Shohei Ohtani is on his approach to breaking his personal supervisor’s file with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ohtani homered on Wednesday for the primary time since becoming a member of the Dodgers.
The house run positioned Ohtani in a three-way tie for third on the franchise’s all-time listing for many dwelling runs by a Japanese-born participant. Former Dodgers pitchers Kenta Maeda and Kazuhisa Ishii every hit one dwelling run of their profession with the staff. Former NL Rookie of the Yr pitcher Hideo Nomo hit 4 dwelling runs with the Dodgers. And none aside from present Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts tops the listing with seven dwelling runs.
Roberts is half-Japanese and was born in Okinawa. He performed for the Dodgers from 2002-2004 and hit seven of his 23 profession dwelling runs whereas with them. Roberts is in his ninth season because the staff’s supervisor.
It most likely received’t be too lengthy earlier than Ohtani surpasses Roberts on that listing. One thing tells us Roberts received’t be too bitter about being surpassed.
