The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best player in baseball coming off a historic season. How can he follow it up?

And, unsurprisingly, Ohtani has at times struggled to adapt to the new technique, which goes against years of his baseball instinct. On a couple of his first slides in the 2025 regular season, Ohtani, likely as a force of habit, dropped his left hand in the dirt while sliding.

An autographed Shohei Ohtani relic card from his historic 50/50 season in 2024 sold at auction early Sunday morning for $1.067 million.