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NPB Historian Believes Japanese Players Better Than Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Will Emerge

Shohei Ohtani delivered one of the greatest seasons in MLB history in 2024.

From a National League MVP award in his first season as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the first player to hit 50 or more home runs and steal 50 or more bases in a season, and end it all with a World Series trophy, fans have had trouble wondering if it can truly get better than this.

According to a historian of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, it just might.

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It doesn’t take a top baseball insider to know that Japan has been producing serious talent on the diamond in the past few seasons.