Shohei Ohtani favors victory and aims for the World Cup

He Japanese Shohei Ohtani He stated last night, during the presentation as a new reinforcement of The Dodgersthat a winning call from the Los Angeles team convinced him to sign a record deal that will earn him $700 million over the next 10 years.

“I can’t wait to join Dodgers. “They share the same passion as me and have a vision and a history focused on winning,” he said. Ohtani while wearing the team’s official jersey with the number 17 on the back. Ohtani said he received several offers but decided on Dodgers due to its competitive nature.

“Winning is my priority. That’s at the top of my list. When I had a meeting with the Dodgers, the ownership group said that when they look back on the last 10 years they see it as a failure, and when I heard that I knew that ‘the only thing were looking for was a victory,” said the player. American League Most Valuable Player.

In the past 10 seasons, Dodgers In each of them, they managed to make it to the postseason and played in the playoffs three times. World Serieswhich they won in 2020.

They told me to make the postseason, but not win World Series it was considered a failure,” he added.

Ohtani and the Dodgers included in the dealThe key man’, which allows him to leave the team if the president and majority owner are Mark Walter and Andrew Friedman, president Baseball Operations, leave the Dodgers.