Let the games begin—at least the offseason games, that is. The biggest competition of the 2017-18 offseason is quickly becoming the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes.
The Japanese dual-threat was recently granted the ability to sign with an MLB team this winter, and apparently, he plans to hear each team’s case for why he should bring his services to their organization.
Shohei Otani’s agent wants to see every MLB team’s best pitch … in writing https://t.co/Jdka3HITCZ pic.twitter.com/vQdTiPbrwL
— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) November 26, 2017
Of note from this report from the New York Daily News‘ Peter Botte is that Ohtani wants every interested team to explain, in writing, “how Ohtani would fit into each organization…and what makes the team attractive.