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Decoy Ohtani (born June 18, 2023), [1] known in Japanese as Dekopin (デコピン), is a Kooikerhondje owned by Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani.He is a fixture in the Los Angeles Dodgers fandom, and has been described as the team's "Most Valuable Pet". [2]
A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
He earned the save in the championship game after pitching the final inning of Japan's win over the US in the final, striking out his Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout with a 3-2 slider to seal Japan's WBC championship, and won the tournament's MVP award after batting .435/.606/.739 as a hitter and posting a 1.86 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 9 ...
The name is Rōki Sasaki, a 23-year-old pitcher from Japan. And he is the greatest inexpensive player to hit the market since a fella by the name of Shohei Ohtani signed a contract with Los ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their latest talent coup on Wednesday, officially introducing Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki as a member of the team. After statements from Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten ...
Throw in youngsters Bobby Miller and Landon Knack and that’s nine – count ‘em, nine – starters the Dodgers can throw at teams for 162 games and however many playoff matchups necessary.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes .
Ohtani has played in every Dodgers game since the story broke, and he is expected to be their designated hitter in most regular-season games this season while baseball's investigation continues.