Toscanini had La Scala. Gielgud had Hamlet. Jordan had the NBA Finals. True greatness seeks the highest ground, the steepest of challenges to scale, to be fully revealed. Seven years into his MLB career, Shohei Ohtani is nearing the summit.
He is the most talented player to ever play the game of baseball—far too soon to say the greatest, but the possessor of the most elite combination of batting, running and pitching skills ever witnessed. He spent his first six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels playing on nothing but losing teams and never playing in a meaningful game of playoff implications.
