Shohei Ohtani said Saturday he was focused on baseball despite being the subject of sky-high global interest as he prepares to make his Los Angeles Dodgers regular-season debut in South Korea.
The Dodgers will play the San Diego Padres in a two-game series in Seoul to open the MLB season next week, with new signing Ohtani being the main attraction.
The Japanese superstar joined the Dodgers on a 10-year deal worth $700 million in December and further ramped up already massive attention when he announced last month that he had got married.
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