A new report from Newsday’s Marc Carig has the Mets front office intrigued by Japanese two-way sensation Shohei Otani. The team has unfortunately not stumbled upon a giant pot of gold, but instead are taking advantage new rules regarding international players established by Major League Baseball to possibly make a play on the 23-year-old phenom.
In case you’re unfamiliar with Otani, he’s a hard-throwing right-handed starting pitcher that plays the outfield when he’s not on the mound and hits the crap out of the ball when he comes to bat. Yeah, that’s definitely different.