For the first time in over a year, Shohei Ohtani is out of the leadoff spot. The defending NL MVP will bat in the two-hole for the Dodgers in Sunday’s game against the Brewers. It’s the first game that Ohtani has played without hitting leadoff since June 16,

Shohei Ohtani has co-written a children's book featuring his dog, Decoy. The Los Angeles Dodgers star shared the news Thursday on Instagram, posting a photo of Decoy, a Dutch Kooikerhondje, with the book.

Injuries may have prevented Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani from throwing from the mound recently, but they haven’t stopped him from coming up with a new pitch: co-writing a children’s book based on his baseball-fetching dog Decoy.

Shohei Ohtani crushes a two-run home run to left-center field to halve the Dodgers' deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the 3rd

The Los Angeles Dodgers star co-authored the 32-page book with Michael Blank and it is set to release next February.

Add some whimsy to your decor with FOCO’s Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Dodgers Boys Of Summer Tiki Bobblehead. This beach-inspired collectible has a limited run of just 225 and is now available for preorder for $90. Limit of two per person.

The custom cleats Ohtani wore when he made MLB history last season weren't sold off like so many other items from that game

Despite mountains of evidence that Shohei Ohtani can hit with the best hitters in Major League Baseball, and pitch with the game's best pitchers, many have expected the Dodgers star to concentrate exclusively on one or the other at some point in his career.