Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani has spent the 2020s rewriting the history books, establishing himself as the face of baseball and a surefire Hall of Famer. Although Ohtani has three MVP awards and a World Series ring this decade, that isn’t enough to earn a checkmark on Jayson Stark’s latest ballot.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are 31-19 this season, and Shohei Ohtani has not thrown a single pitch in a game. However, he is nearing a return to the mound.

It's hard, you know, raising the bar when the bar is as high as Shohei Ohtani's. And yet, we're more than a quarter of the way through the 2025 season and the Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar has done just that at the plate.