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Don't Be Afraid to Buy into the Shohei Ohtani Preseason Hype

When healthy and fully operational, only one player in Major League Baseball strikes fear into hitters and pitchers alike.

His name is Shohei Ohtani, and healthy and fully operational is exactly how he looks this spring.

The Los Angeles Angels' two-way star made highlights with both his bat and his arm last week, launching a home run over the batter's eye in an exhibition against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and then striking out five in 1.2 innings against the Oakland Athletics on Friday.

The obligatory disclaimer here is that results in spring training don't necessarily portend results in games that actually count.