One of the premiere baseball talents in the world decided to make the move to Major League Baseball this offseason, as Japanese star Shohei Ohtani was posted by the Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Ohtani had his choice of all 30 teams to sign with and wound up picking the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over finalists like the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres.
The 23-year-old is one of the best talents to come out of Japan in recent memory, and perhaps ever, as he expected to be a two-way player in the big leagues.