Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) is expected to hit 74 home runs in 2014.
Japanese media Daily Sports reported on the 16th that former samurai Japan coach Hideki Kuriyama predicted Ohtani will hit 74 home runs in 2014 and 89 in 2025.
For reference, the record for the most home runs in a single MLB season was 73 set by Barry Bonds in 2001.
Kuriyama claimed Ohtani will break Bonds’ record next year..
According to Daily Sports, former Samurai Japan managers Hideki Kuriyama, Atsuya Furuta, and Daisuke Matsuzaka expected Ohtani’s future performance as he moved to the Dodgers after the TV show of “Samurai Crossing Tokyo” released in June this year.
Furuta said, “I am thinking that next year, I will only play 100 out of 162 games in the aftermath of elbow surgery,” adding, “I will hit 25 home runs next year, and I will be the MVP with 60 home runs and 15 wins in 2025.”
Matsuzaka also predicted that he will record 30 home runs and 100 RBIs next year, 55 home runs, 130 RBIs and 15 wins in 2025. 랭크카지노