Learning the Basics of Baseball: How Good is Shohei 'ShoTime' Ohtani?

[@micorazon235]

Not only for pitching and hitting, his speed is elite, too. His stolen bases are artistic! Besides, his personality! He makes everyone smile during games, even the oppornent team. We Japanese people love him so much.☺️ Thank you for sharing this!

[@BryanChance]

We Americans love him too. :-) He is gifted by the gods!

[@noname-dk7ri]

Glad to see Ohtani steadily deepening his 2-way career.

[@Aurora-cb2ji]

He’s the first two way star ⭐️ in a very long time. His talents can’t be denied. Can’t wait to see more of him in the coming years.

[@surfwriter8461]

This was a year ago, and of course he basically repeated the incredible 2021 season in 2022 but better pitching and somewhat less hitting prowess. He is unique. Any suggestion that others could follow in his footsteps is gross exaggeration and fails to take into account all that goes into being a two-way player. It isn't just about "talent". It's about superior talent along with a phenomenal ability to do the work required for both pitching and hitting, absorb the mental stress and physical workload involved. Other MLB players have said they marvel at what Ohtani is doing, and MLB pitchers have commented that it's hard enough just to recover from your day on the mound and be ready a few days later to pitch again. Do not underestimate the supreme talent and fitness it takes to do what Ohtani has done so far. Also, it's clear that Ohtani actually thrives from combining the two ways of playing. He feels he does better at both pitching and hitting when he's combining them. That in itself is amazing. And he's managed to stay virtually free of injuries for two years while regular position players including Trout have succumbed to injuries. I hope that he stays healthy so we can see just how much more Ohtani can achieve.

[@takekonakama4318]

I love your reaction and comments!!!

[@mojojo603]

In Japan, ofter shohei , no shohei.... so it's might be another 100years to some one like him comes up.

[@theb3654]

Kind of off topic Japanese Pro Baseball is crazy fun to goto in person I recommend anyone who goes to Japan to goto a game.

[@tunjibalogun7668]

Another banger 🔥🔥

[@CassandraTengan]

He has been playing in the MLB for a few years but it is his first full season so I think other teams are going to wait a few years before they decide on whether or not they want to commit to a two-way player. CC Sabathia even mentioned in the video that they took that clip that was shown that if Ohtani had signed with the Yankees that based on his spring training performance, they would have shut that down and everyone who follows him knows that he struggles in spring training both here and in Japan. Folks want him to leave the Angels since their team is below .500 but I feel like they were the only team who would have given him this type of chance and also given him the type of freedom he has to make it. Between GM and manager, they allow him to tell him how he is doing and how they will move forward. What other GM and manager would do the same? Angels know through trial and error that he needs to dictate his own pace in order for him to play well. Will it last? I hope so.

[@KawmLusMekas]

Very well commentation!

[@hifijohn]

You should react to javy baez shortstop for the chicago cubs.

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

Just like your goal keeper is the best goal scorer in football.

[@Aesong15]

It's hard to be a 2 way player in mlb, let alone be an elite one, mvp caliber like Ohtani, it is very demanding to the body. Pitchers literally go on a vacation for rehab everytime they pitch, but Ohtani bats and hits dingers the very next day. He trains daily, no social life lol lots of sacrifice to be where he is. idk if we'll get another one like him. anyway, love seeing football fans reacting to Shohei, he's a goalie and a striker in one body lol more ohtani reactions pls! may i recommend this one, it shows the week of Ohtani and how he won the Rookie of the Year in 2018. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH_dfIOHmKahoMU

[@cygnusx-3217]

Ohtani is having a historic year, hitting and pitching at an exceptionally high level. MLB is marketing him aggressively. They're trying to take the game global, like the NBA did, and Ohtani is the perfect guy to accomplish this. However, Ohtani has been hitting very poorly for the last 45 games. His average is around .200. And his home runs are also way down. This happens in baseball. The league figures out your weaknesses. Now it's up to Ohtani to make the necessary adjustments. We'll see if he can. His pitching has remained very solid. Comparing him to Babe Ruth is a stretch. Babe's lifetime average was over .340. Ohtani is basically a .250 hitter, nearly 90 points less, an enormous difference.

[@ykyang5786]

The weakness here is that they are pitching him outside the zone. He still wants to hit bombs so he chased a lot more than he should. If you look at his walks, that has gone way up because there's no one protecting him in the line up. Once Trout and Rendon comes back, things should change a little.

[@BryanChance]

"hitting very poorly in the last 45 games" ? Man you've got some super high expectations. LOL

[@soichiroitagaki4635]

Babes life time avg was .340 facing mostly just fast balls. Shohei faces slider, splitter, all these other types of pitchers, and pitchers have all these computer datas against ohtani. Also ohtani has no protection in the lineup. .250 now is comparable to .325ish back in the days. Yet ohtani still performs at this level. Idk ohtani surpassed babe at least for this season in my opinion.

[@CassandraTengan]

You can't hit if pitchers won't pitch to you. Texas did in the last series and he got some really good hits in. Seattle tried to pitch to him and he rocketed off two triples. He has seen too many walks and I would argue that even when he strikes out it is sometimes because he has to swing at non-strikes because of the lack thereof. Yes, no home runs of late but he is trying to find his swing again and it is looking better. He even started to hit more to left field instead of pulling all of his hits.

[@soichiroitagaki4635]

@@CassandraTengan his hits definitely gotten better and I think if he had the lineup vlad did, they would have to pitch to ohtani and he would’ve been at least at 50 by now