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Key takeaways from Shohei Ohtani's return to the mound | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman discuss what they saw from Shohei Ohtani's first appearance back on the mound since 2023 and highlight what they're excited to see from him moving forward. Hear the full conversation on the 'Baseball Bar-B-Cast' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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In addition, the team just completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of their home clubhouse at Dodger Stadium — expanding the space, revamping weight rooms and training rooms, and adding saunas and restrooms to go with Japanese-style toilets that helped sway coveted Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki to sign with Los Angeles. Another small perk: adding a coffee stand in their player dining room for players ahead of day games. Advertisement 'I think he does everything he can to provide resources, support,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. 'He wants to win. He feels that the fans, the city deserves that. I think that's never lost.' The Dodgers won the National League West in 2013 and 2014 but fell short of a championship in each season. Ned Colletti, the team's general manager at the time, had built an admirable roster, one loaded with stars. But Walter and team president Stan Kasten believed there was a better choice available to run the baseball operations department. 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(The $700 million didn't hurt, either.) Advertisement So it would be reasonable to expect the Lakers to hunt for stars to build around. Good news for Walter: the team already has LeBron James and Luka Dončić. Can the Lakers capitalize on their fame as the Dodgers have with Ohtani? The Dodgers found every way possible to leverage their unique market position, flooding just about every crevice of Dodger Stadium with advertising while also having their leadoff hitter serve as a walking billboard. If the Lakers start to announce partnerships with companies from Slovenia, you'll have an answer. Walter doesn't appear often at Dodger Stadium. He rarely speaks to the media. He kept brief his remarks at the White House earlier this year. He tends not to meddle in baseball decisions, trusting the expertise of Friedman, Kasten and general manager Brandon Gomes. In this way, he represents the ideal of an owner, a man with deep pockets and plenty of trust for his staff. Said Roberts: 'I think a good owner in my eyes is a person that lets the people that he hires do their jobs.' Walter does that. But he can also afford a hands-off approach because the club has not stopped winning. Friedman is generally considered by his peers to be the sharpest executive in the sport, with his front office capturing top honors in The Athletic's annual poll for the second straight year. The combination of Friedman's ingenuity and Walter's stability appealed to Ohtani, who added a 'key man' clause into his contract, which would allow him to enter free agency if either Friedman or Walter leaves the organization during the 10 years of the deal. 'Everybody has to be on the same page in order to have a winning organization,' Ohtani said at the time. 'I feel like those two are at the top of it, and they're in control of everything, and I feel almost like I'm having a contract with those two guys.' So will the Lakers receive the same treatment from Walter? Will he afford the same autonomy to Pelinka and Redick? Time will tell. But there is reason to believe Walter's priorities with his basketball team will be the same as the priorities with his baseball team. He wants to win. (Top photo of Mark Walter during the 2013 playoffs, early in what has been a successful tenure with the Dodgers: Scott Cunningham / Getty Images)
