The Japanese phenom is an exciting player, but it might be best to avoid him in season-long fantasy baseball this year.
The entire baseball world is excited to see Los Angeles Angels dual-threat phenom Shohei Ohtani this season, and there's good reason for that. For the first time since Babe Ruth, Major League Baseball has a player who can be both an elite starting pitcher and one of the better sluggers in the game. Two years ago (his last healthy season), he hit 22 bombs in 104 games, had a slash line of .