Major League Baseball has been gripped by a force like it has never seen before: Shohei Ohtani, the unprecedented Japanese pitcher who leads the league as a hitter.
The 28-year-old can hurl the baseball more than 100mph from the mound, and he can hit it even faster from the plate, making him a huge asset to the Los Angeles Angels as a two-way player.
Ohtani is good enough to be selected as an All-Star as both a pitcher and a hitter, leading MLB in home runs (26), runs batted in (62) and many other batting statistics after blasting a 446-ft bomb in the fourth inning of Monday's 2-1 home victory over the Chicago White Sox.
