Trevor Bauer called Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani a "global superstar" and the most popular pitcher in the world.

Before every season, we like to take a look at player projections just to see what numbers pop. It's time for the 2025 editions. These are some of the players who stand out this year, looking at the Steamer projections over at FanGraphs.

Masataka Yoshida is one of the best designated hitters in the MLB. This year, he's one of just 11 players at the position projected to record 1.2 fWAR or more. The Boston Red Sox left fielder had a 115 wRC+ last year, and he's poised for another strong offensive campaign.

Oct 25, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) warms up before game one against the New York Yankees in the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images ...

Ohtani became the first player in league history to tally 50 home runs and stolen bases in the same season, inventing MLB's 50/50 club. He accomplished that while recovering from UCL surgery, which prevented Ohtani from contributing on the mound last season, when he served as LA's designated hitter in 159 games played.

New York Yankees legend CC Sabathia, 2009 World Series champion, has confessed his choice for the greatest MLB player of all time, not picking Babe Ruth.

Even without Ohtani, the Dodgers have the following starting pitchers to construct a dangerous rotation: Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Roki Sasaki, Tony Gonsolin, Dustin May, Bobby Miller and Landon Knack. Clayton Kershaw could also be in the mix as he remains a free agent but it is hard to imagine him playing for anyone else.

Roki Sasaki will be playing the 2025 MLB season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and will be the highest paid international prospect, as well as helping superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Baseball's biggest stars were out in full force in New York on Saturday night to celebrate the 100th centennial of the New York chapter's Baseball Writers' Association of America awards dinner. The an

Only great Yankees All World reliever, Mariano Rivera, was unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That’s it. Nobody else. Both Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner received 95.13% of the vote when they were elected to the Hall.

There is no denying the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers have been extremely aggressive with their offseason approach. For Buster Olney of ESPN, this winter has been the most aggressive offseason for a team that just won the World Series.