After becoming the first 50/50 player in MLB history to secure a third MVP award and winning the World Series in his first season as a Los Angeles Dodger, Shohei Ohtani is just like everyone else. He has to set goals for the future in order to strive for more success.
The obvious encore next season for the 30-year-old Japanese star is the resumption of his two-way dominance as a hitter and a pitcher. He stayed off the mound this year to recover from elbow surgery, but you wouldn’t tell he was in the middle of a prolonged rehab with his historic offensive production, namely the 54 home runs and the 59 stolen bases.
But now that Ohtani has gotten the taste of a World Series title — the Dodgers’ eighth in franchise history and second in five seasons — he not surprisingly is not satisfied. His appetite for World Series trophies now appears to be insatiable…