We see hopeful phenoms fall off a cliff at the pro level all the time.
Mark Appel, Jesus Montero, and Bubba Starling come to mind with baseball.
Expanding to other sports, guys like JaMarcus Russell and Michael Beasley come to mind.
Well, you’re free to add Shohei Ohtani to that list.
Way to be a subtle about it man.
Man character syndrome much?
Way to share the spotlight, sheesh.
Shohei had to come over to a new country with everyone expecting a God-like repertoire to be shown off.
A two way behemoth who does shit you’ve never seen before.
And that’s pretty much exactly what we’ve gotten.
He’s been exactly as advertised, a generational “tell your kids about” player.
There’s pretty much nothing you could have said going into his MLB career that would be unattainable.
He’s now amassed three 40 homer years, and is well on his way to a 3rd MVP.
Oh and he’s really fast on top of that.
It’s fucking ridiculous what he’s capable of doing.
And by the way, it’s only August 24th.
He’s got a great shot at being the first ever 50/50 guy.
This was elite villain shit by Siri.
I’m not going home after that.
