Shohei Ohtani’s activity of choice during flights with his Dodgers teammates has been revealed by Los Angeles star Freddie Freeman during a recent appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce‘s podcast.
Ohtani and Freeman have been teammates only for one season, with the Dodgers winning the World Series in dominant fashion last month.
The Japanese star detailed that Ohtani does the same thing on each flight, no matter how long the road trip.
‘The only thing I could say is, when he gets on the plane, he literally just reads comics the whole flight, like anime comics. And that’s what he reads all flight,’ Freeman said.
Freeman did not say what Ohtani’s anime comic of choice is however, with plenty having a fan base in America.
Freddie Freeman has revealed the Shohei Ohtani reads anime comics on team flights
Ohtani joined the Dodgers this season a huge $700million contract, with most of it deferred
Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700million contract last offseason, with $68million of his yearly contract begin deferred.
The Japanese star is not hurting for cash, still making $2million per year and plenty in off-the-field brand deals.
Freeman also revealed Ohtani is happy to put his credit card down when the check comes at team meals.
‘We actually split the last one. We did a team dinner in New York, and yeah, Shohei and I split it with (Clayton) Kershaw.’
Where the team went is unclear, but knowing New York City prices for a nice meal, it was not a cheap outing for the team.
The Dodgers are heavily favored already to repeat as baseball’s champions as the team looks to pursue Juan Soto in free agency.