Although he won the 2024 National League MVP award and helped the Dodgers win the World Series, Shohei Ohtani had only given the Dodgers half of their expected return on investment — until now.

Pitcher Shohei Ohtani will do something for the Dodgers against the Padres that no NL player has done in more than half a century.

A World Series rematch kicked off Friday night as the New York Yankees traveled to the City of Angels to face the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers—and the fireworks started early. Yankees superstar Aaron Judge homered in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning.

LOS ANGELES — Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani did not take long to give the sport what it craved.

Shohei Ohtani is doing it again. With more than a third of the season in the rearview, the 30-year-old (soon to be 31) is repeating last season’s MVP performance, out-muscling his peers in both home runs and OPS.

Shohei Ohtani has officially founded the 50-50 club in a sport in which no player had posted more than 42 home runs and 42 stolen bases in the same season in its century-plus history. For some ...

Ahead of his return to the mound, and Dodgers pitching debut, the two-way sensation continues to showcase his unique greatness.

The Dodgers hosted the Yankees for a rematch of the 2024 World Series and Shohei Ohtani had a massive night. While Judge started things off with a deep home run to center in the top of the first, Ohtani answered back with a blast in the bottom of the inning.