On today we're going all in on Otani. I want to talk about him, the player, and the

short list of exceeding the hype perhaps of some of the most hyped athletes of the

last 20 years. And then Jeff Passon's going to talk about it where he talked with scouts

years ago who actually doubted Otani after spring training and then pivoting that to what

kind of decision does he make as he becomes a free agent, maybe even some trade deadline

stuff. Life advice, Kyle is back in the mix. Get ready. I want to start today's podcast

talking about Shohei Otani. I think right now is the best individual player in team sports

and American sports. Now I'm not trying to hype him up. I don't think he needs the hype.

There was hype coming in. I want to get to hype a little bit later. But every night

with this guy, like literally every single night. Our guy, Hembo, from ESPN, who tweets

out a bunch of stuff, researcher over there, works on Greeny's show, get up. This was from

two days ago. If you looked at the MLB leaderboard, Otani is number one in home runs. He was

number one in RBIB. Garcia had three the other night. So he's jumped him. Number one in

extra bass hits. Number one in total bases. Number one in slugging. Number one in OPS.

And number one in hits per nine innings allowed for pitchers. This is somebody who won the MVP

in 21 was second in the MVP last year and also fourth in the Saigon. I'll say that again.

He was second MVP voting in the American League and also fourth in Saigon. Now I remember

back to the radio days of like, Hey, we need to talk more about this. You didn't have

to have a radio show to ask that question, but you just asked a lot. A lot of times I'd

be like, Okay, what am I supposed to do? Just say the guy's name once a week, more than

once a week. Should I end every podcast with an Otani stat talking about it more than

zero times would be an improvement. So that's what I want to do. But I want to put it into

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