The Toronto Blue Jays made a strong play to sign Shohei Ohtani before he ultimately joined the Los Angeles Dodgers on a historic 10-year, $700 million contract ahead of the 2024 season.
With the teams playing each other in the 2025 World Series, Ohtani’s free agency decision has again become a topic of focus. Blue Jays fans showered the two-way star with “we don’t need him” chants during his final at-bat in Game 1 at Rogers Centre.
Ohtani took it all in stride and revealed that his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, has jokingly started to use the chant.