Bill Madden: Despite another Tommy John surgery, expect robust market for Shohei Ohtani

NEW YORK — On the surface, one might surmise Shohei Ohtani’s Tommy John surgery, leaving uncertain the pitching side of his dynamic, is going to cost him millions of dollars and render him far less than the future highest paid player in baseball history. But will it? It’s been speculated — and nobody’s disputed this — that Ohtani, a baseball phenomenon and the greatest two-way player since Babe Ruth, is set to become the game’s first $50 million-a-year player and that a 10-year, $500 million contract would be the benchmark. But now, he has undergone Tommy John surgery — his second such surgery…

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