The Shohei Ohtani free agency experience is going to be a ride unlike any other we’ve seen for an MLB player. That’ll happen when you’re one of baseball’s best pitchers and can also slug 40 homers on your non-pitching days. We know his market will be competitive this winter, which will include both the Mets and Yankees.
Will it be for nothing, though? After all, when he signed with the Los Angeles Angels in December 2017, he essentially told the Yankees that he couldn’t see himself playing on the East Coast. Times change, though, and so do people.