Ohtani's mouth is wide open. Every time I blink, I reveal the amount that sticks in my bank account, in a single day... "Finally, it became the number one in MLB's annual income."

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Shohei Ohtani (32, Los Angeles Dodgers), the "God of Baseball," has made unprecedented profits in the history of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), ranking first in the overwhelming number of players' income.

Forbes, a U.S. economic magazine, released a list of the top 10 MLB players' income on the 25th (Korea time).

According to the report, Ohtani has earned a total of $127 million (about 190.11 billion won) over the past year.

In simple calculation, this is equivalent to an average of about 15.8 billion won per month and an average of about 520 million won per day. Furthermore, it earns 21.7 million won per hour, 361,700 won per minute, and about 6,000 won per second. Every time you blink, 6,000 won is stuck in your bank account.

The import structure of Ohtani is rather unusual. The actual annual salary under the contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers is only $2 million.

However, non-annual income, such as advertising and sponsorship, amounts to a whopping $125 million.

Forbes said, "Four-time MVP Ohtani hit 55 home runs last season. At the same time, he returned as a pitcher and performed well. It is natural for numerous brands to compete to catch Ohtani," he analyzed.

It then shed light on the strong market value of Ohtani, which has sponsorship contracts with about 20 companies, including the recent addition of sponsorships with Japan's Kirin.

Ohtani's income showed a big gap with the No. 2 group.

It was Cody Bellinger (New York Yankees), the second-largest earner. He is reported to have earned 56.5 million dollars (about 84.58 billion won), which is less than half of Ohtani's income.

It was followed by Kyle Tucker (LA Dodgers) with $55 million, Juan Soto (New York Mets) with $51.9 million, and Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) with $46.1 million.

Meanwhile, Ohtani was only committed to hitting the next year, 2024, due to elbow ligament joint surgery (Tommy John Surgery) he underwent in 2023. And he wrote a new history of 50 home runs and 50 steals for the first time in the major leagues in the 2024 season. In 159 games, he played a batting average of 0.310 (197 hits in 636 at-bats), 54 home runs, 38 doubles, seven triples, 134 runs with 130 RBIs, 162 strikeouts with 81 walks, a on-base percentage of 0.390 (4 failures), a slugging percentage of 0.646 and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.066. He ranked second in home runs, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS in the National League.

In the 2025 season, he played in 158 games with a batting average of 0.282, 55 home runs, 102 RBIs, 20 steals, and 1.014 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS). He hit the mark of 50 home runs and 100 RBIs for two consecutive seasons. In addition, he proudly ranked No. 1 in the National League scoring category, No. 1 in the OPS, and No. 2 in the home run category. In June last year, he returned to pitching and hitting again. As a pitcher, he took the mound in 14 games in the 2025 season, marking a 1-1 record with a 2.87 ERA. Ohtani plans to work as both a pitcher and a batter again in the 2026 season.

MLB.COM mentioned Ohtani as the first priority as the expected winner of the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 2026 season. Ohtani was named National League MVP for the 2025 season in November last year. He won the honor of being unanimously MVP by winning the first place vote of 30 BBWAA reporters. After the award, Ohtani said in English, "To my beloved wife Mamiko," adding, "Thank you for enriching my life to my family living in Japan, most of all, my beloved wife Mamiko, daughter, and pet dog Decofin." Regarding Ohtani's speech in English, Forbes said, "Ohtani showed other amazing talents. It was very rare for him to speak English," he reported.

Ohtani is the first player to be unanimously named MVP four times. If Ohtani wins MVP again this year, he will match Barry Bonds' record of winning for four consecutive years.

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