Two weeks ago, Seattle Mariners General Manager Jerry Dipoto made a trip to Japan. Searching for outside-the-box possibilities to fill out the M’s roster in 2018, he scouted several notable stars of Nippon Professional Baseball including veteran starter Hideaki Wakui and reliever Yoshihisa Hirano.
He also took a look at Shohei Ohtani.
If you are a regular reader of Lookout Landing, you already know that Shohei Ohtani is arguably the best baseball ever to come out of Japan, a one-of-a-kind, two-way superstar who whacks dingers and throws 102 mph.