As the Dodgers prepare to travel to Japan for the Tokyo series, the All-Star was asked what he expected the scene to be like for the team's season opener overseas.

So much so, that Kershaw had to make a bold Taylor Swift statement to describe Ohtani's level of fame in his home country. “I think we all assume how much of a figure Shohei is,” Kershaw said ahead of the Dodgers' Japan trip, via The Orange County Register. “People say he’s like The Beatles. People say he’s like Taylor Swift.”

Ohtani has not stopped throwing but the Dodgers want to manage his workload on the mound while he's also recovering from shoulder surgery.