Shohei Ohtani’s Greatness Finally Has a Price: $700 Million

By Stephanie Apstein The numbers have never quite encapsulated Shohei Ohtani. Historic greatness doesn’t fit neatly into a spreadsheet. To observe that he ranks third in baseball in ERA (2.84) among starting pitchers over the past three years while also ranking second in OPS (.964), while true, does not at all capture the feeling of watching him spin a sweeper past a baffled hitter for strike three, then trot to the plate two and a half minutes later and blast a home run that leaves the outfielders standing slack-jawed. Still, if you had to pick a figure that summed up the most talented player…

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