FILE - Japan's Shohei Otani is walked intentionally by the Netherlands' catcher Dashenko Ricardo in the seventh inning of their international exhibition series baseball game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2016. Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels is arguably the greatest baseball player in the history of the game. His roots are deep in northeastern Japan where he played high school baseball and got his start. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi, File)