Franchise players don’t come around too often. True superstars who capture not only local fans, but the league as a whole.

Ohtani became the first player in league history to tally 50 home runs and stolen bases in the same season, inventing MLB's ...

With all the work he was doing for Ohtani, Mizuhara said he felt severely underpaid. Mizuhara said the Angels paid him $85,000 in 2018, $87,000 from 2019 to 2021, $99,611.16 in 2022, and $250,000 ...

Federal prosecutors released an audio clip of Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly impersonating the ...

Ohtani made 23 starts on the mound in his final season with the Angels, posting a 3.14 ERA and 167 strikeouts across 132.0 innings. That alone is enough to convince folks that Ohtani can (and ...

Before his historic 2024 season, Ohtani was seen as the best player on a bad team. His Angels teams rarely competed for playoff bids. Over his final three seasons with the Angels, Ohtani became a ...

Off the field, he became Ohtani’s friend and confidant. Mizuhara famously resigned from the Los Angeles Angels during the 2021 MLB lockout so he could keep speaking to Ohtani — he was rehired ...

Ohtani once eschewed the Dodgers for the Angels, and got stuck in a six-year playoff drought. The Dodgers’ new Japanese ...

You wanted him to take on Ohtani and not team up with him. That would be an easier argument to make if the Angels had been relevant or competent during Ohtani’s tenure, if they’d been ...