報告（する）／憶測: Blue Jays の中で 4 teams in Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes
The bidding for coveted 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 Shohei Ohtani is 負かす／撃墜する to four teams, with the 勝利者 推定する／予想するd to 支払う／賃金 more than $500 million for the services of the two-time American League Most 価値のある Player, ESPN 報告（する）／憶測d Friday.
The Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays and the two Los Angeles teams -- ペテン師 and Angels -- remain active in the sweepstakes, per the 報告（する）／憶測. The Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Texas 特別奇襲隊員s all have moved on and are 追求するing other 選択s in 解放する／自由な 機関.
A wild card in the bidding could be the San Francisco 巨大（な）s, who are high on Ohtani, but where they stand with him isn't （疑いを）晴らす, per ESPN.
Whichever team 調印するs the electric 投手/指定するd hitter won't get 100 パーセント 利益 from Ohtani in 2024 as he 回復するs from a second major 肘 外科 since he arrived from Japan. Still, the 前線 offices of at least the Cubs, Blue Jays and ペテン師 could be looking at Ohtani as the 行方不明の piece to 推進する them into the World Series.
Ohtani, 29, batted .304 in 2023 with an AL-主要な 44 ホームランs 同様に as 95 打点s in 135 games. He led the AL with a .412 on-base 百分率 and led the majors with a .654 slugging 百分率 while 存在 指名するd 最高殊勲選手.
As a 投手, Ohtani was 10-5 with a 3.14 ERA and 記録，記録的な／記録するd 167 strikeouts over 132 innings (23 starts). He 限られた／立憲的な …に反対するing 乱打するs to a .184 普通の／平均（する）.
Ohtani's pitching 成果／努力s ended after he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his 権利 肘 on Aug. 23. He continued playing, 排他的に as a hitter, until 支えるing an oblique 傷害 on Sept. 3 that 要求するd a surgical 手続き in 中央の-September.
にもかかわらず the 傷害, the total value of Ohtani's next 契約 likely will 意味ありげに より勝る the 現在の biggest 取引，協定 in baseball history -- the 12- year, $426.5 million 協定／条約 the Angels gave his チーム仲間, three-time 最高殊勲選手 マイク Trout, that runs through the 2030 season.
Ohtani made his MLB debut in 2018 and earned AL 新人 of the Year 栄誉（を受ける）s. In his six MLB seasons, Ohtani has a .274 career 普通の／平均（する） in 701 games, amassing 681 攻撃する，衝突するs, 129 （テニスなどの）ダブルス, 171 ホームランs and 437 打点s.
In five seasons on the 塚, he is 38-19 in 86 starts with a 3.01 ERA in 481 2/3 innings and 608 strikeouts.
Ohtani did not pitch in 2019 after he underwent Tommy John 外科 but did 与える／捧げる on 罪／違反 in a preview of how he will be used in 2024.
--Field Level マスコミ
