The future of Shohei Ohtani

[mrreality68]

Angels will not trade with the Dodgers is the rumor and

WOW he hit homer #35 and is ahead of Judges pace

[clydepepper]

Slightly off subject, but I wanted to mention a statistical oddity (which I have not personally double-checked) posted on facebook yesterday:


The the first 674 games of their careers:

Ruth had 159 homers
Ohtani had 160 homers


Through 455.0 Innings Pitched:

Ruth was 35-18
Ohtani was 35-19


If true, it is just a real cool oddity, not an intended comparison of the two players.


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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Slightly off subject, but I wanted to mention a statistical oddity (which I have not personally double-checked) posted on facebook yesterday:


The the first 674 games of their careers:

Ruth had 159 homers
Ohtani had 160 homers


Through 455.0 Innings Pitched:

Ruth was 35-18
Ohtani was 35-19


If true, it is just a real cool oddity, not an intended comparison of the two players.


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Great Stats and amazing how close

[clydepepper]

Well, after checking, the pitching stats are correct, but not the games played.


still, fairly cool.


I have nine different books on Ruth in my library...won't live to see that many in any form on Ohtani- just glad to be around to witness him.


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[mrreality68]

IT feels like Ohtani is either auditioning for teams or playing video games.

He is playing the game like it was a video game and just dominating in everything he does.

He is putting on a clinic against the Yankees as if he is auditioning for them or someone else.

He is hitting for power for average for extra base hits and pitching pretty good also.

Special player and will love to see how is career totals and his story ends up

[Seven]

At this point, I think it's obvious that he should just be a position player full time. I understand he's a talented pitcher, but the risk of getting hurt as a pitcher is much higher, and he's already had one TJ surgery.

[packs]

I mentioned it in a past thread but I wonder if he were to theoretically sign with the Yankees whether they’d be interested in him pitching or not. I would doubt it and think they’d prefer him as a DH only. They didn’t let Ruth pitch too often and that was a much simpler time.