The LA Angels and Shohei Ohtani reached a deal on Friday, as the Japanese phenom will be taking his talents to Anaheim for the next six years. The Angels will be paying him their entire international pool salary, while also paying his Japan league team upwards of $20 million dollars this year.
Ohtani has long been touted as the “Japanese Babe Ruth” for his excellence on the mound and at the plate. There have been skeptics when it comes to his future as a designated hitter, but the weapons he has when taking the mound are seen as a potentially elite arsenal.