On the first day of spring training, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts began drawing a lofty parallel.
Barry Bonds, Roberts said, “was the most talented player I’ve ever played with.”
Shohei Ohtani, he then predicted, “probably has a chance to be the most talented player to ever play the game of baseball.”
During a trip to San Francisco last week, Roberts witnessed the comparison in real life.
Back in the ballpark Bonds once called home, a stadium where Roberts has seen hundreds of games as a player and manager, the Dodgers’ skipper turned his gaze skyward after a thunderous Ohtani swing.