While we wait for Shohei Ohtani to make a decision on where he wants to play starting next year — is it the Los Angeles Dodgers? The Toronto Blue Jays? A MYSTERY TEAM? — X (formerly known as Twitter) has been ablaze with rumors and reports.
Everyone’s followed the flight pattern of a certain plane that’s headed to Toronto on Friday, but then there’s this wild report from Pablo Torre: “The rumor I have heard is that Ohtani’s dog’s name, the reason they’re not saying it, is because the dog’s name is the name of one of the teams he is considering.”
"The rumor I have heard is that Shohei Ohtani’s dog's name — the reason they're not saying it — is because the dog's name is the name of one of the teams he is considering."
— @PabloTorre 👀 pic.twitter.com/XtT57zuUKm
— Pablo Torre Finds Out (@pablofindsout) December 8, 2023
The dog in question was the one we saw when he won his second AL MVP. And of course everyone’s guessing — Dodger? Jay? — at the name as we wait. But there are also a lot of jokes:
Bad news, Shohei's dog's name is No Cups Since '67
— Offseason Insider Jeff Everson (@EVR551) December 8, 2023
I’m hearing that Shohei Ohtani’s dog is named J.T. Schmidt wow
— CJ Woodling (@CJWoodling) December 8, 2023
Shohei Ohtani’s dog is rumored to be named “Max Muncy” after his favorite player. pic.twitter.com/u2T0SFQsGO
— sky (@GonsolinRBW) December 8, 2023
Shohei’s dog name is Ol’ Red 👀 https://t.co/w6MciteNmH
— Mr. RedDey (@UDCincyFan) December 8, 2023
Shohei’s dogs name is Pete Alonso https://t.co/oO72NS6zWY
— kemba (@DeetoDC) December 8, 2023
I can't believe Shohei named his dog Met. https://t.co/b9C8hc2d0L
— Ben Yoel (@Ben_Yoel) December 8, 2023
Shohei Ohtani's dog, YOU are named Dodger https://t.co/CYoQYttXN5
— Dodger Blue (@DodgerBlue1958) December 8, 2023
If Shohei’s dog name is really Malort, then Canada can have him
— Davey Baseball (@Davey_Baseball) December 8, 2023
cannot believe shohei named his dog crab fries https://t.co/c1yvuupsIN
— Annie (@_itsanniemarie) December 8, 2023
wow i can’t believe Shohei named his dog The Saint Louis Cardinals that’s insane https://t.co/kRQ0AlLtmw
— tim is tired (timmitch13.bsky.social) (@TimMitch13) December 8, 2023
