Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani is on the cover of the baseball preview issue of Sports Illustrated, the magazine revealed on Tuesday.
Ohtani shares the cover with new Dodgers acquisition Mookie Betts, part of a series of regional covers that include Javier Baez and Tim Anderson in Chicago, plus Pete Alonso and Gleyber Torres in New York.
One might wonder why Mike Trout, the reigning American League MVP and the consensus best player in baseball, didn’t make the SI cover. But this is part of a “20 for the ‘20s” series, highlighting younger players who will shine from 2020-29.