seasons, the only year that two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani didn’t win MVP of his respective league was 2022. Topping Ohtani required a historic feat, as the Yankees’ Aaron Judge set an American League single-season record with 62 home runs that year.

The St. Louis Cardinals will enter the gauntlet again Thursday night as it’ll be game 3 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Quinn Mathews will start for the Cardinals going up against the formidable Tarik Skubal for the Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani is getting a second consecutive day off as he deals with lingering pain in his right biceps, neck and left knee