He is the most expensive player on the 2025 team, ahead of pitcher Blake Snell ($US31.3 million in 2025) and hitter Mookie Betts ($US30.4 million). But remember that Ohtani does both of their jobs... and does it better than either of them.

After Shohei Ohtani’s Game 4 performance in the 2025 National League Championship Series, in which he was named MVP after a historic and unprecedented showing at the plate and on the mound, many analysts have chimed in to crown the Japanese phenom as the greatest player the game has ever seen.

Shohei Ohtani pitched six scoreless innings, struck out 10 batters and clobbered three home runs in a performance many of his Dodgers teammates described as the greatest in baseball history.

Obviously, I don’t know what happened a hundred years ago, but that’s the single best performance I’ve ever seen in my life.”

The jokes were just too easy after the Toronto Blue Jays reached the 2025 World Series. This time, Shohei Ohtani really will be on a plane to Toronto. A multitude of baseball fans thought Ohtani was Canada-bound on Dec.

“Shohei Ohtani is the second player in MLB postseason history to hit three home runs from the leadoff spot, joining George Brett, who did so at the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS,” Opta Stats posted.

The stardust had barely settled over Dodger Stadium before the debate got under way. "This is the beginning of every baseball conversation and the end of the debate: Shohei Ohtani is the best baseball player who has ever played the game.

Shohei Ohtani had himself quite the first inning against the Brewers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. His three strikeouts in the top half were impressive.